I'm Kat Januchowska. I worked in financial services most of my adult life. I got into therapeutic space through movement - it started with swimming, mostly to get my anger out, then years of disciplined yoga training. Yoga and meditation gave me tools to deal with overwhelming anxiety and back pain that resulted from my sense of carrying the world on my shoulders as a single mum. But yoga also opened up my childhood wounds, of which I was not fully aware and once they were poked, I had no idea how to dress them. 

Confused, I was searching for ways to feel better. I’m a fighter so I did not want to accept my emotional pain for the sake of it, I wanted a change. I still didn’t know exactly what I wanted to change and if I was doing this for myself or some kind of internalised voice from my parents, but I knew I had choices and wanted to explore them. And I am glad that I did. Therapy gave me clarity to see my choices, my usual patterns of behaviour, thinking and feeling. 

In the meantime, I also discovered climbing. Working with movement when I sense the paralysing fear is a new way of healing. I am particularly interested in researching this further in terms of the treatment of PTSD. 

I would like to offer the clarity of choices to others, while recognising the need for support. This is why I am here, as a Gestalt therapist.