Dr Olena Edwards-Skadowska is a Psychotherapist, Wellbeing and Resilience Coach and the Founding Director of London Trusted Therapy Harley Street.
Olena trained in Counselling and Psychotherapy under Professor Del Lowenthal in London following a successful international career as an Education Consultant.
With over 20 years of wide-ranging experience in the field, in everything from voluntary organisations and private practices to a refugee centre and NHS referral services, Olena’s broad knowledge base and versatile skillset has gained her a solid reputation both amongst peers and clients at Harley Therapy practice, Pregma UK and Kingston Women’s Centre prior to London Trusted Therapy Harley Street.
Olena was trained as an Integrative Psychotherapist ( PgDip) and Relationship and Psychosexual Therapist ( London Diploma) , which allows her to use a variety of approaches (Psychoanalytic, Existential/Phenomenological, Person-Centred, CBT, Gottman Method ) to find the optimum way in addressing her clients’ needs and tailoring the processes of acceptance, healing and further growth. She favours the Existential modality, leveraging her background in Psychology and Linguistics (MA), Philosophy (PhD) , Trauma and Relationship training and neurodivergence (ADHD and ASD informed therapy).
Olena has studied and lived internationally and worked extensively with issues of diversity and racial and cultural integration. She works with adolescents, adults, couples and families.
Olena’s areas of expertise lie in working with depression and anxiety, loss and bereavement, marriage and relationships, trauma, parenting issues, self-esteem, work and careers, cancer and problems raised by addiction and abuse. Olena’s clinical interest also lies in working with clients diagnosed with adult ADHD and ASD, she has also worked extensively with LGBTQ community. She delivers both short-term and open-ended, long-term therapy.
Olena views therapy as a shared journey and believes in equality in therapeutic relationship.
Olena is also a published author. Her first book for children, “Anxie the Hedgehog”, an allegorical tale and a crash course in managing anxiety for people of all ages was published in August 2024 and was translated into 5 languages.
Olena likes philosophy, fashion, dogs, theatre and walks in nature.
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