Katarzyna Prot-Klinger is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist, group analyst, and professor at the Institute of Psychology at the Academy of Special Education in Warsaw. For many years, she has been studying individual and group reactions to traumatic events. She is the author of numerous articles and the monograph “Life After the Holocaust. Testimonies from Poland and Romania.”
For 30 years, she has been conducting individual and group psychotherapy with Holocaust survivors. Her clinical and research work in the field of therapy for survivors led to the development of her interests and research into psychosis as the mind’s response to traumatic experiences. She has carried out numerous research projects, including participation in the project “The History of Psychoanalysis in Poland in the German-Polish-Jewish Cultural Context, 1900–2015.” The project’s objective was to investigate the forgotten history of psychoanalysis in Poland and situate it within various cultural contexts.
She holds many important positions in international organizations dedicated to mental health, such as chair of the Israeli-Polish Mental Health Association (IPMHA) and vice-chair of the Polish Society for a Psychological and Social Approach to Psychoses (the Polish branch of ISPS).
Presentation title: Psychotherapy for Holocaust survivors in Poland thirty years later.