As a Russian-speaking counsellor based in Berlin, I work with clients from around the world. I mostly work with young professionals going through immigration and other crises and I do my best to help them thrive
I'm a trained Master in Psychology with specialisation in psychoanalytic approach to coaching and counselling. I am also a Gestalt therapist in training. I have benefited from more than 6 years of personal therapy, and I have regular supervisions in both methods that I pracrice.
I believe that the counsellor's main tool is his own psyche, his consiousness and awereness. All the other tools can be creatively adapted based on the client's inidividual personality and needs.
Since 2018 I work with individuals and businesses as a counselling psychologist. Formats vary from one-time consultation to long-term work with psychoanalytic approach. During the first 1-3 sessions I do my best to propose my view of the situation or condition and how I would approach to it – while also being helpful here and now – and then my client and I can decide together if we will proceed and how it would be
2018 – present – Moscow Institute of Gestalt and Psychodrama, Gestalt Therapist 2021 – William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis & Psychology. Interpersonal and relational Psychoanalysis 2022 – MSc Psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic business consulting. Unique direction in education inspired by close cooperation of the HSE Chair of Psychoanalysis and Business consulting with INSEAD. The programme provides a deep understanding of psychoanalysis and organizational behaviour