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