Marcin Maciejewski

Marcin Maciejewski is a licensed counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of professional therapeutic experience and more than ten years working in related therapeutic settings. He recognises that taking the first step into therapy can feel daunting and often requires courage, and he aims to make subsequent steps easier and more manageable for each person he meets.

Marcin has approximately 3,000 hours of experience directly helping people with mental health struggles, and he has worked for over twice that amount of time in related fields such as academic mentoring, care in institutional settings, and hospices. Over the course of his work he has supported people facing a wide range of challenges, including depression, trauma, complex PTSD, relationship difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder (whether experienced by the client or by someone close to them), employee assistance programme related issues, learning difficulties and sensory loss (eye sight and hearing), body dysmorphia and LGBTQ+ related issues, loneliness and social anxiety, grief and loss, and abuse by narcissistic partners or family members.

His professional development includes training and practice in several therapeutic modalities, among them person-centred approaches, existential work, MCBT, Focusing, intersubjectivity, and Gestalt. At the heart of his work is the therapeutic relationship and the depth of trust that allows openness and growth - the intersubjective element refers to that shared relational space.

Research has shown that more than any specific therapy model, a strong trusting alliance is the largest predictor of therapeutic success (T. DeAngelis, American Psychological Association. Vol 50, No.10). In practice this means Marcin places emphasis on trust, communication and mutual understanding as the foundation that integrates different therapeutic methods into an effective package clients can adopt to address the issues affecting them, and eventually apply without ongoing help from a professional.

When it is helpful and agreed with the client, he draws on practical tools such as worksheets, mood charts, journalling, mindfulness practice, genograms (graphical representation of a family tree), movement and embodiment, and artistic or creative forms of expression to support change between sessions.

Marcin is committed to ongoing personal and professional development. His support structure includes two separate supervisors - counselling mentors who oversee the quality of his work - and peer support within the Gestalt school he is part of. This oversight provides objective feedback, helps prevent burnout, and contributes to continual improvement in his practice.

He finds that regular weekly sessions often work best, though arrangements are negotiated with each individual client. Current availability can be seen on his schedule. For communications between sessions he typically responds in the morning, between 7 and 10 am in his time zone, and around mid-day at 2 pm in his time zone; if a matter is urgent he will reply as feasibly practical. Having experienced therapy himself, Marcin understands some of the anxiety clients may feel when starting therapy and draws on that perspective in his work.