Barbara Kosmala, MSc

Specialisation: psychology; diploma and certification in psychotherapy

Education: Graduate of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. Numerous workshops, conferences and training courses, including: Racjonalna Terapia Zachowania [Rational Behavioural Therapy] - a workshop on combating hopelessness for oncological patients, Terapia Poznawczo-behawioralna [Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy] conducted by the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Center and Centrum Terapii Poznawczo-Behawioralnej [Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy Centre] - a two-year postgraduate course in aid in depression, eating disorders and anxiety disorders (panic attacks, shyness and social fear, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalised fear, i.e. constant worrying, fear about health, post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic experiences); Profesjonalna Szkoła Psychoterapii [Professional School of Psychotherapy] conducted by the Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities - a four-year postgraduate course in integration psychotherapy focusing on aid for individuals with problems in contacts with others and in partner relationships (i.e. problems with selecting an appropriate partner - series of failed relationships - withdrawal, outbursts of anger, entanglement, dependency, co-dependency and others), individuals in crisis (mourning, separation, sudden change in life, illness and other everyday crises), in psychotherapy in personality disorders, nervous disorders and somatic disorders (irritable bowel syndrome, functional headaches, abdominal pain and muscular pain); workshop seminar: "Program psychoterapii dla Dorosłych Dzieci Alkoholików w podejściu psychoterapii integracyjnej" [Psychotherapy programme for adult children of alcoholics by integration psychotherapy approach].

Experience: psychological consultations, individual therapy with focus on integration depending on the problem specificity, group therapy, relaxation courses, workshop seminars (intervention in suicide crisis, aid in mourning, traumatic experience, anxiety disorders, relationship crisis, aid for adult children of alcoholics and violence victims), individual therapy focused on cognition and behaviour, emergency intervention in patients post coronary heart disease surgery, transplantation or qualified for heart transplantation.
Holder of Certyfikat Psychoterapeuty [Psychotherapist Certificate] from Health Professions Council, UK, with specialisation in psychology and psychotherapy, and the Completion Certificate from the Oxford Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Centrum Terapii Poznawczo-Behawioralnej [Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy Centre].

Hobbies: photography, horse riding, Mediterranean and Japanese cuisine.