About me

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Anna Olszewska

Psychologist, Psychotherapist

„Change begins with understanding. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to finally hear what has long remained unspoken.”

I am a psychologist and psychotherapist working in the psychodynamic approach. I provide individual therapy for adults as well as couples therapy — in both Polish and English.

In my work, I support people who:
• experience depression, anxiety, tension, or loneliness,
• are going through personal or professional crises,
• have difficulties forming or maintaining satisfying relationships,
• want to better understand their emotions, patterns, and reactions,
• are seeking lasting change and greater well-being.

I support clients in a process that leads to a deeper understanding of themselves and to building healthier, more fulfilling relationships — both with others and with themselves.

I hold a degree in Clinical Psychology from SWPS University and a degree in Management from the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH).
I completed the Psychotherapy Program and the Couples Psychotherapy Program at the Psychoeducation Laboratory in Warsaw — a center recommended by the Polish Psychological Association and the Polish Psychiatric Association.
Additionally, I completed the first level of training in Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT).

I gained clinical experience at:
• the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw (Affective Disorders Unit),
• the Mazovian Provincial Hospital Drewnica (General Psychiatry Unit),
• the Academic Psychotherapy Center at the University of Warsaw,
• the “Blue Line” helpline,
• the MOP Specialist Clinic,
• the Q Zmianom Association.

I also collaborated with the Konteksty Center.
I regularly receive supervision and ensure that my work meets high professional and ethical standards.

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

I work within the psychodynamic approach, which assumes that our current emotions, reactions, and difficulties may stem from processes outside our full awareness. These processes often originate in past experiences, particularly relationships with significant people in our lives.

Psychodynamic therapy focuses on:
• understanding unconscious mechanisms that influence thoughts, emotions, and behaviors,
• recognizing recurring patterns — in relationships, choices, and reactions to stress,
• becoming aware of internal conflicts that may cause suffering or tension,
• building deeper self-awareness, including needs and emotions.

In therapy, I act as an attentive companion to the process — offering interpretations and reflections that help bring clarity to experiences that may have been difficult to name or understand. I do not impose ready-made solutions; instead, we explore the roots of difficulties together and open up space for change.

I also draw from MBT (Mentalization-Based Therapy), which focuses on developing the capacity to understand one’s own and others’ mental states — thoughts, emotions, intentions, and needs.
A lack of mentalization often increases tension and leads to conflicts, relationship difficulties, and intense emotional reactions.
Strengthening this ability helps restore stability, a sense of control, and healthier functioning in relationships.

Couples Psychotherapy

Couples therapy in the psychodynamic approach focuses on what happens between partners, as well as the internal mechanisms that shape how they experience closeness, conflict, needs, and disappointment.

It is based on the understanding that relationship difficulties often stem from:
• differences in expressing and experiencing emotions,
• past wounds and experiences activated in the intimate relationship,
• unconscious expectations toward the partner,
• recurring communication patterns,
• fears related to rejection, dependence, or closeness.

In the therapy room, we explore the internal dynamics of the relationship and what leads the couple to respond to each other in certain ways. We work with what happens “here and now” between partners — with emotions, tension, needs, attachment, and differences.

In my work, I also draw from EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy), which is based on attachment theory and views the couple through the lens of emotional bonding. Its goal is to strengthen the sense of safety and connection between partners.