Education
1. Master’s in Clinical Psychology
Kyiv Institute of Modern Psychology and Psychotherapy
2. Gestalt Therapy Training Program (Level 2)
Kyiv Gestalt University (in progress)
3. Specialization: "Working with Sexuality in the Gestalt Approach"
Kyiv Gestalt University (in progress)
4. Architect of Buildings and Structures
Pridniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Professional experience
1. Clinical psychologist, group facilitator (2023 – present)
Private psychological practice, both online and in-person.
2. Individual and group psychotherapy:
Conducting one-on-one sessions and leading therapeutic groups for adults.
3. Co-therapist for support groups
Volunteer organization | Lisbon, Portugal
Co-facilitator of psychological support groups for Ukrainians in Lisbon, focused on emotional stabilization. Assisting with adaptation to emigration, addressing anxiety, burnout, and helping to identify support systems and resources.
4. Facilitator of transformational games:
Leading the psychological game "Lila" as a facilitator to process inquiries and foster self-discovery.
5. Project manager
Construction company "Olvia" (2017–2024)
Team coordination, contractor management, deadlines, and communications. Applying structured approaches, systematic thinking, ethics, and accountability to psychological practice.
Areas of focus
- 1. Reconstructing well-being
- Anxiety and burnout: feeling like a "dead battery," racing thoughts, hypervigilance, and sleep disturbances.
- Psychosomatics: physical symptoms and illnesses stemming from suppressed emotions and difficulty processing feelings.
- Grief and loss: adapting to the loss of a past life or home, navigating grief when there’s no going back.
- Guilt and shame: reclaiming the right to be imperfect, flawed, and fully human, freeing oneself from self-criticism.
- 2. Foundations of the self
- Emigration and adaptation: finding one’s place in the world, restoring a sense of safety and new anchors after changing locations and environments.
- Self-identity: exploring the question, "Who am I beyond social roles (partner, parent, professional)?" and breaking free from dependence on external validation and achievements.
- Personal boundaries: establishing protective boundaries to preserve core values without sacrificing intimacy.
- Searching for meaning: addressing existential questions ("What’s the point of all this?") when external success feels empty and inner fulfillment is missing.
- 3. Resourceful states
- Sexuality and sensuality: reclaiming the right to pleasure, unlocking bodily sensitivity, and embracing the body as a source of joy.
- Desire and libido: addressing low desire in relationships, differences in temperament, anorgasmia, pain during intimacy, performance anxiety, and shame around personal desires.
- The art of intimacy: breaking repetitive relational patterns, escaping manipulation, and fostering mature communication between two whole individuals.
- Loneliness: overcoming escapism into workaholism or relationships, processing existential loneliness and attachment anxiety.
- 4. Expanding the self
- Money and self-worth: addressing negative beliefs about money, shifting behavioral patterns, and allowing oneself to thrive, stand out, and be visible.
- Legitimizing needs: moving from obligation and duty ("I must") to authentic desires ("I want"), rediscovering joy in life.
- Hedonism and pleasure: embracing simple joys without guilt, living with intention and savoring life’s experiences.
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