Karolina Krause

Psychodynamic psychotherapy helps clients find patterns in their emotions, thoughts, and beliefs in order to gain insight into their current self. These patterns are often found to begin in the client’s childhood since psychodynamic theory holds that early life experiences are extremely influential in the psychological development and functioning of an adult (Matthews & Chu, 1997).

Psychodynamic therapy aims to help the client identify important pieces of the puzzle that makes them who they are and rearrange them in ways that allow the client to form a more functional and positive sense of self.

The main goals of psychodynamic therapy are to:

(1) enhance the client’s self-awareness and (2) foster understanding of the client’s thoughts, feelings, and beliefs in relation to their past experiences, especially his or her experiences as a child (Haggerty, 2016).

This is accomplished by the therapist guiding the client through the examination of unresolved conflicts and significant events in the client’s past.

I am running my own practice in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) for about 5 years now. Previously I'be been working in a Psychological Clinic in Utrech (The Netherlands) for about 4 years.

• I finished a 4-year specialist training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at Krakow Psychodynamic Center, which is recommended by the Polish Psychological Society and the Polish Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Society
• Master's degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Gdansk (UG), Poland
• Masters Child and Adolescent Psychology (MA. Clin Psych), University of Gdansk (UG), Poland
• ERASMUS, Psychology, Universidad Jaume I, Castellon de la plana, Spain​
• 2 years of studies in Sociotherapy and Youth Psychotherapy at the Krakow Psychodynamic Center.