Natalia Lachowicz-Wilk

I am a psychologist, a psychotherapist and a sex therapist. I provide psychological consultations, sex therapy sessions and psychotherapy (also online) for adult people who:

• face personal, professional and existential crises
• experience difficulties in coping with stress or emotions and in relationships with other people
• suffer from worry, anxiety, sadness, despair, emptiness or any other suffering, including physical symptoms which often do not have medical reasons
• experience self-esteem deficits and instability
• have trouble getting pregnant, carrying to term, or are in the process of becoming a parent
• need support in parent attitude and parenting skills
• suffer from difficulties in the sexual area relating to sex drive, disfunctions, sexual orientation, gender identity and sense of being a maladjusted couple
• wish to examine their functioning in various areas (personal, professional, relational), their strengths and features they consider weaknesses

I work based on the humanistic approach. This means that I as a therapist care for creating an atmosphere in which the client will feel unconditionally accepted, listened to and seen, with their unique emotion, experience, and narration. The methods I use are aimed at helping the client in reaching their individual experiences. As a therapist, I accompany the client in the process of revealing how the relationships, events and circumstances they have had so far influence them and what meaning the client gives them. Among various possibilities of working with another person, the methods based on the Gestalt approach expanded with body work and Focusing are closest to me. They are aimed at opening the client to trust and use their emotions and feelings, a mindful experiencing of ‘here and now’, and getting in contact with their inner power which can facilitate the change they need or wish for.

In my psychotherapeutic work with couples, it is particularly important for me to create opportunities for each partner to express their experiences, feelings and attitudes and to empower them. At the same time, I encourage a joint empathic exploration, recognition and naming of the mechanisms that stand in the way of a trusting, secure relationship.

I have gained my professional experience, among others, in the Sexology and Dysfunctional Intercourse Clinic in Warsaw, Province Adoption Centre in Warsaw, Province Labour Office in Warsaw, Addiction and Codependency Clinic in Otwock, Psychiatry Division of the Bródno Hospital in Warsaw. I have graduated from MA course in psychology (with the major in Social Clinical Psychology) at the SWPS University. I have completed 2-year post-graduate Sex Therapy School at the SWPS University with the major in clinical sexology and additionally also a 4-year psychotherapeutic training at the Psychotherapy School of the Support and Social Education Centre INTRA, recommended by the Polish Psychological Association. I am a member of the Polish Association of Integrational Experiential Psychotherapy and Social Education of the Intra Association and of the Polish Psychological Association. I participate in trainings and conferences on a regular basis. I put my work under supervision on a regular basis.

My professional interest has been for many years focused on personality disorders, psychological gender, and therapeutical methods in a broad sense.

On the personal side, I can’t live without music, physical activity, walks and travel. I am a wife and a mum.