Dorota Maglo

I am a practicing existential/integrative psychotherapist, registered with the UnitedKingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), and adhere to the Council’s Code of Ethics and Practice, which requires the preservation of confidentiality about the client, as well as respect for the individual’s needs and unique value and belief systems.

My professionally accredited four-year training has been with the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (Schiller International University, London) where I gained an MA in Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy. I also hold an Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy from prestigious Regent’s College, London.

My publications can be found in the Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis (11.2, 2000; 12.1:2001) and in Group Analysis, the Journal of Group-Analytic Psychotherapy (2002).

I have over 10 year’s experience of working in a variety of settings within the public sector, including the NHS (National Health Service), Westminster Bereavement Service, the London Lighthouse, King’s College Hospital, and in private practice.

For many years I was employed at a large London General Practice where I worked therapeutically with individuals who grappled with a wide range of personal problems including anxiety and depression, addictions and compulsions, self-esteem issues, bereavement, eating disorders (anorexia andbulimia), sexual difficulties and problems with intimacy.

I have been a coordinator of the Support and Personal Development Groupfor the Polish Psychologists Association for the last 6 years. This project has been very successful in giving the needed support to those who value personal development and wish to find solutions to their life struggles.

I have also run a private practice for the last 16 years, from a consulting room in West London, and like to undertake long and short term work with individuals and couples. I am happy to work with clients who are in the middle of a crisis, struggling with difficult emotions, feeling stuck, anxious, lost, confused, and have no one to turn to for help. I encourage them to share their feelings, to reflect on where they are, who they are and how they want things to be.

It is vital for me not to judge others or tell them what to do, but to help each person to free himself of unwanted thought and behaviour patterns, and find new ways of coping with his personal challenges, and moving on.