Research Interests: child psychology, art therapy for children and adults, psychological diagnostics of children with intellectual and/or physical disabilities, psychological follow-ups and support of people in crisis, problems of inclusive education, Gestalt therapy

Disciplines Taught: Developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology; Psychological Service and Social Work; Psychology of Creativity; History of Psychology

Work Experience:

1994–1995 – nursery school teacher at Donetsk Specialized Boarding School for Deaf Children №9;

1997–1999 – school psychologist at Donetsk Public Secondary School №56;

1999–2002 – head of the Advisory Department of Donetsk Regional Center for Social Services for Families, Children and Youth;

2003–2007 – senior lecturer of the Department of Psychology at Donetsk Institute of Market and Social Policy;

2007–2014 – associate professor of the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Donetsk National Technical University (minutes №6/02-Д from 23.09.2014);

2014–present – associate professor of the Department of Psychology at Donetsk National University (Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University since 2016)

Job Qualifications:

2012 – public defence of the candidate’s dissertation on “Manifestation of egocentrism of personality during life crises periods”; specialty 13.00.07 “Theory and Methods of Education”; Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University

2014 – a member of American Psychological Association and All-Ukrainian Society of Psychologists Practicing Gestalt Approach

Advanced Training:

2009 – certificate of advanced training (СПК № 1495) on “Personnel Management” of Faculty of Advanced Training under Institute of Postgraduate Education at Donetsk National Technical University (from 14.10.09 to 23.12.09; 72 hours);

2013-2014 – certificate of advanced training (СПК № 2509) on “Creating E-Learning Tools” of Center of Advanced Training under Institute of Postgraduate Education at Donetsk National Technical University (from 01.10.13 to 01.02.14; 120 hours);

2015 – training on “Certification of E-Tutor Distance Learning Teachers”; KROK University, Kyiv (from 03.10.15 to 26.12.15; 120 hours);

2019 – basic training program of Ukraine Gestalt Institute of All-Ukrainian Society of Psychologists Practicing Gestalt Approach under the standards of the European Association for Gestalt Therapy, Vinnytsia (from 11.05.2018 to 08.09.2019);

2019 – online training on “Counteraction and Prevention of Bullying in Educational Institutions”; International Renaissance Foundation; the Ministry of Science and Education in Ukraine (May 2019; 80 hours);

2020 – training of teaching skills for teachers of displaced and eastern higher educational establishments under the auspices of Creativity Campus GoHigher and Saxon Center of Didactics for Higher School Establishments, Vinnytsia (32 hours);

2020 – program of advanced training of scientific and pedagogical workers “Teaching Art Workshop”; Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University (certificate №

ПК №20-08/390; from 06.12.19 to 06.04.2020; 180 hours);

2020 – training under the program “Development of Training Courses with the Use of Technologies and Means of Distance Learning”; Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University (certificate № ПК 352/05-10/19-20; from 01.10.19 to 24.05.20; 180 hours)

Awards and Recognition:

2001 – certificate of appreciation for contribution to the formation of intellectual and creative potential of youth awarded by the head of Donetsk State Council (order from 19.12.01);

2002 – certificate of appreciation for considerable contribution to the implementation of state youth policy (order of Ukrainian State Center for Social Service for Youth (order from 20.06.02);

2016 – certificate of appreciation for many years of hard work, considerable contribution to the development of national education and training of highly qualified specialists awarded by Vinnytsia Regional State Administration and Vinnytsia Regional Council (order from 30.05.2016);

2017 – certificate of appreciation for considerable contribution to the development of the Faculty of Philology awarded by the rector of Vasyl’ Stus Donetsk National University (order from 24.04.2017).