Psychotherapeutic Counsellor

A place to find your way
back to yourself

A space to understand yourself more deeply and find new ways of being.

I work with adults experiencing difficulties around trauma, relationships, sexuality and neurodiversity. Together, we can slow things down, make sense of what you are experiencing and explore what might become possible for change.

The therapy room on Regent Street: two velvet armchairs facing each other, afternoon light across a jute rug

Regent Street, London

English & Polish · In person & online

If you are reading this…

Maybe you have been thinking about therapy for a while. Maybe something happened recently, or maybe nothing in particular happened and that is almost the harder thing to explain. You just know that something feels off, or stuck, or heavier than it used to.

Whatever brought you here, I want you to know something: you do not need to have the right words. You do not need to arrive knowing what the problem is. You just need to show up, and we will find our way in together.

If any part of this resonates, do get in touch. The first conversation is just that, a conversation.

You are welcome to bring whatever you are carrying.

Kasha

Kasha
MalewskaDip. Psych. Couns.

I am glad you found your way here. Whatever has brought you to this page, something in you is paying attention, and that already matters.

My path to psychotherapy wasn't a straight line. It grew from lived experience, a deep curiosity about what it means to be human, and a growing conviction that real change becomes possible when we feel genuinely met. I trained first in philosophy, which taught me to sit with questions rather than rush toward answers. That same quality of attention is at the heart of how I work as a therapist.

I have worked in a number of charities, and currently work at One in Four, which offers low-cost therapy to survivors of child sexual abuse. That work has taught me to stay steady with things that are hard to hear, and to let people tell them in their own time.

I work in English and in Polish, and you are welcome to move between them if that is how your experience lives in you. Some things are only sayable in a first language.

My practice is LGBTQIA+ affirmative and culturally inclusive. Questions of identity, gender, sexuality, race and culture are welcome in the room, and you should not have to educate your therapist before you can talk about your life.

I work with relationship difficulties, trauma, sexuality and neurodiversity. I am also open to working with clients making sense of psychedelic experiences. I am particularly interested in how our thoughts, feelings and bodies are connected, and how becoming more aware of ourselves can open up new possibilities for change. My approach is collaborative and curious, and I believe that therapy is a process we explore together.

Diploma in Gestalt Psychotherapeutic Counselling

Metanoia Institute, London — programme accredited by the UKCP

MA Philosophy

Research in transpersonal psychology — consciousness, meaning, and experience beyond the everyday sense of self

Member of the BACP

Working to the BACP Ethical Framework

Regular clinical supervision

Ongoing, as my professional body requires

Professionally insured

Balens, specialist insurers for therapists

Enhanced DBS checked

Current enhanced disclosure

My approach

How I work

Starting therapy can feel like a big step, particularly when you may not yet know exactly what you want to change.

People often come to therapy because they are struggling with anxiety, anger, relationship difficulties, or patterns that keep repeating in their lives. While these experiences can feel overwhelming, they are rarely the problem itself. More often than not, they are ways of coping with feelings or experiences that, for many different reasons, have never had the chance to be fully felt, understood, or expressed.

I believe that healing happens through relationship. When we have a space where we feel safe enough to be ourselves, where we don't have to hide, explain, or pretend, something begins to change. Together, we can gently explore what is happening for you, bringing awareness to thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and the ways you relate to yourself and others.

My role is not to fix you or give you the answers. It is to walk alongside you with curiosity, honesty, and care, helping you make sense of your experience and discover new ways of meeting yourself and the world around you.

In my experience, lasting change doesn't come from trying harder to be different. It begins when we can truly see ourselves, often for the first time, within the safety of a genuine therapeutic relationship. And, from that place, real and meaningful change can begin.

The work we can do together

Individual therapy

Weekly one-to-one sessions exploring patterns, relationships, and what you most want to change or understand about yourself.

50 min · in-person & online

Sex & intimacy

Sex and intimacy can be surprisingly hard to talk about, even in therapy. Desire, shame, disconnection, the gap between what we want and what we allow ourselves to have. I offer a warm, non-judgmental space to explore whatever feels complicated, confusing or unspoken in your intimate life.

Specialist approach

Trauma-informed work

For anything that still feels too heavy to carry alone. We go at your pace, never further than feels bearable, and nothing has to be said before you are ready.

Gestalt approach

Relationships

Relationships are where we are most ourselves, and often where we are most hurt. The patterns we fall into, the words we cannot find, the closeness that always seems to happen to other people. If any of this feels familiar, it is worth bringing into the room.

Short & long-term

What people bring

People come with anxiety and stress, low mood and depression, anger, grief and bereavement, burnout and difficulties at work, relationship and family struggles, trauma and abuse, sexuality and intimacy, questions of identity and self-understanding, and the sense of being stuck or at a crossroads. I also work with people experiencing despair or suicidal thoughts.

Therapy can also be a place to make sense of a diagnosis you have been given elsewhere, and to find a more forgiving relationship with that experience. You do not need a diagnosis, or a clear account of the problem, to begin.

Also

Neurodiversity

Therapy that does not ask you to mask to be understood. Whether you are diagnosed, self-identified, or still working it out, we can look at how you are built rather than how you are supposed to work.

Also

Terapia w języku polskim

Prowadzę terapię w języku polskim, osobiście w Londynie i online na terenie całej Wielkiej Brytanii. Therapy in Polish, in person in London and online across the UK.

How we begin

Currently accepting new clients

We will begin with an open conversation. I will ask what has brought you to therapy, and we will explore together what you are hoping for from the process. There is no agenda beyond that.

You are welcome to ask me anything, and I will give you an honest sense of how I work and whether I think I can help.

If at the end of that session it feels like therapy is not right for you, or that I am not the right person, I will do my best to help you think about what might be.

The first session carries no obligation to continue.

Location

Regent Street, London

Piccadilly Psychotherapy Practice
Online across the UK

Sessions

50 min, weekly

Adults, one-to-one
Mon–Fri, 9am–8pm
In person & online via Teams

Fees

£80 / session

Sliding scale available — ask me
Low-cost option if £80 is out of reach

Begin here

Book a free
introductory call

A free 20-minute call, by phone or Teams, to explore whether we might be a good fit. I aim to reply within 48 hours.

Or email contact@kashamalewskatherapy.co.uk · call or text 07984 129 992

If you need help now

This form is not monitored and I may not see it for a day or more. If you are in immediate danger, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. The services below are free, confidential and open to anyone.

Samaritans · 116 123

Listening, any reason, without judgement. 24 hours, every day of the year.

Shout · text SHOUT to 85258

Text-based support, 24/7. Useful if you cannot speak out loud.

NHS 111 · 111

Urgent medical advice, 24 hours. Say that it is a mental health emergency.

Switchboard · 0800 0119 100

LGBTQIA+ support on any topic, from identity to mental health. 10am–10pm daily.

Common questions

Things people ask

It is a short, informal conversation — around 20 minutes, by phone or video, whichever you prefer. You can tell me a little about what has brought you here, and ask me anything you'd like about how I work. You don't need to explain everything, or have it clear in your own mind first. There is no cost and no expectation that you will book a session afterwards. If it turns out I am not the right person, I will happily suggest someone who might be.

When you arrive at Linen Hall, 162–168 Regent Street, simply go to reception and let them know you are here for your appointment with Kasha Malewska. The receptionist will direct you to the practice. There's a waiting room.

If you're unsure where to go, just get in touch and I'll guide you.

If something feels stuck, heavy, or unclear, and you sense that talking it through with someone might help, that's often enough of a reason to try. You don't need to be in crisis to come to therapy.

The thing that matters most is whether you feel able to be honest in the room. Training, qualifications and registration matter too, but they will not tell you that part.

It is entirely normal to speak to more than one therapist before deciding, and I would encourage it. An introductory call costs you nothing and gives you a sense of how someone works. If you speak to me and then choose someone else, that is a good outcome, not an awkward one.

That depends entirely on what you're bringing and what you want from the work. Some people find six to twelve sessions useful for a specific issue; others choose to work longer term. We would review this together as we go.

Weekly sessions are recommended, particularly at the start of therapy. Consistency helps build the kind of trust and continuity that makes the work possible.

Gestalt is an approach that invites awareness of what is happening in the present moment so that new choices can emerge. At its heart, it is interested in the whole person, not just the presenting problem.

Rather than focusing primarily on the past or on analysis, Gestalt works with what is alive right now. What are you feeling in your body as you speak? What do you notice yourself doing or avoiding? What is happening between us in this room? These present-moment observations often reveal far more than a reconstruction of history.

It is also deeply relational and somatic: how we meet each other in the room often mirrors how you meet the world, and the body is taken seriously throughout. If you are curious about whether Gestalt might suit you, I am happy to talk it through in an introductory call.

Yes — sessions run on Microsoft Teams, as well as in person in London. I will send you a link before each session. Many people find online therapy just as effective, and it can offer more flexibility.

My fee is £80 per 50-minute session. I also work on a sliding scale for people for whom the full fee would put therapy out of reach. Please raise it in the introductory call — it is a straightforward conversation and I would rather have it than lose you over cost.

If cost is the barrier rather than the inconvenience, I would point you to Hora Psychotherapy, a low-cost online service offering open-ended weekly therapy at £40 a session following a £26 assessment. It is online only and available across the UK.

Payment is due before each session. You can pay by bank transfer, by card through a secure online payment link, or in cash if you prefer. Details are arranged when we set up your first appointment.

Yes, on request. Some people need one for an employer or an insurer, and I am happy to provide it.

Life happens, and I would always rather you told me than worried about it. If you can give me at least one week's notice, there is no charge. Cancellations inside a week are charged in full, simply because the time has been held for you and cannot usually be offered to anyone else. If something unavoidable comes up, talk to me — I would rather find a way through it than apply a rule.

Yes. Once we agree a time, that slot is held for you for as long as we are working together. Having a regular, predictable hour is part of what makes the work possible, and it means you do not have to negotiate for it each week.

I take a few breaks across the year, and I will always give you at least two weeks' notice. You are not charged for sessions I am away for. Where a break falls at an awkward point in the work, we can talk about how to hold the gap.

If you are going away, let me know at least two weeks ahead and there is no charge for the sessions you miss. That is different from a late cancellation, where the hour has already been held and cannot be offered to anyone else.

Yes. Everything discussed in sessions is held in strict confidence, in line with the BACP Ethical Framework. The only exceptions are situations where there is serious risk of harm, which I would always aim to discuss with you directly wherever possible.

When you send an enquiry, I collect your name, contact details and whatever you choose to tell me about why you are getting in touch. I use this only to reply to you and, if we go on to work together, to arrange sessions. It is never shared, sold or used for marketing.

Enquiries sent through this website are processed and stored securely by Netlify, the platform hosting this site, acting as a data processor on my behalf. Email correspondence is held in my practice email account. Enquiries that do not lead to therapy are deleted within six months. For clients, I keep brief session notes, held securely and separately from your contact details, and retain them for seven years after our work ends, as my professional body and insurer require. Notes are kept to a minimum and identified by initials rather than full names.

Material from our work is discussed in regular clinical supervision, which is standard practice and part of working safely; your identity is not disclosed. You can ask at any time to see what I hold about you, have it corrected, or have it deleted where I am not required to keep it. Just email me. If you are unhappy with how I have handled your information you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Let's talk

Email, phone or the enquiry form — whichever is easiest. I aim to respond within 48 hours, and everything you share is held in confidence.

contact@kashamalewskatherapy.co.uk
07984 129 992

Piccadilly Psychotherapy Practice

Linen Hall, 162–168 Regent Street
London W1B 5TF

Nearest tube: Oxford Circus & Piccadilly Circus · Directions

Adults, one-to-one · English & Polish
Monday to Friday, 9am to 8pm
Currently accepting new clients