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✨ Qualified CBT Psychotherapist
🌸 Helping women feel confident, calm & in control
💕 Safe, supportive space to heal
🌿 Online sessions & women’s retreats
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🌐 Visit my website for more info & start your journey today ✨

11/11/2025

There we go again, Seasonal Affective Disorder. Some tips to help you beat the winter blues and bring back the sunshine into your life:

☀️ Get outside and soak up the sunlight. Even on cloudy days, natural light can boost your mood and energy levels. Take a walk in the park.

🎽 Stay active and exercise regularly. Physical activity releases endorphins, which are natural mood enhancers. Try yoga, dancing, or any activity that brings you joy.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Surround yourself with positive people. Social support is crucial for mental well-being. Plan fun activities with friends or join a club or group that shares your interests.

🥗 Eat a well-balanced diet. Include foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as fatty fish, nuts, and seeds, as they have been shown to improve mood.

Remember, you're not alone in this journey. Reach out to loved ones, seek professional help if needed, and remember that brighter days are just around the corner! 🌞💛

Or reserve your spot for our Aura Retreat for next year ❤️ more info in BIO.

04/11/2025

🕯️ November Self-Care Ideas 🍂
As the days get shorter and the pace of life shifts toward the holidays, November invites us to slow down and reconnect with ourselves.

Here are a few gentle self-care ideas to help you stay grounded this month:

🌾 Seasonal check-in: Notice how the change in weather and light affects your mood and energy. Give yourself permission to adjust your routines.

📖 Create cozy rituals: Light a candle, sip tea, journal for five minutes in the morning — small, consistent moments of calm make a big difference.

🌧️ Weather Therapy — Instead of avoiding grey days, meet them. Take a slow walk in the drizzle. Notice how the air smells. Let the sound of rain regulate your breath.

📬 Write a Letter to Your Future Self in Spring — Seal it. Hide it. Let it become a time capsule of hope and gentleness.

📷 Memory Collage — Print small photos or snippets from the past year. Arrange them into a collage of moments that made you feel alive, not just accomplished.

30/10/2025

Lately, I’ve been diving deep into somatic therapy training with , and one topic that completely changed how I see the body and mind is the Polyvagal Theory. 🧠💛

It helps explain how our nervous system shifts between states of safety, alertness, and shutdown — and how those shifts affect everything from sleep and mood to how connected we feel to others.

When your system is stuck in fight or flight, you might notice:
⚡ Racing thoughts
💤 Trouble falling or staying asleep
💭 Overthinking or feeling constantly “on edge”
😶 Feeling detached or numb

Understanding these patterns gives us a way to work with the body, not against it. That’s why I use Polyvagal and somatic-based approaches in therapy — whether we’re working with trauma, anxiety, or depression.

When we bring safety back to the nervous system, the mind can finally rest.

If you’re curious about this approach and want to explore it in therapy,
📩 Reach out — I’d love to connect with you. 💫

28/10/2025

Are you dreaming of feeling at peace? 🌿

At our Aura Retreat in Málaga, you’ll practice relaxing yoga, share heart-warming chats with amazing women, and soak up the Andalusian sun surrounded by olive groves and mountain views. You’ll dive into the pool to refresh, read your book with a view, and finally give yourself permission to slow down and just be. ☀️

Our next retreat takes place 16–20 September 2026, and spaces are already filling fast — there’s only one private room left!

Find all the details and booking info in the bio. 💛

27/10/2025

What I wish I knew in my 30s 🌿

That slowing down isn’t falling behind — it’s healing.
That saying “no” doesn’t make you difficult — it makes you authentic.
That your nervous system isn’t your enemy — it’s your messenger.
That you don’t have to fix yourself — you just need to understand yourself.
That your body keeps the score long before your mind catches up.
That self-compassion will take you further than self-criticism ever could.

Your 30s aren’t about having it all figured out — they’re about unlearning, recalibrating, and coming home to yourself 🕊️

24/10/2025

autumn reminds us it’s okay to slow down 🍂

just like nature, we all need seasons of stillness —
to release, to breathe, to rest 🌿

you don’t have to keep pushing.
healing often begins when you finally allow yourself to pause ✨

take this as your gentle reminder:
rest is not lazy — it’s part of growth 💛

if you’re craving space to reconnect, to feel grounded again,
that’s exactly what our retreats are for 🕊️

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21/10/2025

Let’s talk about your nervous system 🌿

It’s at the centre of how you experience life.
When it feels safe, you can rest, connect, and feel joy.
But when it’s stuck in survival mode — fight, flight, or freeze —
even simple things feel hard.

And that’s not because you’re doing something wrong.
It’s your body trying to protect you 💛

The vagus nerve plays a big part in this —
it’s the communication line between your brain and body.
When you activate it through breath, movement, sound or connection,
you send a message to your body: *you’re safe now.*

Your heart slows down.
Your muscles soften.
Your mind finally gets quiet.

That’s what we focus on during our retreats in Málaga 🌞
Through yoga, vagus nerve practices and holistic psychotherapy,
we help your body remember what calm feels like.

Your nervous system isn’t broken — it just needs care, space and softness 🌸

Join us next September for 5 days of deep reset and restoration in Málaga 🇪🇸 with Kasia Crystal Yoga
Link in bio 💫

14/10/2025

Who am I and what do I offer? 🌿

I’m a holistic cognitive behavioural psychotherapist, which means my approach is integrative and deeply personalised. I don’t believe in “one-size-fits-all” therapy — instead, I look at what’s really happening for you. Together, we explore your experiences, thoughts and emotions, and collaboratively find what may work best to help you move forward.

CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) is an evidence-based approach that helps you understand how your thoughts, emotions and behaviours interact. By identifying unhelpful patterns, CBT supports you in developing practical strategies to manage difficulties, build resilience and create meaningful change in your daily life.

I offer what’s known as third-wave CBT, which includes modern, evidence-based approaches such as:
✨ Acceptance and Commitment Therapy — helping you build psychological flexibility, accept what’s out of your control and take meaningful action towards what matters to you.
✨ Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction — using mindfulness to calm the mind, reduce stress and reconnect with the present moment.
✨ I’m also currently training in a somatic approach to trauma, integrating the body into the healing process to help release tension and restore a sense of safety within.

I support people struggling with a wide range of difficulties including depression, generalised anxiety, stress, social and health anxiety, OCD, phobias, low self-esteem, and adjustment challenges related to life changes such as becoming a parent, retirement or managing a health condition.

Alongside psychotherapy, I offer career coaching for professionals who are thinking about a career change but may not feel confident or clear about what’s next.

I also supervise CBT therapists who want to deepen their practice and explore approaches that go beyond traditional CBT.

And, for women seeking connection and healing in a more holistic setting, I facilitate wellbeing retreats — combining travel, mindfulness, group therapy and self-discovery.

Address

Liverpool

Telephone

+447438797615

Website

https://paulafilipowicz.wixsite.com/paulashelpinghand, https://kasiapech.yoga/retreat

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