Iwona Krasnowska-Guzek, MA
About Me
Dr. Katarzyna (Kasia) Pilewicz, Ph.D, LCPC, CADC
Doctor of Psychology, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Substance Abuse Counselor focused on providing individual and group therapy that is sensibly tailored to individual needs. She earned her Doctoral Degree in the area of Positive Psychology at Walden University; Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. She is experienced in working with depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction and recovery, grief and loss, and adjustment issues related to everyday life challenges. She specializes in working with adults, adolescents, and couples. Her approach to therapy takes on psychodynamic perspective based on the belief that person must attend to the whole self -mind, body, and environment- to achieve understanding and self-realization. She believes in trusting and professional therapeutic relationship as a base for identifying unconscious conflicts, getting insight, and making a change. Dr.Pilewicz is writing articles on the weekly basis to educate people and lessen stigma related to mental health issues. She is an avid advocate for incorporating positive psychology concepts and strenghts based interventions to treatment. She is teaching and training others to make this world a better place for everybody.
Treatment Areas
Dr. Kasia Pilewicz has experience treating the following areas: Addiction Issues, Adolescent Issues, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Aging, Alcoholism, Anger Management, Anxiety Disorders, Assertiveness, Bereavement, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, Chemical Dependency, Childhood Sexual Abuse Victims, Chronic Mental Illness, Chronic Physical Illness, Co-Dependency, Couples' Issues, Depression, Disability Issues, Divorce, Emotional Growth and Development, Family Systems, Gender Issues, Grief, Identity Issues, Impulse Control, Infertility Issues, Insomnia, Laziness, Life Management Issues, Loneliness, Low Self-Esteem, Manic-Depressive Illness, Men's Issues, Midlife Crisis, Midlife Issues, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders, Organizational Issues, PTSD, Panic Attacks, Panic Disorders, Parenting Issues, Perinatal Loss, Personality Disorders, Physical Injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Procrastination, Psychosomatic Syndrome, Relationship Issues, Sexual Assault Victims, Sleep Disorders, Sleeplessness, Stress, Substance Abuse, Suicidal Behavior, Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Thoughts, Traumatic Stress, and Work Issues.
Treatment Modalities
Dr. Kasia Pilewicz provides Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Existential Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Goal-Oriented Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Psychotherapy, Lifestyle Assessment, Marriage Counseling, Parent Training, Play Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy.
She works with Children, Adolescents, Adults, Businesses/Corporations, Couples, Families, and Groups.
Specialties
Issues:
Mental Health:
Average Cost (per session): $160
Accepted Insurance Plans:
Alternative Languages: Polish
Treatment Orientation:
Modality:
Doctor of Psychology, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Substance Abuse Counselor focused on providing individual and group therapy that is sensibly tailored to individual needs. She earned her Doctoral Degree in the area of Positive Psychology at Walden University; Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. She is experienced in working with depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction and recovery, grief and loss, and adjustment issues related to everyday life challenges. She specializes in working with adults, adolescents, and couples. Her approach to therapy takes on psychodynamic perspective based on the belief that person must attend to the whole self -mind, body, and environment- to achieve understanding and self-realization. She believes in trusting and professional therapeutic relationship as a base for identifying unconscious conflicts, getting insight, and making a change. Dr.Pilewicz is writing articles on the weekly basis to educate people and lessen stigma related to mental health issues. She is an avid advocate for incorporating positive psychology concepts and strenghts based interventions to treatment. She is teaching and training others to make this world a better place for everybody.
Treatment Areas
Dr. Kasia Pilewicz has experience treating the following areas: Addiction Issues, Adolescent Issues, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Aging, Alcoholism, Anger Management, Anxiety Disorders, Assertiveness, Bereavement, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality, Chemical Dependency, Childhood Sexual Abuse Victims, Chronic Mental Illness, Chronic Physical Illness, Co-Dependency, Couples' Issues, Depression, Disability Issues, Divorce, Emotional Growth and Development, Family Systems, Gender Issues, Grief, Identity Issues, Impulse Control, Infertility Issues, Insomnia, Laziness, Life Management Issues, Loneliness, Low Self-Esteem, Manic-Depressive Illness, Men's Issues, Midlife Crisis, Midlife Issues, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders, Organizational Issues, PTSD, Panic Attacks, Panic Disorders, Parenting Issues, Perinatal Loss, Personality Disorders, Physical Injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Procrastination, Psychosomatic Syndrome, Relationship Issues, Sexual Assault Victims, Sleep Disorders, Sleeplessness, Stress, Substance Abuse, Suicidal Behavior, Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Thoughts, Traumatic Stress, and Work Issues.
Treatment Modalities
Dr. Kasia Pilewicz provides Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Existential Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Goal-Oriented Therapy, Group Therapy, Individual Psychotherapy, Lifestyle Assessment, Marriage Counseling, Parent Training, Play Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy.
She works with Children, Adolescents, Adults, Businesses/Corporations, Couples, Families, and Groups.
Specialties
- Trauma and PTSD
- Identity and Self-Image
- Relationship Issues
- Addictions
Issues:
- Anxiety
- Child or Adolescent
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Entitlement
- Grief
- Parenting
- Self Esteem
Mental Health:
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
Average Cost (per session): $160
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Accepted Insurance Plans:
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- ESI
Alternative Languages: Polish
Treatment Orientation:
- Adlerian
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive-Behavioral
- Eclectic
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Integrative approach
- Interpersonal
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
Modality:
- Individuals
- Couples
- Family
