Agnieszka Marek
Agnieszka Marek
(she/her)
B.Psych. (Hons), M.Psych. (Counselling), MAPS
Counselling Psychologist (Registrar)
works with young adults, adults and older adults
Agnieszka is a Counselling Psychologist Registrar with a passion and experience in providing high quality psychological care to young and older adults experiencing low mood, anxiety, interpersonal and relationship issues, grief and loss, low self-esteem, burnout, loneliness as well as clients going through life transitions (new parents, migrants, international students). Agnieszka has experience working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse clients and LGBTIQA+ clients. She has particular academic interest and has conducted research in perinatal psychology. She also has a lot of passion and interest for working with Indigenous clients. In addition to her private work, Agnieszka works at Counselling and Psychological Services at UWA. In the past she has worked at a primary school setting and Juniper residential aged care facility.
Agnieszka’s therapeutic work is client-centred, warm, empathic and holistic, engaging both the body and the mind. She focuses on creating a safe and trusting therapeutic relationship with her clients to work together and in a transparent way when supporting the clients’ emotional wellbeing, assisting them to gain insight, find hope and facilitate growth to achieve the desired change.
Agnieszka draws on a variety of evidence based therapy models including, but not limited to Emotion Focused Therapy, Attachment based psychodynamic interventions, Compassion Focused Therapy, Existential Therapy, Mentalization Based Therapy, Schema Therapy and Mindfulness based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Agnieszka is also qualified to provide EMDR.
In her private life, Agnieszka grabs every possible moment to engage with performing arts and to connect with nature.
Agnieszska runs her own independent private practice and engages Fremantle Clinical Psychology and Counselling to provide administrative and other business services to enable her to provide psychological support to her clients.