Family Consultant, EMDR & Art Therapist
In my private practice, I integrate different approaches. I have been working under supervision as an EMDR therapist since 2024, as a Family Counselor since 2021, and in the field of Art Therapy since 2015.
I work by constantly enriching the depth and range of approaches and methods I use combined with professional counseling, training, and coaching sessions.
I have professional experience with people with special needs from the autism spectrum, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy and epilepsy at the Caritas Internationalis "Annunciation" Social Rehabilitation, and Integration Centre in Sofia;
undergraduate and graduate students at the National Academy of Arts in Art Therapy, Personality Psychology and Art-Based Psychological Experiments;
clients of the center for creative practices for children and adults "Art Center Harmony";
students of primary, middle, and high school age;
with children of 2 to 5 years of age in kindergartens, private centers for personal development, and entertainment.
Therapeutic support is provided mainly through short term, world-renowned and evidence-based methods of working with grief and bereavement, trauma, conflict, addiction, phobias, eating disorders, stress, depression, and anxiety.
Some of the therapeutic methods used to improve life quality, promote personal development and life satisfaction include EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Systemic family therapy approach, Art Therapy, Positive and Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
Individual consultation assists the client to clearly define their goals, as well as the resources they have and would help them to achieve positive change. The session offers a good opportunity for additional motivation and specific guidelines for greater autonomy, life satisfaction, and balance.
Single consultation for couples is based on the Systematic Family Therapy approach for assessment of the family environment. The dysfunctional family relations are highlighted and family structure, functions, and dynamics of development are optimized for the improved well-being of all parties.
Adolescent counseling offers a range of techniques that develop adolescents' personal potential and social skills.
EMDR certification program in partnership with EMDR Europe Association module I and module II at the EMDR training center Bulgaria.
Qualification Systemic Family and Marriage Consultant acquired at the Institute of Family Therapy Bulgaria.
Doctorate at the National Academy of Arts, a master's degree in Art Therapy, a bachelor's degree in Painting, and Theory and Practice of Art Education.
I studied at the Master's degree program in Art Therapy at the University of Hertfordshire, England, which was founded 50 years ago and has one of the oldest internationally recognized Art Therapy programmes in the world.
Research is an important aspect of my work and includes publications, reports, and participation in international conferences, symposia, seminars, and trainings.
I have gone through different types of personal therapeutic experience: psychodrama, emotionally focused marriage therapy, individual therapy, etc.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT);
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT);
Music therapy;
Addiction Therapy;
Depression Counseling;
Anxiety Management;
Grief and Bereavement Counseling;
Positive Psychology;
Journal Therapy.
