Emilia Gonczar

Emilia Gonczar is a counsellor with 11 years' experience who works in English and Polish. She trained with a Masters in Psychology from the University of Warsaw and completed a four-year psychoanalytical training at The Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. Emilia has worked across psychiatric wards, charities and private settings, and brings that breadth into each session.

She helps people make sense of difficult feelings and relationships. Sessions often look at how past experiences shape current thoughts and behaviour. Emilia also pays attention to the body and how physical sensations link to emotional states.

Her approach is holistic and personalised. She uses talking therapies drawn from psychodynamic ideas alongside client-centred listening and practical techniques from solution-focused work. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is one of the methods she uses when trauma and distress are central concerns.

Emilia aims to create time to reflect, notice patterns, and try out small changes. She can support people dealing with anger, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting and body-image issues, among other concerns. She also works with topics such as adoption and foster care, ageing, attachment difficulties and carer stress.

Clients can expect a reflective but straightforward style. Emilia combines gentle enquiry with practical steps so people can better manage feelings and daily pressures. Her background in hospital wards and charity services informs a grounded, experience-based way of working.

Approaches and how they work online

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape feelings and expectations in current relationships. It looks at patterns of closeness and distance and can help when difficulty trusting or connecting causes distress.

Client-centred therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens without judgement and helps the client find their own pace and solutions, which suits people who need a supportive space to talk things through.

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, is used for processing traumatic memories that continue to cause strong reactions. It combines focused attention on distressing memories with guided bilateral stimulation to reduce emotional intensity over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and then suggest options together with the client. That collaborative process helps choose techniques that fit the person and their situation.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions will be arranged. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, for example allowing shorter check-ins during a work break or removing travel time. It can also let someone choose audio-only contact when less bandwidth or a quieter interaction is needed. Ask about available formats when you complete the matching questionnaire.