Emilia Gonczar , BACP

Emilia Gonczar is a BACP-registered counsellor with 11 years of practice helping people manage stress, anxiety and relationship concerns. She works in English and Polish and uses straightforward conversation to help clients make sense of difficult feelings. Sessions are practical and focused on what a person wants to change in daily life.

Emilia trained at the University of Warsaw and completed a four-year psychoanalytical training at The Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Her background includes work on psychiatric wards and with mental health charities, as well as in private practice. This range of settings informs how she notices patterns over time and across situations.

Her approach looks at how past experiences link to present day feelings and behaviours. She pays attention to the body as well as thoughts and emotions. That can mean noticing physical reactions and using those observations to guide each session.

Emilia draws on Attachment-Based ideas to understand relationship patterns, psychodynamic thinking to uncover repeating themes, and solution-focused techniques to set clear goals. She also offers EMDR for people dealing with trauma and distressing memories. Work is shaped around each person's needs and pace.

People seeking help with parenting stresses, family issues, grief, intimacy or body image may find her style relevant. She also supports those facing career change, compassion fatigue and the effects of adoption or foster care. Sessions aim to be a steady space to talk, reflect and try small, useful changes.

Approach and online options for therapy

Emilia uses Attachment-Based ideas to map how early connections shape current relationships and emotional patterns. This helps when trust, closeness or repeating relationship problems are causing distress.

She also uses Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening closely and following the client's lead. That approach is useful when someone needs a steady place to talk and make sense of feelings. For people affected by traumatic memories, she offers Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) as an option to address intense images and reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, weigh what feels comfortable and adjust methods to match goals and pace. Decisions are made collaboratively so clients can try different ways of working until something fits.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions are close to face-to-face contact, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat allows short check-ins during a busy day, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.