Anna Pezacka-Gumna

My name is Anna Pezacka-Gumna. I have always been interested and involved in people's issues, their experiences, transformations, but also their difficulties or struggles. My educational and professional choices have therefore invariably revolved around working with people for 20 years. It all started with studying psychology and - in parallel - learning the role of a trainer. The need to gain a deeper understanding of others within a therapeutic framework also quickly arose. The acquisition of new knowledge and skills is ongoing, which realises my strongest Gallup talent (learning), but the most important teachers are my clients. For almost 20 years I have been able to work with groups, different organisations, experiencing immense satisfaction and a sense of purpose in seeing my clients change. I have been teaching others how to work with people for many years.

Already during my studies, I started training in psychosocial skills, taking on further challenges, working for increasingly different professional environments. After a few years, my skills were confirmed with a Level I trainer recommendation from the Polish Psychological Association, and after a few more years of many training experiences, I managed to obtain a Level II recommendation, authorising me to conduct interpersonal trainings and supervise trainers. My attention to high working standards, submitting myself to regular supervision, teaching and supervising others undoubtedly translates into a professional and ethical workshop for working with groups. The expression of this competence is the running of 5 self-designed schools of trainers, 2 schools of trainers in the Encounter Group, 35 trainings and... thousands of hours of trainings and workshops.

I have been learning and using Transactional Analysis for 14 years. I have been educating others for many years as co-leader of the AT School and other AT-based trainings and workshops. I have had the opportunity to learn from many prominent Transactional Analysts from around the world (Sari van Poelie, Richard G. Erskine, Sue Eusden, Rosemary Napper, Birgitta Heilier, Alexandra Piotrowska, Tony White, Gregor and Masa Zvelc, John McNeel and others), attending international conferences and groups. I am currently preparing for the CTA (Certified Transactional Analyst) exam, culminating many years of study, practice and supervision.

By combining the skills to work in-depth with groups and the contextual knowledge of teams in an organisation with the competence to conduct team coaching, I was able to complete the relevant training and obtain the Team Coach Certificate.

For several years I have been co-managing the thriving Psychotherapy Centre "Strefa Poznania", where many people find support and the possibility of profound changes in their functioning. I gained my competences at the Intra School of Psychotherapy and during advanced training in AT, I am currently completing a 3-year training in Intensive Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy.

Priorities at work:

interpersonal integrity,
getting to vitality, to life energy,
shared responsibility with relationships and teams.

When I see my clients start:

organise their affairs better,
are more aware of what is happening to them, so they make more accurate activities and decisions,
begin to understand their role and the organisation in which they work,
experience relief and regain their agility and vitality -

this builds meaning and brings immense satisfaction for me and the client in the cocreation process.

Education and key training:

Master's degree in psychology UAM
certificate 101 AT
Approximately 10 years of advanced training in Transactional Analysis by trainers in France, UK, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Slovenia, USA, Austria in the field of organisational work and psychotherapy
Certified Team Coach (ICF) - preceded by Intact Academy team coaching training
OPTA Training School in Warsaw
Annual programme of psychological development and education Andrzej Szulc in Krakow
4-year School of Psychotherapy Intra Centre in Warsaw.
Level I and II trainer recommendation from the Polish Psychological Association
teacher certification preparing for the Everythig DiSC Facilitators and Trainers Certification in Copenhagen
As of 2019, undergoing Core Training of Intensive, Short-Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at an international training group, in Berlin.

My experience:

More than 4,000 hours of work with groups and 2,000 hours of individual work with professional groups such as managers, HR professionals, administrative staff, professionals, consultants, facilitators, trainers, coaches, therapists.

I have worked and continue to work for companies in industries:

pharmaceuticals, clothing, furniture, automotive, food, retail, ICT, banking, law, local and government administration, as well as for educational institutions, courts and NGOs.

My supervisors:

Piotr Fijewski - psychotherapy supervisor and group training supervisor of the Polish Psychological Association.
Jolanta Sokół-Jedlinska - psychotherapy supervisor and group training supervisor of the Polish Psychological Association.
Monika Sowicka - group coaching supervisor of the Polish Psychological Association.

Others about me:

"Anna gives a lot of energy to others.
"Anne has a lively and authentic rapport with the class participants, she cares about the working atmosphere and the feeling of safety of the group" .
"She is attentive to emotions and can sense them perfectly in a group and in an individual client."