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Ewa Jakubek - psychotherapist in the process of cer�fica�on. Works in the
                                     integra�on stream. Graduate of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Colle-
                                     gium Medicum UMK. Completed postgraduate studies in family media�on.
                                     Completed a clinical internship at the Psychiatric Hospital in Toruń. Pre-
                                     vious experience gained as a volunteer and leader of the Alpha Course for
                                     addicts in addic�on treatment centres in Czerniewice and Toruń, as well as
                                     a volunteer at "Powrót z U" (Kujawsko-Pomorskie Society of Families and
                                     Friends of Addicted Children). She is an animator of the Ministry of People
                                     Helping Others at the Jesuit church in Toruń. On a daily basis, she works in
                                     a hospice, gaining experience in helping people in mourning and struggling
                                     with the effects of terminal illnesses. She is a member of the Associa�on of
                                     Chris�an Psychologists.







        "Why would you describe yourself as a Christan psychotherapist?"
        Ques�ons to Ewa Jakubek (Poland)




        How did you end up studying psychology/psycho-         It was important for me to combine psychothera-
        therapy?                                               peu�c knowledge with the resource of faith, so in
                                                               order to con�nue developing and then effec�vely
        Psychotherapy and psychology were not my first         help people, I chose a psychotherapy course orga-
        choice. First, I graduated from the Faculty of Health  nized by the Associa�on of Chris�an Psychologists.
        Sciences and worked in a hospice in the coma ward      Thanks to this, when I started my prac�ce, more
        for two years. There was no contact with the peo-      and more people began to contact me for whom
        ple placed there. However, because I am a very re-     common values were important. Some of them
        la�onal person by nature, I did not feel at home       said that they had previously had a dilemma whe-
        there. I went to my director with a request to         ther, as believers, they should use psychotherapy -
        change the ward and I was transferred to work with     as if God himself were not able to help them.
        people suffering from cancer, also in the hospice.     Some�mes you can s�ll come across such an opini-
        Here, I very quickly felt like a fish in the water. I  on among some pastors in the church. I am convin-
        knew that this was my dream job. I cared not only      ced that one does not exclude the other, but they
        for the bodies of my pa�ents dying of cancer, but      rather complement each other. I experienced this
        also talked a lot with them and their families. I was  myself during my psychotherapeu�c process, in
        keenly interested in how to help them in such a cri-   which every trainee in the psychotherapy course
        �cal situa�on and, apart from listening and exchan-    must complete at least 100 hours. For me, it was
        ging thoughts, I began to draw extraordinary           such a revealing, libera�ng and refreshing experi-
        strength from my faith in the fact that in Jesus we    ence that although at first these hours seemed to
        have confident access to Heaven and do not have        be too many - a�er they were over, seeing the good
        to fear death. Some of my clients started telling me   fruits, I con�nued my own psychotherapy.
        that they got a lot out of talking to me and that I
        should do psycho-oncological therapy. That's when
        I started wondering if I should actually go in that di-  Why would you call yourself a Chris�an psycho-
        rec�on and decided to do something about it.           therapist?

        What was the focus of your study/training? Did         A very good ques�on. I wondered about this myself
        you get any results that you would especially like     years ago. Shouldn't science be fundamentally neu-
        to emphasize?                                          tral in terms of worldview? There is no Chris�an



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