Joanna Dymecka, PhD, is a psychologist and researcher specializing in health psychology. Her research focuses on women's health, childbirth-related experiences, body image, quality of life, and psychosocial aspects of health and illness. Her recent work has concentrated on the psychological consequences of childbirth, including obstetric violence, medicalization of childbirth, and postpartum bodily changes. She is also involved in the development and validation of psychometric instruments for use in health psychology research.