About Me

Psychologist, PhD (doctor of philosophy in psychology, dissertation theses devoted to restrictive eating disorders); psychotherapist, psychology teacher, researcher, supervisor in a multimodal approach.
I carry out educational and practical activities, have a private psychological practice.

Education

• Kyiv National Linguistic University, lecturer of English and German languages, literature
• Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, psychologist, diploma with honors. Thesis: "Features of the needs-motivational sphere of individuals with eating behavior disorders"
• Boris Grinchenko University of Kyiv, dissertation research on "Psychological features of self-awareness in individuals with orthorexia," awarded the degree of PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in the specialty "Psychology".
• Saint Petersburg Gestalt Institute, 1st and 2nd levels of gestalt therapy training, certified gestalt therapist. Thesis: "Establishing therapeutic relationships in the gestalt approach"
• Long-term training program in body-oriented therapy by Chantal d'Or (France).
• Cycle of training seminars by the Association of Doctors and Psychologists "Eating Behavior Disorders: Therapy and Prevention" - Susanna Hessel, Nicole Schneckenberg and others.
• DBT Training Program (Dialectical Behavior Therapy): Basic course at BehavioralTech - Marsha Linehan Center (Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP); intensive course - at Dialexis Center (Netherlands), trainers Wies van der Bosch and Ursula Witteveen.

• "Nutritional Restoration in Eating Disorder, Marcia Herrin (USA), 2020.
• "Basic Course in Nutrition for Psychotherapists," Oleksandra Buts (Ukraine), 2020.
• MANTRA - Maudsley clinic protocol of work with Anorexia Nervosa, Mary Franklin-Smith (UK), 2021. Mary Franklin-Smith, Helen Startup (UK), 2025.
• "Schema Therapy for ED," Susan Simpson (Scotland), 2021.
• DBT-C Training Program (DBT for Children and Adoloscents), intensive course - trainer Francheska Pereplyotchikova (USA), 2023.

Positions

The head of the Kyiv region, the deputy head of the Scientific Committee of the National Association of Eating Disorders (Ukraine), the ambassador of Ukraine to the ECED (European Council on Eating Disorders), and a valid member of Ukrainian and international organizations:

• SEPI (Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration),
• AED (Academy for Eating Disorders),
• APA (American Psychological Association),
• UPA (Ukrainian Psychological Association),
• UACBT (Ukrainian Association of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy),
• UADPT (Ukrainian Association Dialectical Behavrioral Therapy).
• Certified nutrition consultant.

​I do not work with addicts.

Happily married, mother of two children.