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Three steps towards yourself. A guide to psychological recovery

The book was prepared by the “Education Every Day” initiative as part of the Social Camp project, which is implemented by the Goethe-Institut in Warsaw with financial support from the European Union.

Marina Litvinenko is a humanistic therapist with 12 years of practice. "During this time, I have combined the tools and philosophy of the phenomenological direction of Gestalt therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, existential therapy, and positive psychology into a universal approach. I also work in a body-oriented approach. For me, the main task and basic value of working with people is achieving the integrity (healing) of all parts of the personality."

Marta Skuharova works in an integrative approach. In recent years, she has regularly led support groups for Belarusians in Warsaw, helping them go through the adaptation process. “As it turned out, the simplest and most understandable things restore and heal us all and work universally for everyone — for example, breathing, sleep, or hugs. Therefore, our simple, honest conversation with each other and with readers has become healing for us, the authors. We believe that you will also become participants in this conversation, and this will help you reassemble the meanings of life and find support.”

Veronika studies philosophy and works within the framework of an existential-phenomenological approach. “As Carl Gustav Jung wrote, ‘any transformation requires the ‘end of the world’ — the collapse of the previous philosophy of life.’ In this book, we tried to reassemble ourselves on the fragments of the life that we all knew until 2019. To notice how, despite everything, a new life, a new vision and perception of ourselves and our place in a changing world, is breaking through within us.”