Welcome...
My name is Iwona Gerner and I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Fertile Body Method Therapist, Practitioner of Hypnotherapy and Reiki. I counsel adults who seek personal growth, struggle with loss and grief, and who need assistance managing life's transitions. I am particularly interested in supporting people navigate fertility issues, deal with maternal or fraternal depression and anxiety as well as postpartum challenges. I offer support when facing miscarriages, pregnancy termination and infant losses.
Experience
I bring to my practice the experience of more than ten years of professional work with people of different cultures and lifestyles. My additional training include the following: Clinical Trauma Work, Maternal Mental Health and Bringing Baby Home Education, as well as in Hypnotherapy, Reiki, Fertile Mind/Body Method, Grief-counseling, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Emotional Freedom Technique (Tapping) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Specialties:
Maternal and Paternal depression/ or anxiety
Postpartum depression (in women and men)
Fertility Issues
Pregnancy after Infertility
Pregnancy loss
Pregnancy termination
Grief and Loss
Pre-marital counseling
Parenting support
Living childless
Life transitions
Women's issues
Stress management
Self-esteem and personal growth
Spirituality/Religion
Work/life balance
Working with me...
The journey within therapy is all about you. I see you as the expert of your own life and my role is to listen, reflect, and give suggestions while you decide what works for you. I combine psychotherapy with mind body techniques such as guided visualizations and hypnotherapy. Also, I might use sand tray technique to deepen the results of the therapy. My approach is tailored to your particular needs that is supportive, solution focused and insight-oriented. My work with you is to build on your strengths, meet the challenges you are facing and help you reaching the goals you set. I am honored to be a part of your journey towards a future that is hopeful and fulfilling.
Languages...
I offer therapy in English, German and Polish language
Credentials
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
National Certified Counselor
Practitioner of Hypnotherapy
Fertile Body Method Certified Therapist
Reiki practitioner
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)
EMDR practitioner
Education
Master’s degree of Science in Counseling from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
Bachelor’s degree of Science in Social Work from the University of Applied Sciences of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Cologne (Germany)
Fertile Body Method Therapist: Post-graduate training (UK)
Maternal Mental Health Post-graduate Training (Postpartum Support International click here for more information)
Hypnotherapy Training at the American Hypnosis Training Academy
Gottman Method Couples Therapy I
Bringing Baby Home Gottman Trainer
Reiki Lever II
Clinical Trauma Professional
EMDR
Professional Affiliations
American Counseling Association
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
Resolve- The National Infertility Association
Chi Stigma Iota Honor society