Karolina Szemerda, MIACP

Psychotherapist

Karolina is fully accredited with the IACP. She has also finished the EMDR training with Gus Murray.
 
Education:
B.Sc. Hon. (Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling), M.A. (Directing for Theatre), B.A.Hon. (Film, Literature, and Drama)
Currently, she is undertaking the Doctorate in Psychotherapy and Counselling at DCU. She contributed to the publication in the Irish Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy.
 
Areas of Speciality: She works with clients who experience depression, post-traumatic stress symptoms, anxiety, grief and loss, addiction, low self-esteem, relationship issues, and life changes and transitions. She has a particular interest in transgenerational trauma. Trauma impacts our well-being socially, and emotionally, and the development of our brain. She has experience working as a trauma psychotherapist at Ruhama, Dublin where she provided trauma therapy for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation.
 
Previous experience & background – Education and Theatre 

Her professional experience is in teaching and providing support and pastoral care to children, teenagers and adult students at the Polish Teachers Association, Kaplan International College, Portobello Institute and University College Dublin (2013-2020). Over the course of her earlier career as a teacher and theatre director, her work with both children and adults inspired her to pursue a career in Psychotherapy.

Available Online and in person? YES

Languages: English and Polish

Her training is rooted in Integrative Psychotherapy, which considers the whole person. To enable people to heal from emotional distress and psychological difficulties she works with different therapeutic models, depending on clients’ needs in the atmosphere of safety and acceptance.

To assist clients with overcoming obstacles and releasing limiting beliefs, she works with: EMDR, Somatic Psychology, Mindfulness, Schema Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection, grounding techniques and theatre-inspired techniques (such as storytelling and metaphor).


As an antidote to painful experiences, she supports clients in restoring their capacity to play, connect and thrive in the community, by growing the ”C” qualities: curiosity, clarity, creativity, commitment, calm, courage, compassion, and confidence.