I didn't find therapy in a straight line.

I came to it through conflict zones.

For fifteen years I have been a filmmaker and film educator, making socially engaged work across countries and languages. I am drawn, again and again, to people whose voices are usually pushed to the edges of the frame, and to the question of what it truly costs to tell a story honestly.

That question became impossible to set aside while filming in a disputed territory, sitting with people as they revisited some of the heaviest experiences a person can carry. I watched them reach for words for things that had no words.

I hold a Master and Doctorate in Film Theory, a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking, and degrees in Art History and Critical Theory, alongside my latest Master training in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I came to this field through a long education in how stories are made, how they shape us, and what it means to tell the truth in them. That formation is not separate from my clinical work. It is the foundation of it.

My own life shapes how I sit with people. Born in Communist Poland, I grew up amid the country’s transition to democracy. I then moved to London, where I lived for over twenty years, taught art and film at universities and non-profits, while making work across borders and in multiple languages. Migration, code-switching, cultural adaptation – the quiet grief of belonging to more than one world and fully to none – are therefore not abstractions to me. They are part of how I listen, and part of why people who live between worlds often feel at home in my care.

I practice in English and Polish. I am trained in multicultural and social justice counseling and bring a culturally humble, intersectional lens to everyone I work with.

When I am not in the therapy room, you will likely find me in the ocean on a surfboard, reading with my cat nearby, playing bass guitar, or working on my next film.

Read My CV

  • My style bends toward you rather than asking you to fit a method. At my core I’m person-centered: treating you as the expert on your own life, trusting that you already hold much of what you need. My job is to create a warm, non-judgmental space where that can come forward. I’m interested in the stories that have been written about you – by your family, your culture, your history – and I will help you find the ones that are actually yours.


    I bring a psychodynamic sensibility to my work. I pay attention to patterns, to what keeps recurring, to the feelings that show up sideways. Some clients want to trace a feeling all the way back and understand what is underneath it. Others need something more immediate first: relief, a foothold, a way through the week. Both are valid, and we move at the pace that is right for you. I use expressive arts approaches into the room when they serve you. Sometimes an image, a piece of writing, or a different way of giving something shape can reach what words alone cannot.

    • Person-Centered Therapy

    • Narrative Therapy

    • EMDR

    • Lifespan Integration

    • Psychodynamic approaches

    • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

    • Motivational Interviewing

    • Attachment Theory

    • Expressive Arts

    • Somatic and mindfulness approaches

    • Trauma-informed and culturally responsive practice

    • Trauma: developmental, intergenerational, sexual, complex PTSD

    • Anxiety and depression

    • Addiction

    • Grief and loss

    • Burnout

    • Relationship challenges, including consensually non-monogamous and polyamorous relationships

    • Migration and cultural in-betweenness

    • Identity and self-esteem

    • Perimenopause

    • Life transitions

    • Climate change anxiety

  • All adults (18+), across every background, identity, and orientation are welcome here. In particular:

    • LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit clients

    • Multicultural and Indigenous folks

    • Immigrants, expats, and multilingual clients,  including Polish-speaking clients

    • Artists, academics, and other creatives

    • First-generation and working-class professionals

    • All couples

    • People in consensually non-monogamous and polyamorous relationships

    • Sex workers and people in the adult industry

    • Trauma survivors, including those with complex or intergenerational trauma

    • People of all ethnicities, cultures, and faiths


    You will not have to translate yourself to be understood here.

Let’s work together