Zuzanna Horowska, BACP

Zuzanna Horowska is a counsellor with four years' practical experience. She holds BACP registration, and works with people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship problems and the aftermath of trauma. She also supports those facing life changes, low self-esteem and panic attacks.

Her approach centres on the therapeutic relationship. Zuzanna uses a humanistic, integrative stance and draws on psychodynamic, object-relations and transactional analysis ideas to help people make sense of repeating patterns. She pays attention to how the body holds emotion and to unconscious processes that shape daily reactions.

Sessions may include talking alongside creative exercises and gentle body-focused techniques. She can introduce practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy when helpful, and she uses Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma-related work. The aim is to increase self-awareness and reduce overwhelming feelings.

Zuzanna has experience supporting people affected by cancer and working with clients who have faced abuse, addiction or long-term stress. Her background includes roles with Macmillan Cancer Support and charities offering counselling for health and substance-use issues.

In the room she aims to be warm and empathic. Conversations are offered without judgment and with an emphasis on helping people communicate feelings, manage panic and build more balanced daily routines.

How EMDR and integrative approaches work online

EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, focuses on processing distressing memories. It uses guided attention and bilateral stimulation to help reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and related symptoms.

A humanistic integrative approach combines psychodynamic, object-relations and transactional analysis ideas. This helps people connect current problems to past patterns and to understand how they relate to others. Sessions may also include Gestalt-informed exercises and gentle body-based techniques to notice how feelings show up in the body.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options together, tailored to a person's goals and comfort level. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively whether EMDR techniques, practical CBT tools or relational exploration best suit each phase of therapy.

Please confirm available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific online or in-person options. Many people find online counselling makes it easier to fit therapy into daily life, such as shorter check-ins around work, avoiding travel time and keeping sessions in a familiar setting. Talk with the therapist about practical arrangements and which methods are most helpful for your situation.