Katarzyna Pachniewska

Education and professional experience

She is a graduate of the Faculty of Psychology (specialising in Clinical Psychology of Children and Rehabilitation Psychology of Children and Adolescents) and the Faculty of Education (specialising in Special Education) at the University of Warsaw.

She completed postgraduate studies in Sexual Education at the University of Warsaw and postgraduate studies in Clinical Sexology at the Warsaw School of Social Psychology (currently SWPS University). She is also a graduate of a comprehensive psychotherapy training programme in the integrative approach with a systemic orientation at the Dialog Psychotherapy School, accredited by the Polish Psychiatric Association.

She is a member of the Team for Sexuality of People with Disabilities of the Polish Society of Sexology. She is also a member of the Polish Psychiatric Association, the Family Therapy Section of the Polish Psychiatric Association, and the Polish Society of Sexology.

She gained her professional experience during an internship at the Sexology and Sexual Dysfunction Clinic at Nowowiejski Hospital, while working at the specialist Psychological and Educational Counselling Centre “TOP” in Warsaw, as well as through her own psychological and psychotherapeutic practice.

She has collaborated with foundations and associations throughout Poland, conducting workshops and training sessions on supporting psychosexual development, non-heteronormativity, and the prevention of developmentally harmful behaviours.

She continuously develops her professional skills by participating in training courses and workshops, working under regular supervision, actively taking part in scientific conferences, and publishing articles.

Specializations

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

Scope of activity

She collaborates as a lecturer with the Postgraduate Studies in Clinical Sexology at SWPS University in Warsaw, Katowice, Sopot, and Wrocław, as well as the postgraduate programme Clinical Sexology – Assessment, Education, and Therapy at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

She provides individual psychotherapy and couples therapy for adults and adolescents.

She specialises in working with people experiencing difficulties in psychosexual functioning. She supports patients facing challenges related to gender diversity (including transgender identity, variations in sex characteristics, and others), sexual diversity (including sexual orientation and sexual identity), sexual dysfunctions, difficulties in intimate relationships, and lack of satisfaction with their sexual life.

She also provides counselling for adolescents and parents in the field of developmental sexology, psychosexual development, including issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as the sexuality of people with developmental disorders and/or disabilities.