Olga Dembska

phone: 882 028 075
e-mail: o.dembska@psychologodnowa.pl

I am a psychologist and licensed cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist. I received my master’s degree in Psychology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and completed a 4 year scholarship in cognitive-behavioural therapy in Krakow. I provide therapy and counselling for adults and teenagers.

I have been working with both individuals and groups with a variety of difficulties. I did an internship in an Adult Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic in Poznan (Poznanski Osrodek Zdrowia Psychicznego). For two years I worked as a psychologist and therapist in Psychiatric Outpatient Services in Ostrów Wielkopolski: in a Psychiatric Day Treatment centre and a Mental Health Clinic (Psychiatryczny Oddział Dzienny and Poradnia Zdrowia Psychicznego in Przychodnia Multimed).  For 5 years I was a psychotherapist in NHS services in an Outpatient Clinic Centrum Ikar in Wroclaw. In 2012 I started a private practice.

I was a psychologist and psychotherapist also worked for 4 years in the non-governmental organisation Fundacja Praesterno, which focuses on supporting adolescents. I did counselling with teenagers and parents, both one to one and in group therapy.

I am a member of The Polish Association for Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (Polskie Towarzystwo Terapii Poznawczo-Behawioralnej), my work is regularly supervised.

I specialise in the following areas:

• anxiety disorders (i.e. panic attacks, general anxiety, health anxiety, OCD)
• coping with stress and managing the physiological symptoms of stress
• depression, insomnia, low self-esteem, high expectations
• interpersonal problems
• expat problems such as cultural adaptation, isolation, building a new life.

Besides coping with problems, I find the process of working with clients in a relaxed yet professional environment very rewarding.