About me
I have extensive experience supporting children and teenagers in schools, charities and private practice. To accompany children through different stages of development, as they navigate loss, uncertainty and challenges, is a privilege. I value seeing each person within the unique context of their family, social environment and culture. I also recognise the importance of acknowledging these experiences and looking for opportunities for growth and resilience within them.
Originally from Poland, I moved to London over 20 years ago. This experience allows me to feel grounded in my day-to-day life in my adopted home, while also understanding the lived experience of change, including both the gains and losses it can bring.
I trained at Goldsmiths, University of London and hold a degree in Art Psychotherapy (MA). I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and I am a fully accredited member of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT).
Issues/concerns that I can help with include:
- Anxiety (included but not limited to exams and or school performance, social anxiety and peer related pressures)
- Self-esteem
- Emotional regulation
- Low confidence
- Friendship difficulties
- Navigating changes at home and school for example parental separation, illness of a family member, moving school/s
- Bereavement and loss
How does Art Therapy work?
In art therapy I offer children and teenagers an opportunity to use art materials as a way to articulate and begin to process things that might be troubling them. Teenagers and or older children are also welcome to talk if this would be a preferred way of communication for them. At the heart of Art Therapy lies the development of a trusting and meaningful relationship between myself and my young clients. In art therapy clients are offered opportunity to:
- explore and process their experiences
- develop a better understanding of themselves
- become more able to cope and/or deal with challenges they encounter
- enjoy more positive and fulfilling relationships
Each child and young person works at their own pace within a confidential and nurturing environment.
In addition, I offer consultations to parents to allow space to explore their understanding of their child's emotional needs and to reflect on their responses to these. This can open opportunities to co-create practical ways of supporting communication at home.
My work is informed by child development, attachment theory and many years of working with children and families within the private, charity and school settings.
Getting in Touch
If you are concerned about your child or teenager, or wondering whether art therapy might help, you are welcome to get in touch via email for an initial parent consultation. We can talk about what you have been noticing and consider together whether this support would be helpful. If you are unsure whether therapy is the right step, we can simply think together about what might best support your child.
Training, qualifications & experience
Experience at a Glance
I have extensive experience supporting children and teenagers in schools, charities, and private practice, including:
- Private Art Therapy Practice – The Awareness Centre, Clapham
- Art Psychotherapist – Catholic Children’s Society (Connect-Ed School Counselling & Creative Art Therapy Service)
- Art Psychotherapist – Child in Time, Highgate Pre-Preparatory School
- Art Psychotherapist – Child and Adolescent Bereavement Service (CABS), Harlington Hospice
- Children and Young People’s Art Psychotherapist – Solace Women’s Aid
- School Counsellor – Hope in Haringey
- School Counsellor – Harris Academy Tottenham
Training & Qualifications
MA Art Psychotherapy – Goldsmiths, University of London
Additional professional training includes:
- Families and Beyond: An Introduction to Systemic Thinking – The Tavistock and Portman
- Dyadic Parent-Child Art Psychotherapy: Level 1
- Child Protection in Primary Schools – NSPCC
- Understanding and working with diversity in a therapeutic space
- Attachment in the classroom
- Art Therapy in Education workshops: Art Therapy Groups with Children, Assessment Skills, Including Parents and Families
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The British Association of Art Therapists
The HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£80.00 per session
Additional information
Sessions
I offer in-person sessions for children and teenagers at The Awareness Centre in Clapham, South London, on Saturday mornings and early afternoons. The clinic is easily accessible for families in Clapham, Battersea, Balham, Brixton, and Wandsworth.
Online consultations for parents are available during the week. Sessions are available in English and Polish.
When I work
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