About Monika
Monika Zajac is a counsellor who combines life experience with years of practice to help people who are struggling. She trained after moving from Poland to the United Kingdom and brings a background in teaching to her clinical work. Monika uses a friendly, down-to-earth manner to help people talk through whatever feels difficult right now.
She usually begins by listening closely to what is happening in a person's life and what they want to change.
How Monika works
Sessions aim to make sense of feelings and patterns, and to try small, manageable steps that can make everyday life easier. Conversations are clear and practical rather than full of clinical language. Monika has nine years of counselling experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
She has worked with people across a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, grief and depression, as well as parenting and relationship issues. Her background in education also informs how she supports young adults and adolescents. Her approach draws mainly on Client-Centred and Psychodynamic ideas.
That means she gives space for a person to lead the conversation while also helping look for patterns that come from earlier life experiences. She adapts sessions to each person rather than using the same method for everyone. Monika sees people in English and Polish and is able to work with clients based in different countries.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, and uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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What Monika works with
The areas below are the ones Monika selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English, Polish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Monika uses her approaches online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person speaking and on creating an accepting space where a person can explore their feelings at their own pace. It helps with issues like low self-esteem, anxiety and adapting to life changes by valuing the client's own goals and insights.Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to patterns that repeat over time and how earlier experiences shape present feelings. It can help when someone wants to understand recurring relationship difficulties, grief reactions or unhelpful behaviour that keeps returning.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. Monika discusses your goals and preferences and together you decide whether a more listening-led, client-centred way or a psychodynamic focus on patterns will suit you best. She can blend ideas from both approaches to meet your needs.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be simpler when you prefer not to be on camera, and live chat or text-based messaging suit quick check-ins or ongoing written reflection. These options make therapy more flexible and help people keep momentum between sessions.
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