Education
Certified gestalt therapist under the program of NAGTU and European Association for Gestalt Therapy (EAGT) — completed 2 levels. Specialization: "Gestalt Therapy of Addictive Behavior" (2017–2018). Holder of a specialist diploma from the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University. Major: Psychology. Qualification: Social Psychology and Psychotherapy. Participant of gestalt intensives "Closeness, Dependence, Attachment" (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018). Participant of Ukrainian scientific-practical conferences "Developmental Psychology in Gestalt Therapy" (2014, 2015). Participant of the Ukrainian conference on issues of addictive behavior (2018). Participant of the conference "Migration During War" (2022).
Professional experience
Private psychological and psychotherapeutic practice since 2014. I have experience in individual and group therapy, leading workshops, and participating in academic conferences, intensives, supervision groups, and other professional events.
Since 2018, I have worked with immigrants from various countries, as I am myself an immigrant.
I approach my work with depth, quality, and professionalism. I regularly engage in personal therapy, supervision, and continuous professional development. I adhere to ethical principles and an ecological approach. I have experience with relocation and adaptation alongside my child and partner.
Since 2018, I have worked with immigrants from various countries, as I am myself an immigrant.
I approach my work with depth, quality, and professionalism. I regularly engage in personal therapy, supervision, and continuous professional development. I adhere to ethical principles and an ecological approach. I have experience with relocation and adaptation alongside my child and partner.
Areas of focus
specialization, area of professional interest
- Support for adaptation and assimilation in a new country for forced migrants, including those who relocated before the full-scale war, at various stages of adjustment.
- Challenges related to cultural differences, language barriers, value conflicts, feeling "stuck between lives," and difficulties in building new friendships and social circles.
- Processing the loss of one’s previous life, identity, financial stability, social status, and the sense of losing oneself, along with disorientation about the future path.
- Guilt over immigrating and for having a better life than others, often referred to as "survivor’s guilt."
- Finding a sense of belonging, integrating into a new society, and pursuing personal growth and fulfillment.
- Issues of self-worth, feelings of inadequacy, self-deprecation, harsh self-criticism, and exploring personal boundaries.
- Emotional exhaustion, apathy, loss of life’s meaning, and disconnection from personal values or direction.
- Disorientation, self-discovery, clarifying personal desires, reclaiming inner freedom, and aligning with one’s true path.
- Struggles in family dynamics, parenting challenges, school-related issues, relationships with relatives, and boundary-setting.
- Topics around motherhood, life transitions after childbirth, and postpartum experiences.
- Questions of femininity, sexuality, self-identity, and navigating societal expectations or competition.
- Overwhelm from intense emotions (guilt, shame, fear, loneliness, anger, anxiety, helplessness, disorientation, grief).
- Coping with sudden life changes, crises, immigration, loss, and traumatic experiences.
- Challenges related to cultural differences, language barriers, value conflicts, feeling "stuck between lives," and difficulties in building new friendships and social circles.
- Processing the loss of one’s previous life, identity, financial stability, social status, and the sense of losing oneself, along with disorientation about the future path.
- Guilt over immigrating and for having a better life than others, often referred to as "survivor’s guilt."
- Finding a sense of belonging, integrating into a new society, and pursuing personal growth and fulfillment.
- Issues of self-worth, feelings of inadequacy, self-deprecation, harsh self-criticism, and exploring personal boundaries.
- Emotional exhaustion, apathy, loss of life’s meaning, and disconnection from personal values or direction.
- Disorientation, self-discovery, clarifying personal desires, reclaiming inner freedom, and aligning with one’s true path.
- Struggles in family dynamics, parenting challenges, school-related issues, relationships with relatives, and boundary-setting.
- Topics around motherhood, life transitions after childbirth, and postpartum experiences.
- Questions of femininity, sexuality, self-identity, and navigating societal expectations or competition.
- Overwhelm from intense emotions (guilt, shame, fear, loneliness, anger, anxiety, helplessness, disorientation, grief).
- Coping with sudden life changes, crises, immigration, loss, and traumatic experiences.
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