Iza Jąderek

Education and professional experience

She is a graduate of Clinical Psychology at SWPS University. She obtained her Doctor of Medical Sciences degree at the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education. She also completed postgraduate studies in Clinical Sexology at the Medical University of Warsaw.

She is a graduate of the Professional School of Psychotherapy organised by the Institute of Health Psychology of the Polish Psychological Association, with an integrative psychotherapy profile based on the Institute’s approach.

She holds a certificate as a clinical sexologist from the Polish Society of Sexology, as well as certificates as a sexologist from the European Federation of Sexology (EFS) and the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM).

She is a sexual educator and psychosocial skills trainer (National Open College, United Kingdom).

She collaborates with non-governmental organisations, including the Sexual Health Promotion Foundation, Trans-Fuzja Foundation, and Akceptacja Association, which focus on promoting knowledge about the importance of sexuality, as well as providing assistance and comprehensive support to people at risk of social exclusion.

Specializations

• clinical sexologist (PTS-certified),
• psychotherapist,
• psychosexual therapist,
• psychologist.

Scope of activity

She provides individual psychotherapy and couples therapy for adults, as well as counselling for adolescents and their parents regarding sexual orientation and transgender identity.

She specialises in working with people experiencing difficulties in intimate relationships and psychosexual functioning.

She supports patients facing challenges related to sexual dysfunctions, gender identity (including transgender identity), sexual orientation (including coming out, discrimination, and difficulties with self-acceptance), non-monogamous relationships (such as polyamory), jealousy, infidelity, and lack of satisfaction in their sexual life.

She also works with people experiencing life crises, prolonged stress, and lack of motivation.

She is an author and co-author of research studies and publications on gender identity and sexuality. She is the author of the book “Seksolatki. Jak rozmawiać z młodzieżą o seksie” (“Sexual Teens. How to Talk to Young People About Sex”).