I'm Pavel Burdyka — a psychology student doing practice at a therapy centre. I'll start seeing clients in about two years. Until then: notes on psychology, mini-exercises that actually work, and zero promises to «change your life in 7 days».
Four seconds per side. A minute or two — and your nervous system notices.
One minute with nothing to do, nothing to decide and nowhere to hurry.
This is an exercise, not therapy or a diagnosis. If things are very hard right now — Poland: 116 123 (crisis line), 112 (emergency).
When your thoughts scatter, come back to the room through your five senses. No rush: a few calm breaths per step is plenty.
This is an exercise, not therapy or a diagnosis. If things are very hard right now — Poland: 116 123 (crisis line), 112 (emergency).
7 questions from the GAD-7. Over the last two weeks, how often were you bothered by what I'm about to ask?
How are you today?
Not for a minute but for an evening: you'll need a bit of time and quiet.
Enrolled thinking I'd read people like books. Mostly I read textbooks.
It has protocols, research and homework. Yes, therapy has homework too.
Real patients, real supervision, real vending-machine coffee.
The final stretch, with a lot of Polish terminology.
I enrol in a psychotherapy school and start seeing clients: Poland, offline and online. This site graduates from «fun stuff» to a practice.