The center focuses on the development of research into the clinical consequences of psychological trauma, the diagnostics of post-traumatic conditions, and the exploration of cultural factors affecting coping strategies in trauma survivors.
The researchers conduct their projects in Poland and other countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia, in collaboration with the European Society for Trauma & Dissociation. In September 2017, the Center signed an agreement with the Bhutan Board for Certified Counselors, established by Her Majesty Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck, to facilitate research in this part of the world.
Within the structure of the Centre, there is a Qualitative Research Lab - Quallab where qualitative studies are being carried out.
Research Team
Associate Professor
Igor Pietkiewicz
Head of the Center
psychotherapist, supervisor of the Polish Psychiatric Association, and board member of the European Society for Trauma & Dissociation
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Anna Hełka
business psychologist specializing in situational and personality determinants of economic behaviors and human resources management
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Radosław Tomalski
psychiatrist, psychotherapist and supervisor of the Polish Psychiatric Association
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Anna Bańbura
psychologist, psychotherapist in training, research assistant
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Szymon Nęcki
psychologist, psychotherapist in training, research assistant
Collaborators
Suzette Boon, Ph.D.
specialist in the diagnostics and treatment of trauma-related disorders, from the Netherlands
Professor
Onno van der Hart
expert in post-traumatic disorders, co-author of the theory of the structural dissociation of the personality, from the Netherlands
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Mateusz Barłóg
psychologist, research assistant
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Roksana Duszkiewicz
neurobiologist, research assistant
Paweł Adamik OP
Dominican, theologian, involved in the research project "Qualitative Analysis of Phenomena and Symptoms Associated with Possession" funded by the National Science Center
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Urszula Kłosińska
psychologist, research team member in the project "Qualitative Analysis of Phenomena and Symptoms Associated with Possession" funded by the National Science Center
Projects
Qualitative Analysis of Phenomena and Symptoms Associated with Possession
Principal Investigator: dr Igor Pietkiewicz
Interpretative phenomenological analysis of depersonalization and derealization states in clinical and nonclinical groups
Principal Investigator: dr Igor Pietkiewicz
Location
SWPS University in Katowice
Techników 9
40-326 Katowice
Contact
Research Centre for Trauma & Dissociation
SWPS University
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