Understanding the Father Wound: Its Impact on Men and Women
The "father wound" refers to the emotional, psychological, and sometimes spiritual pain resulting from an absent, neglectful, or emotionally unavailable father. While the father wound often stems from the dynamics of one’s relationship with their father, it is not...
Little things lead to Happiness
With this short article, I would like to address something I have noticed to be quiet of the issue in this century. I have realized that people keep looking for happiness externally. Or they keep waiting for happiness to come to them. But the paradox of that is...
How do Core Beliefs control your life?
You've probably got used to questioning your thinking in different situations. You know how to identify the thoughts that are causing you distress and how to challenge them and replace them with more balanced thoughts. However, you might notice that there are times...
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...
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.