About me
My name is Katarzyna Dębowska. In 2007 I obtained a Master’s degree in Psychology with a clinical specialisation at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. My interest in psychology began relatively early. My studies allowed me to explore development, emotions, functioning and a wide range of mental health difficulties. After coming to the United Kingdom I devoted my time and energy to my family. Although my professional activity was set aside for a while, psychology remained my passion. Whenever I could, I spent my free time studying and doing voluntary work. In 2013 I obtained a Certificate in Counselling Skills, and in 2015 a Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. I have run my own therapeutic practice for years, and since 2019 I have also worked with the Petal Support organisation in Glasgow.
Professional development:
2024, ongoing. Trauma, PTSD and Dissociation Course:
- Stabilisation and preparation for trauma-focused work in the treatment of complex dissociative clients
- When Love Goes Awry: Disturbed Early Attachment Relations and their Contributions to Borderline Personality and Suicidality in Late Adolescence
- Treatment of Complex Dissociative Disorders
- An overview of Assessing Dissociation and Complex Dissociative Disorders
- From attachment trauma to disintegration, dissociation and detachment
- Sensory Motor Arousal Regulation Treatment (SMART): Movement, the senses & play for bottom-up trauma treatment across the lifespan
- Sensory processing, trauma and the development of the Self: implications for treatment
2024. Child protection: an introduction (3.0)
2024. Understanding and treating Complex PTSD
2024. Suicide TALK, suicide prevention
2023. Working with the Impact of Severe Trauma
2021. Couples and Family Therapy Diploma
2019. Seasons for Growth Companion Training for the Children and Young People’s Programme, working with grief in children
2019. PETAL Support Glasgow, grief and loss counselling: working with bereavement following suicide or murder
2013–2015. SCOTACS Diploma in Counselling and Groupwork, CBT Approach
2014. Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
2013–2014. COSCA Counselling Skills Certificate
2013. Work with the Renfrewshire Polish Association (RenPA)
2012. Managing Self-harming Behaviour
2011–2012. Voluntary work for Glasgow Association for Mental Health (GAMH), Befriender
2009–2020. Membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS), Graduate Member
2007. Master’s degree in Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
2005–2007. Student placements in a range of psychological support settings, including:
- the Regional Hospital for Nervous and Mental Illness in Gniezno
- the Poznań Centre for Mental Health