About me

I am a psychologist and sociologist. I constantly develop my skills and knowledge of psychotherapy, coaching and other forms of human development. I mostly work as a psychotherapist (private practice). Additionally I also work as a trainer and college lecturer. I was a corresponding editor in The International Journal of Psychosocial Genomics and Consciousness and Health Research.

I am also a founder of the NeuroTwine Project, which from 2008 year conducts independent research projects in the field of psychotherapy. Since 2013 year the body of knowledge gathered within these projects is being systematized into the Structural - Constructive Strategic Therapy.

In my work I use the ideas from Ericksonian Therapy, as well as the elements of Cognitive-Behavior Approaches, together with the Structural - Constructive Approach developed within the NeuroTwine Project.

I work under constant Supervision.

Higher Education

• Psychology - Instytut of Psychology - Jagiellonian University (MA complete 5 years program)
• Socjology - Applied Social Sciences Department - Tischner European University (BA)

Training in Poland:

• NLP Practitioner certificate no. 015/07
• NLP Master Practitioner certificate no. 007/09
• NLP Trainer (European Association of NLP Leaders) certificate no. 031/2010
• Training Design Specialist certificate no. /023/09
  
• Clinical Hypnosis (I level - Towarzystwo Hipnozy Terapeutycznej i Badań nad Hipnozą)
• Rational Behavior Therapy - (Polish Society for Behavioral Psychology)
• Practical Psychotherapy (Jagiellonian University Postgraduate Medical Education Center)
• Integrative Psychotherapy of Depression (Polish Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy - Organizational Member of the European Association for Psychotherapy)
• Integrative Psychotherapy of Anxiety Disorders (Polish Institute for Integrative Psychotherapy - Organizational Member of the European Association for Psychotherapy)
• Ericksonian Psychotherapy of Psychosomatic Disorders in Adults (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland)
• Ericksonian Psychotherapy for Perpetrators and Victims of Violence (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland)
• Ericksonian Therapy for People with Learning Difficulties (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland)
• Ericksonian Psychotherapy for Sexually Abiused Patients (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland)
• Ericksonian Psychotherapy of Anxiety Disorders (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland)
• Ericksonian Psychotherapy of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland)
• Metaphor in Work with Children and Their Families (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland)
• Family Therapy (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland)
• Ericksonian Therapy for People Dieting (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland) 
• Work with Parts of Personality (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland)
• Control and Utilization of Pain and Other Body SYmptoms (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland)
• Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Level 1 - Vitamelius Foundation
• Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) Level 2 - Vitamelius Foundation

   

Complete Course of Ericksonian Psychotherapy (Milton H. Erickson Institute in Poland)

Foreign Training:

• Trance-Formations (Hypnosis Training with Richard Bandler & John La Valle)
• NLP Coaching (John Grinder & Carmen Bostic St Clair) certificate no. CO014
• Joyful Living Workshop (Colin Lewis)
• 4 A in Therapy - Analysis, Acceptance, Absolution, Application (Werner Meinhold - founder of the Analytical Hypnosis)
• Lucifer Effect (Philip Zimbardo)
• Emotional Brain (Joseph Le Doux)
• "Making Human Culture (Stephen Jenkinson) (Workshop on working with people dealing with the terminal disease)
• Advanced Techniques of Therapy (Jeffrey Zeig)
• Fundamental Intensive Training in Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis (Jeffrey K. Zeig, Brent B. Geary, Liliany Borges-Zeig) Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Phoenix AZ
• Intermediate Intensive Training in Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis (Jeffrey K. Zeig, Brent B. Geary, Liliany Borges-Zeig) Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Phoenix AZ
• Advanced Intensive Training in Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis (Jeffrey K. Zeig, Brent B. Geary, Liliany Borges-Zeig) Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Phoenix AZ
• Hypnosis. Clinical Applications (Betty Alice Erickson)
• Erickson Hypnosis - Directly Indirect Ways of Working (Betty Alice Erickson)
• Utilization in the Management of Pain (Brent Geary)
• The Erickson Way: Telling Stories Where They Belong (Betty Alice Erickson)
• Using Hypnosis in Brief Therapy (Stephen Lankton)
• The Quantum Dynamics of Easy to Learn Rossi Hand Polarity Techniques (Ernest L. Rossi)
• Storytelling for Effective Brief Therapy (Bill O'Hanlon)
• How to Find Your Passion as a Mind-Body Therapist (Ernest L. Rossi) 
• The Milton H. Erickson Mind-Body STEM Research Group (Ernest L. Rossi)
• Relational Gestalt Practice (Dorothy Charles - Essalen Institute, Big Sur, California)
• Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Depression and Suicide - Core 1 (Judith Beck, Aaron T. Beck, Robert Hindtman and Francine Broder) Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy Philadelphia
• Cognitive-Behavior Therapy Applied: Medical Conditions (Francine Broder) Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia
• Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Anxiety - Core 2 (Amy Wenzel, Aaron T. Beck) Beck Institute foe Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia
• Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Personality Disorders - Core 3 (Judith Beck, Aaron T. Beck, Amy Cunningham) Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia
• Using Clinical Hypnosis to Enhance Treatment: Make Your (Inevitable) Suggestions Count (Michael Yapko)
• Primary Certificate Practicum in Rational-Emotive & Cognitive Behavior Therapy (Raymond DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., Kristene A. Doyle, Ph.D.) the Albert Ellis Institute, New York
• NLP Practitioner (Richard Bandler, John La Valle, Kathleen La Valle) NLP Seminar Group, Orlando FL

Online training:

• Bipolar in Order Online Course
• Adult people trainer
• Cognitive-Behavior Therapy and Mindfulness (Robert Hindman, PhD)  Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy Philadelphia
• Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss and Maintenance (Deborah Beck Busis, LCSW) Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia
• Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Anger Management (Norman Cotterell, PhD) Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia
• Interactive Master Class on Experiential Psychotherapy 2020 (Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD) Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Phoenix AZ
• Keys to Addressing Depression Realistically: Developments in the Active Treatment of Depression (Michael Yapko, PhD) The Institute of Applied Psychology, Melbourne Australia
• Introduction to Motivational Interviewing (Jan Grothe) Institute for Individual and Organizational Change, Spokane, Wa
• Advanced Motivational Interviewing/Skill Building (Casey Jackson) - Institute for Individual and Organizational Change, Spokane, Wa
• More Common Therapy: Hypnotically Informed Psychotherapy (Robert Staffin PsyD) - Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis
• Parenting and Hypnotic Support (Carol Siegel, PhD) - Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis
• Trauma, Dissociation, and Hypnosis: Recognizing and Utilizing Existing Trance States to Keep Treatment on Track and Achieve Therapeutic Goals (Debbie Bensching, LCSW) - Minnesota Society of Clinical Hypnosis
• 100-Hour Comprehensive Clinical Hypnosis & Strategic Psychotherapy Training (Michael D. Yapko PhD)
• Cognitive-Behavior Therapy for Insomnia (Michael Tompkins, PhD) Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Philadelphia
• CBT for Healthier Habits: Key Tools for Positive Change (Jill Levitt, Ph.D. and David Burns, M.D.) - Feeling Good Institute
• May 2023 Free Crash Course in Core Skills for Effective Therapy - (Jill Levitt, Ph.D.) - Feeling Good Institute

Conference Attendance:

• Creativity and Hypnosis – V European Congress of Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (2014), Kraków
• Brief Therapy Conference (2016), San Diego CA
• Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference (2017) Anaheim CA
• Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference Online Experience (2020) Anaheim CA
• Evolution of Psychotherapy - Virtual Experience (2021)

Active Conference Attendance - Lectures, seminars, appearances:

• Antkowiak, R., Dyba, J. (2015) Was Milton H. Erickson Acting Ethically? Konferencja Trzech Sekcji (Sekcji Naukowej Psychoterapii i Sekcji Terapii Rodzin Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychiatrycznego oraz Sekcji Psychoterapii Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychologicznego)
• Dyba, J., Antkowiak, R. (2015) Towards Creative Consciousness - Ernest Rossi Mind-Body Hypnotherapy. Konferencja Trzech Sekcji (Sekcji Naukowej Psychoterapii i Sekcji Terapii Rodzin Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychiatrycznego oraz Sekcji Psychoterapii Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychologicznego)
• Dyba, J. (2017) Neuroscientific Foundations of Hypnosis . A lecture within a session: „Neuroscience for Clinicians. What does psychotherapist need neuroscience for?" Konferencja  Trzech Sekcji (Sekcji Naukowej Psychoterapii i Sekcji Terapii Rodzin Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychiatrycznego oraz Sekcji Psychoterapii Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychologicznego)
• Dyba, J. (2017) Practical Applications of Ernest L. Rossi and Leonard Ravitz Electrodynamic and Psychosocial Genomic Research Results on Clinical Hypnosis. Konferencja Trzech Sekcji (Sekcji Naukowej Psychoterapii i Sekcji Terapii Rodzin Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychiatrycznego oraz Sekcji Psychoterapii Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychologicznego)
• Dyba, J. (2022) Strategic Utilization of Trance States in Psychotherapy. VII Śląskie Warsztaty Psychoterapii (Śląskie Stowarzyszenie Psychoterapeutów oraz Sekcja Naukowa Psychoterapii Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychiatrycznego)
• Dyba, J. (2022) Creating New Consciousness - An Introduction to Mind-Body Transformation Therapy. VII Śląskie Warsztaty Psychoterapii (Śląskie Stowarzyszenie Psychoterapeutów oraz Sekcja Naukowa Psychoterapii Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychiatrycznego)
• Dyba, J. (2022) Strategic Utilization of Deep Trance States in Psychotherapy. VII Śląskie Warsztaty Psychoterapii (Śląskie Stowarzyszenie Psychoterapeutów oraz Sekcja Naukowa Psychoterapii Polskiego Towarzystwa Psychiatrycznego)

Scientific Publications:

• Dyba, J. (2009) Implikacje Psychoanalizy Zygmunta Freuda dla Teorii Socjologicznych Jurgena Habermasa, Talcotta Parsonsa oraz Socjologii Psychoanalitycznej. Kultura i Polityka (6)
• Dyba, J. (2016) Wprowadzenie do psychospołecznej genomiki hipnozy klinicznej i psychoterapii, [w:] Rossi E. L. i Rossi, K. L., Kreowanie nowej świadomości – psychospołeczna genomika samostwarzania, Wyd. Palisades Gateway Publishing, Los Osos, CA
• Rossi, E. R., Cozzolino, M., Bagchi, P., Erickson-Klein, R., Celia, G., Hill, R., Dyba, J., i Rossi, K. (2017) The Psychosocial Genomic Stress Related Cancer Connection. International Journal of Psychosocial and Cultural Genomics, Consciousness & Health Research, Vol. 3 Issue II, s. 7-19
• Dyba, J., Rossi, E. L., Rossi, K. L. (2019). The Neurocognitive Update of the Two-Factor Theory of a Hypnotic Experience. The Science of Psychotherapy. September 2019, 30-45.
• Dyba, J. (2020) Psychospołeczna genomika hipnozy i psychoterapii - aktualny stan badań, [w:] E. L. Rossi, Dialog z naszymi genami - neuronauka hipnozy terapeutycznej i psychoterapii, Wyd, Jan Dyba Research Group, Zakopane.
• Dyba, J., Rossi, K.L., Żurek, M., & Rossi, E.L. (2021): Electrodynamics of clinical hypnosis, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2021.1943299
• Dyba, J. i Rossi, K.L. (2022) A Deep Trance Phenomena Structural Model: Nature, Induction and Therapeutic Utilization. The Science of Psychotherapy, Vol. 10 Issue 10, s. 4-31,

Books:

• Dyba, J. (2014) Changing Patterns of Human Behavior – an Introduction to the Structural Pattern Reframing. Structural Human Science Publishing, Charleston, SC.
• Dyba, J., Rossi, E. L., Rossi, K. L. (w przygotowaniu) Treading the Hypnotic Realities - Conversations on the new neuroscience and psychosocial genomics of therapeutic hypnosis, wyd. Palisades Gateway Publishing, Los Osos, CA.