Therapist · Author · Clinical Leader
Helping people find their way back to safety, trust, and themselves.
Patrycja (Patricia) Toczek is a therapist, published author,
and clinical leader working at the intersection of trauma
recovery, mental health, and relationship counselling
engaging with her clients through her private practice, her
writing, and her public speaking.
Welcome
One person. Many rooms. One purpose.
Patrycja (Patricia) works as a clinical leader inside large health services, as a therapist in her own private practice, as an author, and as a speaker and trainer. From the outside, they can look like separate careers. They are not.
Every one of those rooms serves the same purpose: helping people understand what happened to them, reducing the shame that keeps them silent, and giving them practical ways to move forward. Whether that happens across a therapy room, a lecture theatre, or the pages of a book makes very little difference to the work itself.
Trauma-Informed Care
Twenty years of clinical work with people navigating trauma, finding a sense of safety, choice and autonomy through collaboration informing choices and finding a sense of meaning
Published Author
Her book CryptoQueen: You Are a Mark, is a first-hand account of manipulation, and a warning written for everyone. The book is a contemporary story about risk hiding in the shadows of the digital world and how unsuspected victims become targets. It aims to raise awareness about the phenomena of scamming by breaking the stigma attached to the topic.
Trainer
Patrycja offers a CPD-accredited training for professionals based on evidence based clinical knowledge dedicated to different topics including: assistance for victims of scamming & clinical approaches informing interventions, how to understand trauma and find best ways of navigating it
Speaker
Patrycja uses her personal story as a powerful tool to transform an abstract social and psychological issue into something people can understand and relate to. Patrycja’s story provides a human face to the experience challenging stigma, reducing shame and isolation and creating a moment of healing.
THE BOOK
Her Story. Her Warning. Her Book.
CryptoQueen: You Are a Mark is Patricia’s account of how sophisticated financial deception works, and why it succeeds. Written from both a personal and a clinical perspective, it moves past the shame that keeps victims silent and looks squarely at the psychology of manipulation: the trust, the timing, and the very human needs that scammers exploit.
Private Practice
A Space to Be Heard, Without Judgment
In her private practice, Patricia works with individuals, couples and families through trauma, anxiety, relationship difficulty and periods of upheaval. Sessions are unhurried and collaborative, no scripts, no pathologising, and no expectation that you arrive with the right words.
The first step is a free 15-minute conversation, no commitment, simply a chance to see whether working together feels right. In-person and online appointments are available.
Testimonials
What People Have Shared
“Patricia made me feel comfortable immediately. She has a warm and non-judgemental presence.”
ANNA
“She has the perfect blend of theory and practice, empathetic, intuitive, and very strong in her work.”
Colleague, Western Health
“I never felt rushed or managed. For the first time, I felt heard, I felt someone was actually listening to the whole story.”
Client, online sessions
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Occasional letters on the book, upcoming events, and reflections on trauma-informed living.
No noise, no selling, just the work as it unfolds.
BSW, University of Melbourne
Master of Clinical Family Therapy, La Trobe
Accredited Mental Health Social Worker
Featured on SBS Polish Radio
Therapist. Author. Advocate for trauma-informed healing.
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GET IN TOUCH
- patrycjatoczek@yahoo.com
- Connect on LinkedIn
- Melbourne / Sydney, Australia
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