When Love Feels Too Good to Be True: The Wounded Inner Child’s Search for Safety
Sometimes, even in the healthiest of relationships, people find themselves searching for cracks in the foundation. They pick fights over minor issues, overanalyze their partner’s every word, or doubt the love being offered. To outsiders, it may seem irrational: Why...
Navigating Grief and Bereavement During Christmas: Finding Light in Darkness
The holiday season, often depicted as a time of joy and togetherness, can bring a profound sense of isolation and sorrow for those grappling with grief and bereavement. Christmas, with its traditions of family gatherings and celebratory cheer, can amplify the void...
Unseen Chains: How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adult Behavior and Beliefs
Childhood is the foundation on which we build our lives. However, for those who experience trauma during these formative years, this foundation may carry invisible cracks. The effects of childhood trauma often extend far beyond the initial experiences, subtly shaping...
Inner Child Wounds: Perfectionism, People-pleasing, and the Invisible child
Our "inner child" represents the part of our subconscious formed during childhood, carrying both joyous memories and painful wounds. When these wounds go unhealed, they often manifest in adulthood as emotional and behavioural patterns that impact our relationships,...
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger… Or Does It?
Introduction How many times have you heard the phrase, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”? How many times have you said it to yourself in moments of struggle? But is it really true? What does it mean, and how can we relate to it? In reality, it’s not so...
The Impact of People-Pleasing on Mental Health, Relationships, and Personal Fulfillment
People-pleasing refers to the tendency to prioritize others' needs, desires, and approval over one's own well-being and authenticity. While a natural inclination to be kind and helpful is often celebrated, people-pleasing goes beyond healthy boundaries, often leading...
Reclaim Your Power: Embrace the Woman You Are Meant to Be
When you look in the mirror, who do you see? Do you see a woman who radiates confidence, strength, joy, and wisdom? A woman who knows her worth and isn’t afraid to ask for what she wants, or to pursue her dreams with clarity and determination? Or maybe you see someone...
Childhood: A Time Phase in Our Life That Has Been Underestimated for Centuries
Only now are we beginning to truly understand the impact that childhood has on us. All our beliefs and perceptions are shaped during our childhood. You might think that you’ve changed and that childhood experiences no longer impact you. That might be true—until you...
The Challenges and Privileges of Being a Psychotherapist
My work As a psychotherapist, I find immense joy and fulfilment in my work. Watching my patients grow, change, and heal is my greatest privilege in life. People come to me for a myriad of reasons: to heal relationships, trauma, and past pain, to understand their...
The Importance of Healing Your Inner Child
In the complex journey of self-discovery and personal growth, one concept often overlooked is the inner child. The inner child represents the part of our subconscious that still holds onto the emotions, memories, and experiences of our childhood. Healing your inner...
The truth to freedom- Nothing is so black and white!
“It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.” – Marcus Aurelius Recently, social media has been buzzing with news about an Irish soldier who beat a young woman unconscious when she defended a...
About Me
My name is Sylwia Kuchenna,
I am a qualified psychotherapist.
Psychotherapy is so much more for me than just work. It is my passion. Every client is special for me and equally important.
I am aware that each client is different, have different needs and their story is unique, this is why I am using an integrated style of therapy, which is a mix of various types of therapy (psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive- behavioural (CBT), family systems and Gestalt).
This approach allows me to match the therapy to an individual client’s needs.