Olesya Ovchinnikova

My approach is body-oriented, it emphasizes that our being and deep patterns of behaviour are held in the body. As a therapist, I stay present with a core aspect of the mind – “the embodied and relational process that regulates the flow of energy and information”. Our ability to develop psychosomatic disorders is based on our ability to not pay attention to the sensory information coming up from our bodies, this skill is also known as dissociation. In the approach I practice the verbal exchange between client and therapist is enhanced by experiential work with movements and bodily sensations. This non-verbal part of body-oriented approach allows to get in contact with unconscious psychological patterns that was blocked, forgotten, or never integrated. Looking beyond somatic emotional awareness through the physical senses, I embark with my clients on a journey into the metaphorical and relational level of the unconscious psyche as it unfolds in the soma. Therapeutic exploration of movement, sensation and breath, as these embodied experiences presenting in the moment, can bring people into deeper attunement with their "neuroception" and capacity to self- and co-regulate. Embodied presence opens connection to symbolism, thoughtforms, emotions, and unconscious energetic charge that the body holds. More: https://somaticjourney.org/

Psychological Practice at Expat Pychologist Geneva Counsellor/Therapist in Clinic les Alpes (Montruex, Switzerland) Psychotherapist/ Trauma Therapist in Khiron House Trauma Clinic (Oxfordshire, UK) Private psychotherapy practice (London, UK) Private psychotherapy practice (Sassari, Italy)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP: Federation of Swiss Psychologists (FSP) European Association for Body Psychotherapy (EABP) European Society for Dermatology and Psychiatry (ESDaP) HIGHER EDUCATION: University of Sassari (Italy) PhD School of Social Sciences Kuban State University (Russia) MSc in Psychology recognised by PsyCo, Bern, Switzerland LONG-TERM TRAININGS: Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (Amsterdam, Netherlands and Online) ESDaP Psychodermatology Diploma ( Online) Somatic Trauma Therapy Training with Babette Rothschild (Online 12-day course) Brainspotting 1&2 with Dr. Mark Grixti (London, UK) & Brainspotting Masterclass with Dr. David Grant (Online) Post-Qualification Training in Body Psychotherapy (London, UK) The Chiron Association for Body Psychotherapists Bodynamic Somatic Psychotherapy – Foundation & Practitioner Training (Amsterdam, Netherlands) SHORT-TERM TRAININGS: The Narcissistic Dilemma: A Perspective from Relational and Integrative Psychotherapy with Dr Richard G. Erskine (Nscience UK) Mutual Regressions and Moments of Growth in Deep Psychotherapy with Dr. Allan Schore (Confer UK) The Integrated Trauma Therapist - Incorporating IFS with EMDR, SP, CPT, AEDP, DBT, and Psychedelic Medicines for Treating Complex Trauma and PTSD (Pesi, (Online)) Winter School and Workshop online “How can we bring together phenomenology, experimental psychology and psychopathology: virtual reality as a solution? “ (VirtualTimes & Neurex, Strasbourg University) The Dream School - a course in Jungian Dream Analysis with Deborah C. Stewart, Lisa Marchiano and Joseph R. Lee (This Jungian Life (Online)) Tension and Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE®) Module 1 with Steve Haines (TRE® Body College (Online)) First Sessions Dilemmas with Michael Soth (Oxford, UK) The Enacted Unconscious: A Neuropsychological Model of Unconscious Processes and Therapeutic change with Efrat Ginot (London, UK) Holding Space- Supporting Extreme States of Consciousness. A weekend workshop with Nir Tadmor and Igal Tartakovsky (London, UK) Healing the Traumatised Self: Overcoming Challenging Moments in Trauma Treatment with Dr. Ruth Lanius (London, UK) Authority, dominance and submission - elements in stress and trauma therapy with Merete Holm Brantbjerg (London, UK) Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory with Deb Dana (Khiron House, Oxfordshire) Moaiku: Coping with Arousal States and Emotions in Stress & Trauma with Merete Holm Brantbjerg (London, UK) Tester Weekend in Body Psychotherapy with Claudius Kokott (London, UK) Like a bird on a wire: the place of soul in body psychotherapy with Dr. Asaf Rolef Ben -Shahar (London, UK) Moaiki: Attraction, Aversion and Conscious Goals with Merete Holm Brantbjerg (London, UK) Workshop on Body-Oriented Gestalt Therapy with Claudia Gaulè ( Taganrog, Russia)