About me
Couples therapy · Individual therapy · Family therapy
Practice
Experience Change with Iwona Psychotherapy.
Since 2003, she has provided patients around the world with psychological and counseling services. Individuals, couples, and families come for help. Sessions work on confidence and on healing.
She treats the whole person: body, mind, spirit, thinking, and feelings.
Education and practice areas
Mrs. Szukielojc has a bachelor’s and two master’s degrees in psychology.
- 2010
- Master of Science, Clinical Psychology from The University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw, Poland. Her dissertation looked at family climate and substance-abuse indicators among adolescents aged 14 to 18.
- 2017
- Master of Arts, Clinical Mental Health Counselor from South University in Florida, USA.
- 2019
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), state of Florida, USA.
- 2023
- Qualified Supervisor through the state of Florida, USA.
She is a practicing Clinical Psychologist in Poland.
Mrs. Szukielojc helps people with addiction, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and other behavioral issues. She uses mindfulness, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and other cognitive restructuring. Equine therapy, art, and nature show up in her work too.
She treats people who have survived human trafficking, and patients with PTSD. She is trained in EMDR and uses it when it fits. She also has substantial training in CBT and DBT, including as part of a weight-loss program for patients.
No two patients are the same. She uses traditional and eclectic approaches and draws from several methods with individuals and families.
- EMDR to safely process and release heavy, painful memories.
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) to heal wounded parts of yourself with compassion.
- Neuroscience-backed tools to calm your racing nervous system and rewrite old brain patterns.
- DBT & Mindfulness to give you real-time tools for managing intense emotions and feeling grounded today.
Professional experience and trust
Iwona has professional experience as a Clinical Therapist at Behavioral Health of Palm Beaches, as a Primary Therapist at The Watershed Addiction Treatment Programs, Inc and the Family Center for Recovery where she provided individual, couples, and family therapy to patients of all ages. She treated people with mood disorders such as depression, and with alcohol or drug problems (dual diagnosis), with a plan for each person.
She brought Virtual Reality therapy into individual sessions and eating-disorder group therapy at the Family Center for Recovery. During her internship at The Renfrew Center of Florida she provided individual and group psychotherapy as part of a team to women with eating disorders and related conditions in Residential, Partial Hospitalization, and Intensive Outpatient programs.
Iwona has worked in mental health at Levine Jewish Family & Children’s Services and Margaret Manor Central Chicago. She also provides therapy for children on the autism spectrum when she worked at the Butterfly Effect in Florida and Behavioral Innovations in Kansas City, Missouri. She has a high success rate both in helping children and adolescents with autism and other developmental and behavioral disorders and adults that suffer from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. She also was Helpline Counselor at Switchboard of Miami and Chapman Partnership Homeless Shelter, Miami, Florida.