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Krzysztof Dyga, PhD

Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University

kdyga@uafm.edu.pl

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1699-8373

Graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy (MA in Psychology, 2013) and the Faculty of Philology (BA in Comparative Studies, 2007) of the Jagiellonian University, as well as of a four-year postgraduate programme in psychotherapy at the Collegium Medicum of the same university. He has been professionally active as a psychologist and psychotherapist for over a dozen years. His doctoral dissertation, “Identity of Persons Diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder: A Metaclinical Perspective”, was defended at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University in 2023. His academic achievements include several publications in renowned Polish and international journals and numerous conference presentations in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and psychotherapy, particularly in the subdisciplines of clinical psychology, personality psychology, psychology of religion and spirituality, clinical psychiatry, philosophy of psychiatry, and psychotherapy.

Since 2025, he has been employed at Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, and since 2026 he has held the position of Assistant Professor in the Psychology programme at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Philology.

Membership in scientific societies and associations: Polish Psychological Association, Psychotherapy Section of the Polish Psychological Association, Polish Psychiatric Association, Scientific Section of Psychotherapy of the Polish Psychiatric Association, Polish Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, Polish Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis, International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychoses, and International Society for Bipolar Disorders.

Research interests: psychological understanding of bipolar disorders and their psychotherapy, self and identity, clinical psychology, personality psychology, spirituality and mental health, narcissism, critical psychiatry and philosophy of psychiatry, psychotherapy effectiveness, psychology of music, music subcultures, ecopsychiatry, idiography, and qualitative research.