Integrative psychotherapist, writer and workshop facilitator

I’ve always been interested in the conversations that sit just beneath the surface of everyday life. The ones that begin around a dinner table and somehow stay with us for days.

Most of us carry an idea of the life we thought we’d be living by now and then, one day, look around and realise we’re somewhere else entirely. Not necessarily somewhere bad, just somewhere we weren’t expecting.

I often wonder how much of adult life is spent trying to solve today’s problems with yesterday’s understanding of the world. We learn how to protect ourselves, how to avoid disappointment, how to stay safe and how to belong. Many of those lessons are useful, yet over time they can become so familiar that we mistake them for facts, rather than ways of understanding the world that we learned a long time ago.

Alongside my private practice, I write, facilitate workshops and contribute to conversations around relationships, belonging and the questions people carry about themselves and one another.

Outside of work, you’ll usually find me reading, writing, spending time with Joni, my Golden Retriever, or following curiosity to see where it leads.

I’m interested in the stories we inherit about who we’re supposed to be and what becomes possible when we begin to question them.

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Alex Iga Golabek is an integrative psychotherapist, writer and workshop facilitator. She holds postgraduate qualifications in psychology and psychotherapy and is a Fellow of the National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists (FNCIP).