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Specialises in

• Behavioural Couples Therapy
• Counselling

• Motivational Interviewing
• Psychotherapy

• Short Term Psychodynamic Therapy

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Mirek Polanowski is a BACP-accredited integrative counsellor, clinical supervisor, and trainer. He works in private practice with individuals, couples, and supervisees, and is also involved with several established organisations, including CPPD (where he teaches and supervises), DePaul, The Psychosynthesis Education Trust, and EACH Counselling and Support.

Mirek's clinical experience spans private practice, the NHS, and the charitable sector. He has supported clients facing a wide range of emotional and psychological challenges including trauma (especially early childhood), anxiety, depression, addictions, domestic abuse, and complex relational difficulties. He has also worked extensively with marginalised and socially excluded communities, bringing depth, sensitivity, and respect to his practice.

As an integrative therapist, Mirek draws from a number of therapeutic approaches�including psychodynamic, humanistic, attachment-based, Gestalt, CBT, and trauma-informed models�always with a relational and responsive focus. He believes that our early experiences can strongly influence how we think, feel, and relate in the present. Therapy can help us untangle what is happening now from what may be an unhelpful legacy of the past. This doesn't mean you'll be expected to explore your history�but when it feels relevant, Mirek supports this with care, sensitivity, and appropriate pacing.

He provides a calm and supportive space where you can safely explore what matters to you, make sense of what feels difficult, and begin to move toward change. He won't tell you what to do�but he will help you deepen your understanding, find your voice, and draw on your own inner resources.

Areas of Specialism
� Relationship and attachment issues (including couples)
� Anxiety and generalised anxiety disorder
� Panic attacks
� Addictions (alcohol, drugs, gambling)
� Depression
� Trauma (including complex and developmental trauma)
� Issues rooted in early childhood

Additional Areas of Work:
� Communication difficulties
� Bereavement and loss
� Co-dependency
� Low self-esteem
� Feelings of emptiness, shame, or guilt
� Assertiveness and boundaries
� Worry and obsessive thinking
� Anger issues
� Men's psychological wellbeing
� Childhood-related issues
� Social anxiety and shyness
� Intimacy, trust, and identity concerns
� Parenting and child behavioural challenges
� The effects of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse

Experience

Alongside private practice, Mirek has worked in specialist services for:
� Addictions (EACH, WDP, KCA)
� Mental health (MECS, NHS)
� Domestic abuse
� Homelessness
� Trauma recovery

He has many years' experience supporting individuals from diverse backgrounds and across the spectrum of need, including those dealing with long-standing emotional difficulties and complex trauma.

Location

Mirek is based in Waterloo SE1, within easy reach of London Bridge and Westminster.

Areas of interest

Relationships; anger; rage; addictions; men's issues; masculinity; attachment; depression; anxiety; identity; intimacy; childhood issues; abuse; shame and guilt; bereavement and loss; co-dependency; self-esteem