My name is Piotr Mierkowski. I am a Psychotherapist and Counsellor. I have worked with individuals and couples in Central London since 1994. I trained at the Gestalt Centre London and hold MA in Psychotherapy from London Metropolitan University. I am BACP acredited and registered with UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy).
After twenty years of working for the NHS, I now offer psychotherapy and counselling that is tailored to the needs of the individual in my private practice in Central London, at the Gestalt Centre (EC2) - walking distance from Old Street and Liverpool Street stations, and in North London (N19) - borders of Archway and Highgate.
Additionally, I offer couples therapy together with a female co-therapist in Camden Town (NW1). This approach is particularly suitable for couples with longstanding difficulties in their relationship who want to explore how problems have arisen and what interferes with changing them.
My approach is Gestalt Therapy – a creative attitude towards life and personal growth with the emphasis on present experience, contact and awareness that addresses the whole person: mind/body/emotion/spirit.
I have vast experience of working with people from diverse cultures, race, social backgrounds and sexualities. Acceptance of each person in their unique reality is inherent in my practice. I work in collaboration with my clients to increase awareness of their strengths as well as identifying blocks to change, growth and fulfilling relationships.
My clients include individuals who are seeking safe and confidential space to clarify and explore more specific issues, like: relationship difficulties, depression, anger, bereavement and loss, anxiety and panic attacks, sexual concerns and compulsive behaviour, work related stress.
I have considerable experience in providing counselling and psychotherapy to individuals with enduring mental health difficulties and those seeking help on the advice of their GP or psychiatrist for debilitating complaints, including anxiety states, depressive illness, psychosomatic and stress related symptoms.
I work regularly with artists as well as individuals who want to find more satisfying and creative ways of expression, define their identity, and those with existential concerns who are searching for meaning in their lives. I have many years' experience of providing therapy and supervision to mental health professionals as well as counselling and psychotherapy trainees.
As Gestalt therapist, I am dedicated to a dialogical approach that in my view best addresses human nature – "in its ground of connectedness and its figure of separateness". I offer brief therapy when appropriate but I tend to work longer term to facilitate deep and lasting change.
I work primarily in English but sessions can also be held in Polish. For information in Polish, please click here.
More information about Gestalt Therapy can be found here.
If you are interested and want to book an initial appointment, please contact me directly:
Piotr Mierkowski, MA Dip Psych UKCP reg MBACP (accred)
