Emilia Gonczar, BACP

Emilia Gonczar is a counsellor with 11 years of experience who works in English and Polish. She studied psychology at the University of Warsaw and completed four years of psychoanalytical training at The Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Emilia has worked in hospitals, charity settings and private practice, bringing a broad clinical background to her work.

She helps people make sense of difficult feelings and life events. Conversations focus on relationships, family history, and how past patterns show up now. She pays attention to the body as well as thoughts and emotions.

In sessions Emilia uses ideas from attachment-based and psychodynamic approaches to look at long-standing patterns. She also uses client-centred and solution-focused work to support practical change. For trauma-related issues she draws on eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing as one option within a wider plan.

Typical concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting and caregiver stress, relationship and intimacy difficulties, eating and body image struggles, and challenges linked to adoption and foster care. She also works with issues around ageing and geriatric concerns and the strain that caregiving can bring.

Her style blends careful listening with clear, practical steps. Sessions aim to help people understand themselves more fully and to try small changes that fit their life. Her blog explores the link between mind and body.

Approaches that shape online sessions

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and reactions. It helps when trust, closeness or caregiving roles feel difficult and people want to change how they relate to others.

Psychodynamic work looks at patterns that run beneath conscious thoughts and choices. It helps people understand recurring themes from their past and how those themes show up in everyday life.

EMDR, eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, is a trauma-informed option used to process distressing memories and reduce their hold on daily functioning. It is offered as one technique among other approaches when trauma is part of the concern.

Finding the best fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals and preferences, and adapt the mix of reflection, practical tasks and trauma-focused techniques accordingly. Decisions about pace and methods are made together, and can change as therapy progresses.

Confirm the exact online session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins between in-person appointments. It can also allow shorter or camera-free conversations when that helps the person engage more comfortably.