Gosia Garstka

Locations: West Hampstead | Queen's Park | Online

Availability: Please get in touch to ask about current availability.

Fees: My standard fee is £80 per 50-minute session. 

I offer a limited number of lower-cost spaces, ranging from £60 to £80, depending on location and individual circumstances. If cost is a barrier, please ask about availability.

You may be feeling anxious, low or overwhelmed, struggling in your relationships, or going through a significant change or loss. Perhaps you feel stuck, lonely, or caught in patterns or behaviours that are difficult to change. Sometimes you know what's troubling you. At other times, you may feel that something isn't quite right, without knowing exactly why.

I’m a BACP-registered integrative therapist and counsellor. I’ve worked in charity, university and private practice settings, supporting people with a wide range of experiences, including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, life transitions, trauma and abuse, substance use and suicidal thoughts.

I have particular interests in relationships, attachment, trauma, sexuality, gender, and questions of identity and belonging. My practice is LGBTQIA+-affirming, and I'm attentive to how culture, race, faith, class, age, neurodivergence and disability can shape our experiences.

Before becoming a therapist, I worked as a classical pianist. My background continues to inform my interest in creativity, self-expression and the different ways we communicate experiences that can sometimes be difficult to put into words.

I hold a Level 7 Diploma in Integrative Counselling from the Minster Centre. I'm also completing an MA and Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling at the Minster Centre and Middlesex University.

As an integrative therapist, I draw on different therapeutic approaches, adapting how we work to what feels most relevant to you.

We can start with what is happening in your life now. We might explore what you are finding difficult, notice patterns that keep coming up, or look at how experiences from your past may be affecting you today.

I'm interested in the connections between past and present, and how our experiences shape the ways we understand ourselves and relate to others. We may pay attention to your thoughts, feelings or physical sensations, and explore questions of identity, belonging and meaning if these are important to you.

The relationship we build in therapy is an important part of the work. Patterns that appear in other relationships may sometimes emerge between us, giving us an opportunity to notice and understand them together.

My approach is trauma-informed and draws on psychodynamic, humanistic, existential, transpersonal and body-oriented perspectives. I adapt our work as the therapy develops, rather than following one particular model.

I offer both short-term and longer-term therapy. Sessions are 50 minutes long and usually take place weekly.

At its heart, therapy is a conversation. The first session is a chance to meet, talk about what brings you here and consider whether we could work together. I’ll ask questions to help us explore what’s been going on for you, and you can also ask about therapy and how I work.

If you’d like to arrange an initial session or have any questions, you’re welcome to get in touch. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone first, I offer a free 15-minute introductory call.

Locations: Queen's Park | West Hampstead | Online

Availability: Please get in touch to ask about current availability.

Fees: My standard fee is £80 per 50-minute session. 

I offer a limited number of lower-cost spaces, ranging from £60 to £80, depending on location and individual circumstances. If cost is a barrier, please ask about availability.

You may be feeling anxious, low or overwhelmed, struggling in your relationships, or going through a significant change or loss. Perhaps you feel stuck, lonely, or caught in patterns or behaviours that are difficult to change. Sometimes you know what's troubling you. At other times, you may feel that something isn't quite right, without knowing exactly why.

I’m a BACP-registered integrative therapist and counsellor. I’ve worked in charity, university and private practice settings, supporting people with a wide range of experiences, including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, life transitions, trauma and abuse, substance use and suicidal thoughts.

I have particular interests in relationships, attachment, trauma, sexuality, gender, and questions of identity and belonging. My practice is LGBTQIA+-affirming, and I'm attentive to how culture, race, faith, class, age, neurodivergence and disability can shape our experiences.

Before becoming a therapist, I worked as a classical pianist. My background continues to inform my interest in creativity, self-expression and the different ways we communicate experiences that can sometimes be difficult to put into words.

I hold a Level 7 Diploma in Integrative Counselling from the Minster Centre. I'm also completing an MA and Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling at the Minster Centre and Middlesex University.

As an integrative therapist, I draw on different therapeutic approaches, adapting how we work to what feels most relevant to you.

We can start with what is happening in your life now. We might explore what you are finding difficult, notice patterns that keep coming up, or look at how experiences from your past may be affecting you today.

I'm interested in the connections between past and present, and how our experiences shape the ways we understand ourselves and relate to others. We may pay attention to your thoughts, feelings or physical sensations, and explore questions of identity, belonging and meaning if these are important to you.

The relationship we build in therapy is an important part of the work. Patterns that appear in other relationships may sometimes emerge between us, giving us an opportunity to notice and understand them together.

My approach is trauma-informed and draws on psychodynamic, humanistic, existential, transpersonal and body-oriented perspectives. I adapt our work as the therapy develops, rather than following one particular model.

I offer both short-term and longer-term therapy. Sessions are 50 minutes long and usually take place weekly.

At its heart, therapy is a conversation. The first session is a chance to meet, talk about what brings you here and consider whether we could work together. I’ll ask questions to help us explore what’s been going on for you, and you can also ask about therapy and how I work.

If you’d like to arrange an initial session or have any questions, you’re welcome to get in touch. If you’d prefer to speak on the phone first, I offer a free 15-minute introductory call.