I was fortunate to master my professional skills based on knowledge of two schools of psychology: European and American. It is hard to determine the distinct line between the two. However, each school brought me a unique piece of a puzzle to the entire picture of my current worldview. Through my personal and educational experience, I realized that people around the world have many commonalities by sharing similar basic values such as love, family, trust, compassion, sympathy, and kindness. At the same time, I understood that each of us is unique and it is essential to be non-judgmental approaching others’ intimate life stories.

I was born in Belarus, a small but beautiful country in the Eastern part of Europe. My cultural heritage and the dramatic history of my homeland taught me to be respectful to the values and worldviews of other people from different cultures. This experience helps me in my professional practice in such a multicultural country as the U.S. is.

I was blessed in my life with opportunities to gain a wide range of experience in the professional field by counseling individuals with different types of problems: alcohol and substance abuse issues, children and families suffering from the trauma of sexual abuse, interpersonal relationship issues, separation and divorce, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, and grief.

Neurofeedback is a clinical approach that I actively use in my practice to help clients with a broad scale of psychological and behavioral problems. This method of “brain training” allows me to guide my clients as they learn to transform their brain-wave patterns, providing additional opportunities to the clients who lost hope to recover and to get better with traditional methods and harmful medications.

I believe that the Integrative Multi-Theoretical Approach is very effective because the idea of gaining the wisdom and knowledge of various therapies and methodologies is very helpful. Integrating multiple theoretical orientations into one approach seems to be able to bring maximum benefits to the clients.

• 2014 - 2020 - National Louis University, Tampa, Doctoral Degree in Counselor Education and Supervision
• 2011 - 2014 - The Illinois School of Professional Psychology (Argosy University), College of Behavioral Science and Psychology (Argosy University), Master Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
• 2003 - 2006 - State Educational Institution "Academy of Postgraduate Education",  Department of Practical Psychology (Belarus), Bachelor Degree in Psychology
• 1993 - 1998 - Belarusian State University, faculty of Philology, Bachelor and Master Degree in Liberal Arts