Potential Space
Integrative Counselling & Experiential Therapy Adriana Czyzewska MBACP
Do you feel anxious or overwhelmed?
Exhausted or burned out?
Or like something isn’t quite right, even if you can’t fully name it?
You may already know what you want from therapy, or you may simply have a sense that something no longer fits: a relationship, an old pattern, or a way of being. Perhaps you tried coping on your own, and it’s been hard.
Reaching out can feel difficult. I remember how uncertain and anxious I felt when I was looking for my own therapist. I wondered whether I’d be able to talk about difficult, very personal experiences with a stranger, and whether I could trust them.
If some of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
Welcome
I’m Adriana, an integrative counsellor based in Central London, offering in-person and online individual therapy.
Hopefully, this web gives you a sense of my approach, qualification and whether therapy with me could be a possibility for you.
Hello & Welcome
I’m Adriana, an integrative counsellor based in Central London, offering in-person and online therapy.
I offer a collaborative, supportive space grounded in care and curiosity, where we can explore what feels most important to you at your own pace.
My work is rooted in psychosynthesis, a holistic, integrative approach and relational therapy. I am mostly influenced by systems, process-oriented and somatic oriented. My work is also trauma informed.
In practice, this means gently exploring your experiences, relationships, and ways of coping, with openness to what may be emerging for you.
I aim to support you in making sense of your experience in a way that feels meaningful, and to bring awareness to what may be holding you back from expressing your full potential.
I hold a Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7) in Psychosynthesis Counselling and am a registered member of the BACP, working in line with their Ethical Framework.
Therapy with me
I tailor therapy to you as an individual, offering a space that is collaborative and grounded in care and curiosity. Together, we can explore whatever feels most important, at a pace that feels right for you.
My work is rooted in psychosynthesis, a holistic, integrative approach and relational therapy. I am mostly influenced by systems, process-oriented and somatic approaches. My work is also trauma informed.
In practice, this means we gently explore your past and present experiences, relationships, your context and your ways of coping, with an openness to what may be emerging for you.
I aim to support you in making sense of your experience in a way that feels meaningful, and to gently bring awareness to what may be limiting or holding you back from expressing your full potential.
I believe connection and creativity are at the core of being human, and they form the foundation of the therapeutic process, beginning with the relationship between us.
Alongside talking, I may gently invite exploration through creative expression or somatic awareness, only if you are open to it.
Training, qualifications & experience
I hold a Postgraduate Diploma (Level 7) in Psychosynthesis Counselling and am a registered member of the BACP, working in accordance with their Ethical Framework.
My work is supported through regular one-to-one supervision with an experienced supervisor, alongside ongoing professional development through further training and workshops.
I have worked with a variety of clients from different backgrounds and cultures. This includes people exploring questions of identity, belonging, or life transitions, as well as those experiencing anxiety, low mood, feeling under pressure, burned out, or disconnected. I have experience working with individuals affected by trauma, including complex and intergenerational trauma.
I see the symptoms or issues people bring as part of a wider picture, and I work with you as a whole person, not just the problem you bring.
I can help with
At times, life can feel heavy or difficult to hold. You might be experiencing anxiety or panic, a persistent low mood, or a sense of overwhelm. You may notice yourself shutting down, feeling burnt out, or carrying anger that has no clear place to go. Sleep and rest might feel disrupted or out of reach.
In our work together, we can begin to gently make sense of these experiences. I aim offer a welcoming, warm, non- judgmental space, in which we can explore anything you bring at your pace and find ways of being that feel more manageable and supportive.
If you are going through a break-up, divorce, grieving a loss, facing a medical diagnosis, or navigating a life transition or new beginning.
Each person’s sense of self is unique, shaped by their experiences, relationships, and environment.
At times, this can feel confusing or difficult, especially if you’ve felt different, or unsure where you fit.
You might be exploring aspects of your personal, sexual, or social identity, or questioning where you belong.
I understand that this can feel uncertain and complex, particularly if you’ve experienced being in-between, on the outside, or not fully at home in yourself or in the world around you.
Therapy with me offers a space for the full complexity of who you are, a space to get to know yourself more deeply and to find ways of being that feel natural rather than imposed.
Together, we can gently explore what may be making it difficult to fully accept and celebrate yourself.
I offer a space that is affirming of neurodiversity and LGBTQ+ identities.
Shame can be subtle or deeply felt, often woven into how you experience yourself and the world around you.
It may not always be clear where it comes from, or why it holds such weight. You may feel that something about you is not quite enough, or not quite right.
I can help you staying with the complexity of your experience, supporting a deeper understanding.
Allowing more compassionate and accepting way of relating to yourself to emerge.
You might be noticing difficulties in your relationships, patterns that keep reappearing, or a sense of not fully belonging.
I can help you gently explore these experiences, including relationship difficulties, recurring relational patterns, and the impact of relational trauma.
The aim of the space we create, whether we meet in person or online, is to support you in understanding yourself more fully and in finding ways of relating that feel more supportive.
Trauma is not the event that happened, but the imprint it leaves on you. Something that was too much, too fast, or too overwhelming.
The ways we have been responded to in the environments we have lived in or lack of supporting environment when you were young and vulnerable can influence you you feel, behave and think of yourself and the world.
You may notice that some coping strategies, patterns or ways of relating no longer support you, but difficult to change. You may feel the need of holding things in, finding it difficult to express yourself, or a sense of not quite being able to be yourself.
This is something we can take time to explore together.
I have experience working with people whose lives were affected by experiences that were traumatic, including complex and intergenerational trauma.
If you are going through a break-up, divorce, grieving a loss, facing a medical diagnosis, navigating a life transition or new beginning.
I can offer a space to support you through periods of uncertainty or change.
You may be exploring your sexual identity or expression, or trying to make sense of how you feel in relation to desire, attraction, or intimacy.
These experiences can feel very personal, and are often not easy to talk about.
I can offer a space where this can be spoken about openly, without judgement.
Whether you identify in a particular way, or not at all, we can work together to give voice to your experience, allowing you to connect with what feels true for you.
You might be experiencing a sense of feeling stuck, or wanting to change but finding it difficult to move forward.
This can include a lack of direction, difficulty expressing yourself, or creative blocks.
It may feel hard to imagine things changing, or to see what could be possible.
I can offer a space to support you and staying with your experience, were we can begin to understand what might be holding things in place, and allowing something new to emerge.
First steps
If what you read here resonates with you or draws your curiosity, the first step is a free 20-minute consultation.
It’s simply a chance for us to meet online via Zoom or have a phone conversation, to ask questions, and see whether therapy with me feels right for you.