A Page from a Therapist’s Diary: Lessons from 2024
Reflecting on 2024: Lessons Learned As I sit here reflecting on 2024, one word comes to mind: lesson. That’s exactly what this year has been for me—a big, messy, beautiful lesson in every corner of my life. I never thought I’d look in the mirror and feel like I didn’t...
Enough of stigma about Mental Health
Today's article will be my own reflection. As you probably now know I am opening a Horizon Mental Health Clinic in Limerick City. This was a very spontaneous decision, but also one of the most important ones. Horizon is one of my biggest dream come true. However, I...
The benefits of family therapy
Today’s article is pretty much inspired by the module I did over the weekend. Today we will be looking at family systems! Did you know that there is a whole different approach to therapy for a family!? Family is a dominant aspect of our life. It can either empower us...
Affirmations vs. Negative thoughts
I am a terrible public speaker. I hate the way I look. I can’t make...
How to recognize and survive panic attacks?
Panic attacks are considered a very abrupt or sudden occurrence of discomfort or even fear. They can last 5 to half an hour, and they contain a variety of different symptoms during the event. Some individuals have had what is considered a limited-symptom panic attack....
Postnatal depression – symptoms, causes, and help
Postnatal depression is the term used for depression that some women experience in the first year after having a baby. Symptoms of postnatal depression may start as baby blues and then get worse. The symptoms may take some time to develop. Moreover, postnatal...
Discover the power of dreams and visualization
Recently I have read Newman’s book. Very inspiring and motivational little book. One chapter really resonated with me. A chapter on dreams, imagination, and visualization. As children, we did not have an issue with imagination. We could imagine anything, and we could...
How to recognize psychological manipulation?
I am sure you heard of psychological manipulation. This can be defined as the exercise of undue influence through mental distortion and emotional exploitation, with the intention to seize power, control, benefits, and/or privileges at the victim’s expense. However,...
How Covid19 is affecting our children
In my last article, I talked about how hard this third lockdown (in Ireland) is for the majority of people and how can we mind ourselves. But we cannot miss the fact that not only us (adults) are affected by Covid19. Our children are as affected as we are. And that...
Unfreeze your humanity from the fear of Covid
Another week of New Years’ is behind us now, but for many of us, it feels like a déjà vu from 2020. Lots of people are struggling with this third 5th level lockdown. But we are not only struggling with the restrictions that the government put on us. We are struggling,...
10 Signs of Psychopathology
Psychopathology discipline is understood as an in-depth study of problems related to mental health. But just like pathology is the study of the nature of the disease (including causes, development, and outcomes). Psychopathology is the study of the...
About Me
My name is Sylwia Kuchenna,
I am a qualified psychotherapist.
Psychotherapy is so much more for me than just work. It is my passion. Every client is special for me and equally important.
I am aware that each client is different, have different needs and their story is unique, this is why I am using an integrated style of therapy, which is a mix of various types of therapy (psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive- behavioural (CBT), family systems and Gestalt).
This approach allows me to match the therapy to an individual client’s needs.