About Katarzyna
Katarzyna Dabrow-Kielan is an AASW social worker with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She focuses on practical support for everyday struggles and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who is worried or unsure. She speaks English and Polish and explains things in clear, simple language.
Her approach is flexible and tailored. Katarzyna works with people on relationship strains, parenting questions, grief and loss, or rebuilding confidence after a difficult time.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how attachment and communication patterns affect daily life and works on small changes that make a real difference. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. She will listen first, then suggest strategies that fit the person's life and priorities.
That might include ways to reduce anxious thinking, practical coping tools for stress, or steps to strengthen self-esteem and self-love. Katarzyna also supports people facing fertility issues, divorce and separation, body image concerns, and questions about life purpose. She adapts pace and focus so each person can work at a comfortable rhythm.
People who choose her can expect respectful, non-judgemental care and a collaborative plan. Katarzyna encourages small, achievable goals and checks progress regularly to help keep therapy useful and relevant.
Practical approaches for anxiety and life stress online
Two evidence-based techniques Katarzyna commonly uses are brief cognitive strategies and behavioural skills. Brief cognitive strategies involve noticing unhelpful thought patterns and testing them with simple experiments to reduce anxious thinking. Behavioural skills focus on small, repeatable actions - such as paced breathing, activity scheduling or stepwise exposure - to lower stress and increase confidence in everyday situations.She views choosing an approach as a collaborative process. Together the person and therapist will talk about goals, try methods that fit daily life, and adjust the plan as progress is seen. The therapist aims to match techniques to what the person needs and what feels doable for them.
Online delivery offers flexibility across several formats. Video calls let people use visual cues and a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer written check-ins, want more frequent brief touchpoints, or need to fit therapy around work and family commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Polish
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