A diploma from Middlesex University awarded to Magdalena Stanek for Person-Centred Counselling, dated 22 March 2019, signed by Edel Mahony and Tim Blackman.

I’m Magda, a qualified trauma-informed therapist working at the intersection of nervous system regulation, affective and cognitive neuroscience, and embodied perception.

I have worked clinically since 2018 with complex trauma, addiction, domestic violence, and long-term nervous system dysregulation within organisations supporting domestic violence, sexual abuse, addiction, and crisis-level presentations.

Those environments shaped how I practice. In organisational settings:

  • Work is documented.

  • Risk is real.

  • Decisions carry weight.

  • Outcomes matter.

You are part of a system where progress must be observable, not theoretical.

I was trained to:

  • Track behavioural and nervous system changes over time

  • Work under pressure without losing clarity

  • Hold complexity without collapsing into emotional intensity

  • Distinguish between insight and actual functional change

That ethos stayed with me. My private practice reflects that standard.

2018–2019
Clinical placements in Southampton, UK
– Change Grow Live — addiction services
– Yellow Door — domestic violence and sexual abuse services
(two concurrent placements)

2019
Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling — completed with distinction.

2019–2022
Counsellor at Yellow Door (Southampton, UK)
Domestic violence and sexual abuse services, including child sexual abuse.

2022–present
Private practice specialising in high-functioning adults with complex trauma.

What I offer is a structured framework for building internal capacity. I have lived across cultures and languages: Poland by birth, the UK and Spain by choice. That experience trained precision under pressure: adapting without losing coherence.My work reflects that. It is disciplined nervous system work for adults who want clarity, agency, and internal stability.