Stowarzyszenie na Rzecz Rozwoju Psychiatrii i Opieki Środowiskowej

What Stowarzyszenie na Rzecz Rozwoju Psychiatrii i Opieki Środowiskowej does

Stowarzyszenie na Rzecz Rozwoju Psychiatrii i Opieki Środowiskowej (SRP) is a Polish non-profit association founded in October 1984 in Kraków, registered as a Public Benefit Organization (OPP, KRS 0000146448). Its mission is the permanent social and occupational reintegration of individuals after psychotic and other mental health crises, grounded in the community-based psychiatric care philosophy of Professor Antoni Kępiński. The association serves three core beneficiary groups: individuals recovering from mental crises (primary), their families, and mental health professionals/trainees, delivering services in the Kraków and Małopolska region.

The organization's core programmatic assets are the therapeutic theatre Teatr Psyche (founded 1984, ongoing productions including Shakespeare adaptations, Greek tragedies, and original works), the Centrum Edukacji, Pracy i Zdrowienia 'U Pana Cogito' (a day and residential centre for permanent integration), the Recovery Assistant (Asystent Zdrowienia) training program, the educational magazine 'Dla Nas' (64 issues over ~20 years), and associated art therapy programs (Teatr Masek, Galeria Miodowa). The underlying 'technology' is a 30+ year–refined dramatherapy methodology that combines structured theatrical performance with psychotherapy and social rehabilitation, codified in part in Anna Bielańska's book 'Teatr, który leczy' (Jagiellonian University Press, 2002).

SRP's revenue model is multi-stream and grant-dependent: (i) public donations including the Polish 1.5% PIT tax allocation processed via Przelewy24, (ii) project-based grants from public institutions including PFRON, the City of Kraków, Małopolska Voivodeship, and MOPS Kraków, (iii) conference and training fees, and (iv) academic partnerships with Collegium Medicum UJ and the Polish Psychiatric Association. Distribution is regional (Kraków/Małopolska only) and delivered through own facilities and consortium partnerships, including the Środowiskowe Centrum Zdrowia Psychicznego im. Prof. Antoniego Kępińskiego w Krakowie (Konsorcjum Solidarności).

Name

Stowarzyszenie na Rzecz Rozwoju Psychiatrii i Opieki Środowiskowej

Legal name

Stowarzyszenie na Rzecz Rozwoju Psychiatrii i Opieki Środowiskowej

Website

https://stowarzyszenie-rozwoju.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stowarzyszenie na Rzecz Rozwoju Psychiatrii i Opieki Środowiskowej (SRP) is a Polish non-profit association, founded in 1984 in Kraków, delivering community-based mental health rehabilitation, dramatherapy, and recovery training to individuals after psychotic crises in the Małopolska region.

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Product category

Community Mental Health & Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services

NAICS

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (62142), Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities (62322), Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) (62133), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

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Residential Mental Health Treatment Centers

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Behavioral Health & Substance Use Treatment

Keywords

• Community mental health
• Dramatherapy programs
• Psychiatric rehabilitation
• Recovery assistant training
• Art therapy services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kraków

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public benefit organization donations and tax-deductible contributions: The association is registered as a Polish Public Benefit Organization (OPP). It receives donations from the public and can receive 1.5% of personal income tax (PIT). Online payments are processed through Przelewy24.
2. Conference and training fees: Revenue from organizing conferences, symposia, and commercial trainings. Data processed under GDPR for contract fulfillment and invoicing purposes.
3. Project-based public funding: Activities funded through partnerships with public institutions including PFRON (State Fund for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons), the City of Kraków, and the Małopolska Voivodeship.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SRP is a non-profit association that delivers community-based mental health services for individuals after psychotic crises, anchored in a proprietary dramatherapy methodology. Its principal offerings are the Teatr Psyche therapeutic-theatre programme, the Centrum Edukacji, Pracy i Zdrowienia "U Pana Cogito" reintegration centre, Recovery Assistant (Asystent Zdrowienia) training and certification, the Kurs Psychoterapii psychotherapy course, mask-theatre (Teatr Masek) and Galeria Miodowa art-therapy activities, and the educational magazine "Dla Nas" — all unified by Prof. Antoni Kępiński's philosophy of community-based psychiatric care.

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Brands

• Teatr Psyche: Therapeutic theatre for people after mental crises, founded in 1984. Combines dramatherapy with high artistic quality performances including Shakespeare, Greek tragedies, and original productions.
• Teatr "Masek"
• Czasopismo "Dla Nas"
• Centrum Edukacji, Pracy i Zdrowienia "U Pana Cogito"
• Asystent Zdrowienia

Products and services

• Teatr Psyche — Therapeutic Theatre Programme A therapeutic-theatre programme that fuses deep psychotherapy with professionally staged theatrical performances (Shakespeare, Greek tragedies, classics such as Tristan and Iseult, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Alkestis, etc.) for persons who have experienced psychotic crises. Sessions run weekly over many years, culminating in public performances at professional Kraków theatres for both therapeutic and audience-facing impact.
• Centrum Edukacji, Pracy i Zdrowienia "U Pana Cogito" — Education, Work and Recovery Centre A residential and day-programme reintegration centre located on ul. Miodowa in Kraków, providing permanent social and occupational reintegration for people after mental crises, alongside dramatherapy rehearsals and art-therapy activities. Operated in partnership with public welfare institutions.
• Asystent Zdrowienia — Recovery Assistant Training Programme Training and certification programme that introduces and develops the Recovery Assistant role — a new professional position in Polish mental-healthcare staffed by people with lived experience of mental illness. Offered as both standard and free advanced-level courses to widen access.
• Kurs Psychoterapii — Psychotherapy Course A long-running psychotherapy training course focused on clinical practice across multiple contexts, providing future therapists with professional psychotherapy education and personal-development support.
• Teatr "Masek" — Mask Theatre Programme An art-therapy programme using mask theatre techniques as part of the association's "Therapy through Art" (Terapia przez sztukę) offering; targeted at beneficiaries within the association's reintegration programmes and the wider community.
• Galeria Miodowa — Art Gallery / Exhibition Programme An exhibition and art-therapy programme running at the association's Miodowa venue (Galeria Miodowa on Facebook), functioning as a public-facing therapeutic and cultural-outreach activity within the "Therapy through Art" pillar.
• Czasopismo "Dla Nas" — Mental-Health Educational Magazine An educational magazine and psychoeducation publication covering mental illness, therapy approaches, family support, poetry, essays and stories, distributed to the mental-health community and families of those affected by mental illness (also distributed through the association's newsletter).

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Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PFRON (Państwowy Fundusz Rehabilitacji Osób Niepełnosprawnych)coreOthersState Fund for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons — provides institutional funding support for rehabilitation programs and services for people with disabilities, including mental health-related programs delivered by the association.
• Urząd Miasta Krakowa (City of Kraków)coreOthersCity of Kraków supports the association's programs through institutional partnerships and municipal funding for community-based mental health and social welfare services.
• MOPS Kraków (Miejski Ośrodek Pomocy Społecznej)coreOthersMunicipal Social Assistance Centre in Kraków partners with the association for the delivery of community-based mental health and social support services.
• Województwo Małopolskie (Małopolska Voivodeship)coreOthersThe Małopolska regional government provides institutional support and funding for the association's regional mental health programs.
• Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu JagiellońskiegocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedical college of Jagiellonian University — academic partner providing medical and psychiatric expertise for research, education, and training programs in mental health.
• Polskie Towarzystwo Psychiatryczne (Polish Psychiatric Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe leading Polish professional psychiatric society collaborates with the association on professional education, research, and advocacy for community-based psychiatric care in Poland.
• Teatr PWST w Krakowie (Academy of Drama)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Academy of Drama in Kraków provides theatrical venue and collaboration for Teatr Psyche performances. The association's co-founder Krzysztof Rogoż is a professional theatre director.
• Teatr GroteskacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeatr Groteska in Kraków provides stage facilities for Teatr Psyche's 'Sen Nocy Letniej' performances and film recordings of productions.
• Stowarzyszenie Otwórzcie DrzwicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe association 'Open the Doors' is a related organization. The 'Dla Nas' magazine is published by Stowarzyszenie 'Otwórzcie Drzwi'. The two organizations share the mission of destigmatizing mental illness.
• Polski Instytut Psychodramy (Polish Psychodrama Institute)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional psychodrama institute sharing expertise in experiential therapeutic methods relevant to the association's dramatherapy programs.
• Polsko-Niemieckie Towarzystwo Zdrowia Psychicznego (Polish-German Society for Mental Health)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBilateral society promoting mental health cooperation between Poland and Germany, supporting international exchange and joint activities.
• Instytut Goethego (Goethe-Institut)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerGerman cultural institute that previously provided venue space for Alkestis performances and supported international tours to Hamburg and Duisburg.
• Małopolski Ogród SztukicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMałopolska Garden of Art in Kraków provides venue and collaboration for the association's theatre performances and film premiere events.
• Teatr im. J. Słowackiego w KrakowieminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJuliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków collaborated on the revival of 'Sen Nocy Letniej' performances.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): US grassroots mental health organization offering peer-led education, family support and community programs; structurally similar as a non-profit membership/community organization, though NAMI operates at national scale.
• Mind (UK): Largest UK mental health charity offering community-based support, peer programs, and policy advocacy at far greater scale; comparable in mission (community mental health, peer support, education) though much broader in scope.
• Mental Health America: US community-based nonprofit addressing mental health through screening, education and peer support; comparable mission around community integration and education-driven impact.
• Mental Health Foundation: UK-based mental health charity focused on prevention, community programs and research/public education — a comparable model for combining research output, education content, and community services in a non-profit structure.

Direct peers

• MindFreedom International: International peer-run organization advocating for rights and alternatives in mental health; closely aligned with SRP's recovery-assistant peer model and community-based rehabilitation philosophy.
• Polski Instytut Psychodramy: Polish professional psychodrama institute whose methodology (experiential action methods) overlaps directly with SRP's dramatherapy approach and which is already listed as a minor partner.
• Stowarzyszenie Otwórzcie Drzwi: Directly comparable Polish mental health NGO sharing the destigmatization mission; notably SRP's 'Dla Nas' magazine is co-published with this organization, indicating closely aligned programs and beneficiary base.
• Środowiskowe Centrum Zdrowia Psychicznego (Polish Community Mental Health Centers network): The nationwide network of Community Mental Health Centers introduced under Poland's 2018–2025 reform; SRP is a consortium signatory of the Kępiński-named Kraków center, making this network its most direct structural peer in the new funding framework.

Regional players

• Grotowski Institute: Wrocław-based institute preserving Jerzy Grotowski's laboratory theatre methodology; comparable in combining rigorous artistic practice with therapeutic/transformative intent and in operating from Poland, though with a non-clinical focus.

Others

• Polskie Towarzystwo Psychiatryczne: Polish professional psychiatric society that is a current strategic partner of SRP; relevant as an ecosystem peer (professional education, policy advocacy, community psychiatry research) rather than a direct service competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/stowarzyszenie_psychiatrii_srp

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Profiles4 records

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