Rate Dagmar Salamonova-Clark

Qualifications & Professional Development

• MSc Psychology, Comenius University, Bratislava (2009)

• PGDip in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, UK (2012)

• PGDip in CBT / Psychological Therapy, UK (2019)

• Advanced Certificate in ADHD Practice, UK (2022)

• CPD: Fallout of Narcissistic Abuse, (2024)

• Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Level 2, (2020)

• The Neuroscience of Attachment Training, (2025)

Clinical Experience

• NHS (6 years)

• University student counselling services

• EAP (Employee Assistance Programmes)

• Private practice

You’re exhausted from holding everything together. It doesn’t have to stay this way.

You’ve spent years being the strong one.

Looking after everyone else.

Pushing through.

Working harder.

Keeping your feelings to yourself.

Perhaps you’re burnt out. Perhaps alcohol, food, work, gambling, pornography or another habit has become a way of switching off. Maybe your relationships keep following the same painful pattern.

Whatever has brought you here, you don’t have to face it alone.

I’m Dagmar Salamonova, a BACP-accredited counsellor and psychologist with over 15 years’ experience helping people recover from burnout, addiction, anxiety, trauma and relationship difficulties.

Together we’ll help you understand why these patterns developed, break free from them, and build a calmer, healthier and more meaningful life.

Book your first session

WHO I HELP

I work with adults who:

? Feel burnt out and emotionally exhausted

? Feel stuck in addictive habits or unhealthy coping strategies

? Struggle with anxiety or depression

? Keep repeating painful relationship patterns

? Find it impossible to say no

? Feel responsible for everyone else’s happiness

? Have ADHD or autism and feel overwhelmed

? Want to enjoy life again instead of simply surviving

ABOUT ME

People often tell me,

“I don’t even know who I am anymore.”

Or,

“Everyone thinks I’m coping, but inside I’m falling apart.”

I understand those feelings more than you might expect.

Like many people who grow up in families shaped by trauma, I learned to keep going, stay strong, work hard and not ask for help. My inner critic was loud. Rest felt uncomfortable. I believed I had to earn my worth by doing more.

Eventually I realised those strategies had helped my family survive—but they weren’t helping me truly live.

Therapy changed my life.

So did yoga.

Nature.

Learning how to breathe again.

Allowing myself to connect with people instead of carrying everything alone.

Those experiences don’t replace my professional training, but they help me understand how difficult real change can be.

Today I combine both professional knowledge and personal experience to help others move from surviving to living.

MY APPROACH

I don’t believe people are broken.

I believe our minds develop ways of protecting us.

Burnout.

Anxiety.

People-pleasing.

Addiction.

Perfectionism.

They usually start as attempts to cope.

Together we’ll understand why they’ve developed, keep what still serves you and gently let go of what no longer does.

Our work isn’t about becoming someone different.

It’s about helping you become yourself again.

MY SPECIALIST AREAS

Burnout

If you’re constantly exhausted, overwhelmed or running on empty, we’ll work together to understand why—and help you recover without simply telling you to “slow down.”

Addiction

Whether you’re struggling with alcohol, drugs, food, work, pornography, gambling or another compulsive behaviour, we’ll look beneath the habit rather than simply trying to remove it.

Real recovery begins with understanding what the addiction has been doing for you.

Relationships

If you keep attracting the wrong people, struggle with boundaries or lose yourself trying to keep everyone happy, we’ll work on changing those patterns so your relationships become healthier and more secure.

WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE TO WORK WITH ME

Clients often tell me they feel:

• deeply listened to

• understood rather than judged

• calmer after sessions

• able to understand themselves for the first time

• hopeful that lasting change is possible

FINAL CALL TO ACTION

You don’t need to have everything figured out before starting therapy.

You only need to take the first step.

If you’re tired of surviving and ready to start living with more calm, confidence and connection, I’d be honoured to work with you.

Book your first session today.