Irena works independently of the other therapists, coaches and counsellors (with separate liability) and has her own separate business within the rooms we all share.

Irena has postgraduate qualifications in psychology and is recognised in the United Kingdom as a psychotherapist. For legal purposes here in Germany, she is currently qualified as a „Heilpraktikerin, beschränkt auf das Gebiet Psychotherapie“. I am particularly excited to share practice rooms with Irena because of her commitment to helping both individuals and couples with Internal Family Systems (IFS).

I am originally from Scotland (Dundee), and have both Scottish and Polish roots.  Following a 12 year career in industry, I began my therapy career in earnest in 2008, after recognising that I have always been a psychologist at heart.  My core postgraduate therapy training in the United Kingdom was in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which is a very practical approach focused on the here-and-now. 

With time and further study I have come to adopt a way of working that more fully explores the role of relationships, past and present, inside and out, and I integrate work from a range of approaches (including psychodynamic, relational and systemic as well as CBT), in response to the needs of the people I work with. I am also trained to Level 2 in Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS), with both individuals and with couples and this is currently my preferred way of working.