Emilia Gonczar , BACP

Emilia Gonczar provides psychotherapy in both English and Polish, bringing a background in academic psychology and extensive clinical training to her work. She earned a Masters in Psychology from the University of Warsaw, then completed a four-year psychoanalytical training at The Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, training that informs her attention to early relationships and unconscious patterns.

Her clinical experience includes placements across several psychiatric wards - including a Clinic of Neurosis, Personality and Eating Disorders, an Acute Psychiatric Ward, and a Children and Adolescent Ward - as well as work with the charity Rethink Mental Illness (The National Schizophrenia Fellowship) and private practice settings. These roles have contributed to a broad understanding of mental health presentations and the complex needs that people bring to therapy.

Emilia focuses on helping people make sense of themselves, their relationships, their conflicting thoughts, desires and fears, and the ways past experiences connect with the here and now. She describes a holistic stance that attends to the body as well as the mind, aiming to integrate emotional and physical experience in the therapeutic process. She holds the BACP credential - membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which indicates alignment with recognised professional standards. Her writing and reflections on mind-body connections can be found at https://mind-and-body.blog/.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Emilia draws on several established methods to tailor therapy to each person she works with. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape current patterns - it helps with intimacy-related concerns, trust, and recurring relationship difficulties by tracing how attachment experiences influence present-day responses.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused approach that helps people process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity; it is often used for traumatic experiences and symptoms that persist after those events.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the therapeutic relationship itself, offering a nonjudgmental space in which clients lead the conversation while the therapist provides empathy and support; this approach can help with self-esteem, life changes, and clarity about personal goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Emilia works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors plans over time, adjusting techniques as the work develops.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and travel. These options increase accessibility for people living abroad or with mobility constraints and allow ongoing support even when in-person meetings are not possible.