Psychologist · Relationships & Family
Relationships shape
us from the inside.
Difficulties in relationships — with a partner, family, or at work — often have roots deeper than they appear. I help you understand your relational patterns and build connections that strengthen rather than exhaust.
What we can work on
Relationship difficulties are one of the most common reasons people seek a psychologist. Whether it is a difficult partnership, repeating patterns from the family of origin, trouble setting limits, or recovering from a toxic relationship — therapy can help you understand what is happening and build a new way of relating.
Relational schemas and how to change them
Our relational patterns form early — in family, at school, in first relationships. In therapy we examine these schemas: how we respond to closeness and rejection, why we choose certain types of partners, how we communicate needs. Understanding these mechanisms is the first step to changing them.
In CBT we work on concrete skills — assertive communication, setting healthy limits, expressing emotions without escalation. These skills transfer to all your relationships.
Individual or couples therapy?
You do not always need couples therapy — individual work on your own schemas and limits often changes the relationship dynamic just as effectively. We can also start with individual therapy and move to couples work when a partner joins the process.
FAQ
Your questions answered
- Can individual therapy help with relationship problems?
- Yes — and it is often the first step. Working on your own relational patterns, boundaries, communication, and needs directly improves the quality of all your relationships — romantic, family, professional. Individual therapy and couples therapy can complement each other.
- Do you work with people leaving toxic relationships?
- Yes. Supporting people exiting toxic or abusive relationships is an important part of my practice. We focus on rebuilding self-worth, understanding the patterns that led to the relationship, and building healthier connections in the future.
- How do you set limits with family?
- Setting limits with family is often the hardest — patterns are old and deeply ingrained. In therapy we work on distinguishing healthy closeness from enmeshment, on assertive communication, and on coping with the guilt that often accompanies setting limits.
- What are ACE (adverse childhood experiences) and can they be addressed?
- ACEs are stressful or traumatic experiences in childhood — neglect, abuse, domestic dysfunction — that shape adult relational patterns. Yes, these patterns can be addressed in therapy. With awareness and the right tools you can build healthy relationships regardless of what you experienced growing up.
Book a session
Start building healthier relationships.
Book a session — we will talk about what is hardest for you and agree on a direction for the work.
Środa Wielkopolska · in-person and online sessions