Alicja Długołęcka

Education and professional experience

By education, she is a pedagogue, experienced sexual educator, and psychotherapist. She holds a PhD in the humanities and has extensive teaching experience, having worked for many years as a lecturer at the Faculty of Rehabilitation in Warsaw, where she taught courses in psychosomatics and sexual rehabilitation. She is also a lecturer in the Postgraduate Studies in Sexual Education at the University of Warsaw.

Currently, she focuses primarily on psychotherapeutic work, conducts workshops for women, and is actively involved with foundations supporting people with disabilities. She is the author of numerous publications and popular science books, including “Przypływ. O emocjach i seksualności dojrzałych kobiet” (“The Tide: On the Emotions and Sexuality of Mature Women”), “Seks na wysokich obcasach” (“Sex in High Heels”), and “Zwykła książka o tym, skąd się biorą dzieci” (“An Ordinary Book About Where Babies Come From”), among others.

Scope of activity

She is the author of numerous books and articles on psychosexual education, including the monograph “Edukacja seksualna” (“Sexual Education”), “Zwykła książka o tym, skąd się biorą dzieci” (“An Ordinary Book About Where Babies Come From”), and “Seks na Wysokich Obcasach” (“Sex in High Heels”).

Her scientific and educational work focuses on the prevention of psychosexual disorders, broadly understood sexual education, and promoting sexual health. She is particularly interested in topics related to the sexuality of women and people with various disabilities. She collaborates with foundations, including the Active Rehabilitation Foundation, and conducts research projects in this field.

As a sexual educator, she provides counselling related to comprehensive sexual education across different stages of life: childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

Her counselling includes:

• providing information that helps individuals gain greater self-awareness and make positive changes in the area of sexuality,

• supporting psychosexual development at every stage of life,

• exploring possible solutions to sexuality-related challenges, as well as shaping healthy attitudes and behaviours,

• conducting an initial assessment of difficulties and, when needed, referring individuals for medical or psychological therapy,

• supporting personal development work in specialised groups (for women, men, adolescents, parents, and professionals).