Prof. UKSW dr hab. Katarzyna Kucharska

dr hab. Katarzyna Kucharska, prof. UKSW

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INSTYTUT PSYCHOLOGII UKSW

ul. Wóycickiego 1/3, 01 - 938, bud. 14, pok. 1441

e- mail: k.kucharska@uksw.edu.pl

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Head of the Centre of Psychosomatics and Health Psychology, Institute of Psychology CSWU qualified Master Practitioner in Eating Disorders and Obesity. Cofounder of the Subdepartment for the treatment of eating disorders at IPiN in Warsaw. Mentor and executor of numerous scietific projects at IPiN in Warsaw. Coordinator of the European Center for education and brain research, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology (IPiN) in Warsaw.

Academic research conducted

  • Evaluation of sustainability and firmness of social cognition and neurocognition with the use of experimental, standardized psychometric methods and fMRI;
  • Genetic tests in affective neuroscience;
  • Therapy of deficits of social cognition and neurocognition in mental disorders;
  • Programmes focused on preventing eating disorders and anxiety disorders (cultural adaptation of Stress Management Specialist Program and Eating disorders Prevention Programme).

Cooperation

Specialist eating disorder treatment facility in NE Lincolnshire Great Britain

Offer for entrepreneurs

  • Specialist therapy of eating disorders and obesity for adolescents and adults (individual and group therapy) in Polish and English (offered psychological techniques: motivational interviewing, therapy of improving cognitive and social cognition, mindfulness techniques, emotional freedom technique, CBT techniques, work with the patient’s family);
  • Medical and therapeutic offer: psychiatric consultations for adults with depressive, anxiety, eating, personality and psychotic disorders (medical counselling and outpatient treatment) in Polish and English.

Professional experience

  • In Great Britain (2004-2014) she worked as: Consultant Psychiatrist, Honorary Senior Lecturer i Medical Director;
  • She completed UK managerial courses in 2013 in the fields: 1) human resource management, 2) leadership and management, 3) medical manager-own development (CMI L7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership);
  • Cofounder of the Subdepartment for the treatment of eating disorders at IPiN in Warsaw (2014).

Organizations

Coordinator of the European Center for education and brain research, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology (IPiN) in Warsaw