Katya Poznyak

Please contact me for availability. 

I am a Â鶹ԭ´´-registered Integrative Psychotherapist based in Central London, working with individuals who are high-functioning on the outside and quietly exhausted on the inside. Much of my work centres on relationships — the patterns we bring to them, the attachment wounds that shape them, and the capacity for connection that is often waiting just beneath the surface. Many of my clients are young professionals navigating a gap they can’t quite name: between the life they have built and the way they actually feel inside it. They are self-aware, often well-read in psychology, and frustrated that understanding alone has not been enough to change things. I trained at Regent’s University London (MA Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling) and hold an Advanced Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy. Before becoming a therapist I worked in finance — which means I understand from the inside the particular loneliness of high performance, and the quiet toll of constant striving. I bring that lived understanding into the room alongside my clinical training. I work from two private practices in Central London (Sloane Square and Bedford Square) and online worldwide.  I offer short- and long-term work depending on your needs and goals.

My approach is integrative — which means I draw from a range of established therapeutic models (psychodynamic, relational, existential, humanistic, and others) and select what is most useful for where you are, rather than applying a fixed method. What stays consistent is the frame: attachment-aware, trauma-informed, and oriented toward real and lasting change. I am an active presence in the work. I will ask questions that challenge gently, name patterns I notice, and help you see what has been hiding in your blind spots. The aim is not simply to feel better in the room — it is to live differently outside it. Most of the people I work with have often already tried talking about their difficulties. They understand themselves reasonably well. What brings them to therapy is the frustrating gap between knowing and changing — the same relational dynamic resurfacing, the same anxiety underneath the competence, the same question at 2am. This gap is exactly where the work begins. 

I also work with couples. Relationships can be one of the greatest sources of both pain and fulfilment in our lives — and I believe any difficulty a couple faces can become an opportunity for growth, both together and individually. I offer a warm, safe space to understand how your relationship became a struggle, break out of negative cycles, and find a more connected way of communicating.

I can help with communication breakdown, emotional and sexual intimacy, intercultural differences, recovering from infidelity, and separation or divorce. Having navigated divorce myself, I bring a particular understanding to couples who are uncertain whether to stay or separate — and I will support you whichever direction that takes.

I also offer sessions in Russian.

Our first session is a 50-minute consultation. It is not yet therapy — it is a conversation. I will ask what has brought you here, what you are hoping might shift, and what you have already tried. You are welcome to ask me anything about how I work. By the end, we will both have a clearer sense of whether working together feels right. There is no pressure to commit to anything in that first meeting. If we decide to proceed, we will agree a regular time and discuss how long we might work together. Reaching out can feel daunting. You do not need to have it figured out — just tell me, in a few words, what has brought you here.

Please contact me for availability

I am a Â鶹ԭ´´-registered Integrative Psychotherapist based in Central London, working with individuals who are high-functioning on the outside and quietly exhausted on the inside. Much of my work centres on relationships — the patterns we bring to them, the attachment wounds that shape them, and the capacity for connection that is often waiting just beneath the surface. Many of my clients are young professionals navigating a gap they can’t quite name: between the life they have built and the way they actually feel inside it. They are self-aware, often well-read in psychology, and frustrated that understanding alone has not been enough to change things. I trained at Regent’s University London (MA Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling) and hold an Advanced Diploma in Relationship Psychotherapy. Before becoming a therapist, I worked in finance — which means I understand from the inside the particular loneliness of high performance, and the quiet toll of constant striving. I bring that lived understanding into the room alongside my clinical training. I work from two private practices in Central London (Sloane Square and Bedford Square) and online worldwide.

My approach is integrative — which means I draw from a range of established therapeutic models (psychodynamic, relational, existential, humanistic, and others) and select what is most useful for where you are, rather than applying a fixed method. What stays consistent is the frame: attachment-aware, trauma-informed, and oriented toward real and lasting change. I am an active presence in the work. I will ask questions that challenge gently, name patterns I notice, and help you see what has been hiding in your blind spots. The aim is not simply to feel better in the room — it is to live differently outside it. Most of the people I work with have often already tried talking about their difficulties. They understand themselves reasonably well. What brings them to therapy is the frustrating gap between knowing and changing — the same relational dynamic resurfacing, the same anxiety underneath the competence, the same question at 2am. This gap is exactly where the work begins. I offer short- and long-term work depending on your needs and goals. We begin with an initial 50-minute consultation to explore what has brought you here and whether we are a good fit.

I also offer sessions in Russian.

Our first session is a 50-minute consultation. It is not yet therapy — it is a conversation. I will ask what has brought you here, what you are hoping might shift, and what you have already tried. You are welcome to ask me anything about how I work. By the end, we will both have a clearer sense of whether working together feels right. There is no pressure to commit to anything in that first meeting. If we decide to proceed, we will agree a regular time and discuss how long we might work together. Reaching out can feel daunting. You do not need to have it figured out — just tell me, in a few words, what has brought you here.