About Monika
Monika Zajac is a BACP counsellor with nine years' experience working in the United Kingdom. She left Poland after a period teaching in high school and later retrained in counselling. Monika speaks English and Polish and brings that background into her work.
She uses a personable, straightforward style and aims to make sessions feel calm and practical for people feeling overwhelmed. Monika combines person-centred listening with psychodynamic thinking to match the needs of each person.
Background and approach
In a typical session she offers space to talk, reflects what she hears, and gently helps uncover patterns that might be keeping someone stuck. She also pays attention to life events like loss, career change, immigration, or parenting pressures that can shape how someone feels. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, panic attacks, depression and grief.
Other areas she works with include trauma and abuse, ADHD, compassion fatigue, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, and sleep or anger problems. She has additional experience around adoption, foster care and end-of-life counselling. Sessions can suit people wanting a short-term focus or a longer process to understand repeating patterns.
Monika adapts the pace to fit the person sitting in front of her and the issue at hand. She aims for clear goals and practical steps alongside deeper reflection when needed. Her background as a teacher informs her straightforward, patient approach.
That experience can be helpful for young adults and adolescents who prefer clear explanations and structured conversations. Monika works with people from different cultures and life stages and supports those navigating major life transitions.
Approaches that guide online counselling
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening without judgement and following what matters most to the person. It helps when someone needs an empathetic space to talk through anxiety, grief or changes in life and to find their own solutions.Psychodynamic therapy looks at recurring patterns and past experiences that can shape present feelings and behaviours. A short sentence or two each session can help link current struggles to earlier events, which is useful for people wrestling with relationship problems, abandonment issues or long-standing low self-worth.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals and preferences and will adapt methods together. Sessions can shift between more practical steps and deeper reflection as needed, and the plan is reviewed as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text messaging suits quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, family commitments or living in another country while working with registered or accredited professionals.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Polish
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