Emilia Gonczar, BACP

Emilia Gonczar is a bilingual therapist who offers sessions in English and Polish, combining clinical training with extensive hands-on experience to support people facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and other emotional difficulties. She holds a Masters in Psychology from the University of Warsaw and completed a four-year psychoanalytical training at The Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, and she brings those perspectives into a practical, compassionate approach that attends to both mind and body.

Across an 11-year career Emilia has worked on multiple psychiatric wards, including the Clinic of Neurosis, Personality and Eating Disorders, an Acute Psychiatric Ward and a Children and Adolescent Ward. She has also worked with charities such as Rethink Mental Illness - The National Schizophrenia Fellowship and in private practice, gaining experience with a wide range of presentations from eating and personality issues to grief, caregiving stress and adoption-related concerns. Her work aims to help clients better understand themselves, their relationships and how past experiences connect with present patterns of thought, feeling and behaviour.

Emilia adopts a holistic stance that does not overlook the role of the body in emotional life and draws on approaches including attachment-based and psychodynamic ideas as well as EMDR and solution-focused techniques. She is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK. More information about her perspectives can be found on her blog at https://mind-and-body.blog/

Attachment, EMDR and client-centered care delivered online

Emilia draws on attachment-based therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of relating and emotion; this approach can be helpful for clients struggling with intimacy, commitment, caregiving stress and attachment issues. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - EMDR - a structured method that helps process distressing memories and reduce the intensity of trauma-related symptoms, useful for people affected by abuse, loss or other difficult events. In addition, her client-centered orientation prioritises the client's own experience and pace, creating space for self-exploration and practical changes in areas such as self-esteem, coping with life transitions and relationship concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Emilia works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals and preferences. She adapts techniques over time and involves clients in decisions about focus and pacing.

Online therapy with Emilia is available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier for clients to access regular support from registered professionals and therapists regardless of location, while preserving continuity of care during life changes or busy periods.