Malgorzata Zolek, MPsy, LMHC, LMFT, CASAC, ICADC, CHt

I graduated from the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland where I received a Master’s Degree in Psychology. I developed my psychotherapy foundation at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, Poland. I obtained an extensive postgraduate education in the United States where I completed following training programs:

• Post Graduate Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program, WILLIAM ALANSON WHITE INITIATE of PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOANALYSIS & PSYCHOLOGY, New York, NY.
• Credentialed Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor Diploma Training, OUTREACH TRAINING INSTITUTE, Queens, NY.
• Hypnotherapy Certification Training, NATIONAL GUILD of HYPNOTISTS, Nashua, NH.
• Post Graduate Program in Family Therapy, ACKERMAN INSTITUTE for FAMILY, New York, NY.

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Participation in Workshops and Conferences

01.21.2011
ACKERMA INSTITUTE for the FAMILY THERAPY INSTITUTE, NY. Schema Therapy for Couples

11.17.2010
ASSOCIATION of VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION in ALCOHOLISM and SUBSTANCE ABUSE, NY. Annual Conference. Emerging Process: Transdisciplinary Approach in Rehabilitation.

08. 06.2010
CROSS COUNTRY EDUCATION, NY. Treating Compulsive Sexual Behaviors

06.10 - 12.2010
ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, NY. Sixth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision. Making it Work: Overcoming Obstacles in Clinical Supervision. Helping Supervisors develop Supervisees Abilities to Repair and Strengthen the Therapeutic Alliance. Ethical & Legal Issues in Supervision: Essential for Supervisees. Ethical & Legal Issues in Supervision: Essential for Effective Supervisors. Conflict in Clinical Supervision: Ethical Communication and Relational Connection as Antidotes. Critical Elements in Clinical Supervision. Networking for Experienced Clinical Supervisor. Therapist Responsiveness: Mirrored in Supervisor Responsiveness. White privilege, Oppression, and Racial Identity: Implications for Clinical Supervision.

04.24.2010
PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPT STUDY CENTER, NY. Addiction, Psychoanalysis, and the Brain.

03.18 - 21.2010
The NATIONAL ORGANIZATION AGAINST MALE SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION and The INSTITUTE on VIOLANCE, ABUSE and TRAUMA. 2010 International Conference for Male Survivors

12.16 - 17.2009
NYS OFFICE of ALCOHOLISM and SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES, NY. Motivational Interviewing.

11.05.2009
NYU Post-Graduate Medical School, NY Advances in Addiction Research and Practice.

01 - 03.2008
The ADDICTION CARE CENTER of ALBANY, Inc. Compulsive Gambling Treatment Training.

01. 26.2008
The NATIONAL INSTITUTE for the PSYCHOTHEREPIES Training Institute, NY. 19th Annual Conference: New Perspectives on the Treatment of Addictions: Psychodynamic and Neurobiological Approaches.

11. 2007
OUTREACH TRAINING INSTITUTE, NY. Tobacco Dependence Treatment Training.

08.11.2004
TRAINING under NYS OASAS, NY New Perspectives on the Treatment of Addictions: Psychodynamic and Neurobiological Approaches.

06. 25.2007
OUTREACH TRAINING INSTITUTE, NY Therapeutic Community: Its Roots & Applications in Adolescent Residential Treatment.

02.25.2007
WASHINGTON SQUERE INSTITUTE for PSYCHOTHERAPY and MENTAL HEALTH, NY The Many Faces of Narcissism.

01. 27.2007
ASSOCIATION for PSYCHOANALYTIC SELF PSYCHOLOGY, NY. Contributions of Attachment Theory and Research to the Self Psychological/Intersubjective Approach to Clinical work.

01.23.2007
SEAFIELD CENTER, NY, The Mosaic of Sexual Addiction.

01.31.2006
OUTREACH TRAINING INSTITUTE, NY Working with Gang Members.

04.28.2006
NYS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, DIVISION OF ADDICTIONS, NY. Addiction Treatment in Metamorphosis: Paradigm Shift in Theory and Practice.

09.30 - 11.01.2005
ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AND THE MINUCHIN CENTER FOR THE FAMILY. Dr. S. Minuchin, New Developments: 40 years later.

05.16.2005
OUTREACH TRAINING INSTITUTE, NY. The Unknown Dual Diagnosis: Chemical Dependence & Traumatic Brain Injury.

03.7-12.2005
AMERICAN GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION, Inc. 2005 Group Psychotherapy Annual Meeting Working in Depth with Families and Couples: An Experiential Approach to New and Old paradigm. A Systems-Centered Approach to Groups. Research, Recovery, and Mental Health Care: Compatible Partners? The Crisis of Hatred: The Negative Transferences in Developing Groups. Communication Patterns in the Phases of Group Development.

10.2004 - 02.2005
OUTREACH TRAINING INSTITUTE, NY. Training on Domestic Violence: Male Victims; Law Enforcement; Effects of DV on Children & ACS; Housing, Safe Homes & Homelessness; Immigration & DV

10.23-24.2004
WILLIAM ALANSON WHITE INITIATE OF PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOANALYSIS & PSYCHOLOGY, NY. Longing: Psychoanalytic Musing on Desire.

08.11.2004
SOBRIETY WORKS TRAINING CENTER, NY. Introduction to Chemotherapy Treatment of Opiate Addiction.

05.27.2004
NASW NYC CHAPTER 36TH ANNUAL ADDICTIONS INSTITUTE, NY. Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Skills Training for the Chemically Dependent Client. Integration of Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Mental Health: Issues and Interventions for More Effective Outcomes with Female Clients. Culture, Community and Chemical Dependency.