Qualifications & Scope of Practice

Aleksandra Staneva Phd Psychology; MRes Psychology; BA(Hons) Psychology

IFS (Internal Family Systems) Level 3 (IFS Institute Graduate)

Training and mentoring by Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estés Reyes (Psychoanalytical Ethnographic Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy, 2019-present)

– C G Jung Institute Zurich, Switzerland training – 2025 – ongoing

– Applying IFS to Complex Clinical Issues Richard Schwartz et al 2025

– Working with Extreme Parts (Internal Family Systems) Cece Sykes, Joanne Twombly, Mariel Pastor 2025

– Certificate in Women’s Trauma: Polyvagal, EFIT, IFS, Body-Oriented strategies (Janina Fisher, Judith Herman, Babette Rothschild, Cece Sykes, Deb Dana, Pat Odgen) 2025

– Heart of the Wounded Healer: Psychoanalytic studies and practice 5 day intensive with Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estés Reyes, October 2024 Colorado USA

– Internal Family Systems Level 3 – 2024

– Effective Couples Therapy The Gottman Institute 2024

– IFIO (Intimacy from the inside out) Internal Family Systems for Couples Therapy 2024

– Storytelling: Psychoanalytic and Cross-Cultural studies 5 days intensive with Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estès Reyès, July 2023 Colorado, USA

– IFS and Addictions: A compassion for the addictive process with Cece Sykes, IFS Lead trainer, USA

– Somatic Internal Family Systems (Somatic IFS) with Susan McConnell, IFS Lead trainer, USA

–Working Through Intergenerational Trauma with Ancient Wisdom & IFS Therapy

– Family healing, Psychotherapy, and the Dead – IFS, Depth Psychology, and Ancestral Healing

– Compassionate Inquiry with Dr Gabor Maté

– IFS and Health – Healing the Trauma that Surrounds Medical Syndromes – 2 day life IFS Masterclass with Dr Lisa Rankin and Dr Dick Schwartz

– “The knower in you: an animist approach to Dreamwork and exploration of Sophia” with Toko-pa Turner, Comox Valley CG Jung Society

– Working with Complex Trauma through the Internal Family Systems model – Frank Anderson, MD

– Sexuality, Eroticism and Desire – Esther Perel

– Conscious Parenting, The awakened family with Dr Shefali

– Mother Wound, Depth Psychology

– Shadow work James Hollis, Jung Platform

– Shamanic Practices with Sandra Ingerman

– Original Voice, with Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estes, in-house Intensive training, Denver, Colorado, USA

– Art as a Sacred Act, with Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estes, in-house Intensive training,   Denver, Colorado, USA

– Dream Work (Jungian and Neo-Jungian approaches)

– IFS, Internal Family Systems Group work

– Vipassana Buddhism

– Clinical guidelines on Perinatal Mental Health, Australia

– Doctoral Studies – Research into Maternal Mental Health, Ante- and Post-Natal Depression, Anxiety, Preterm birth, Ovarian Cancer, Youth Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol use, Digital Mental Health

– Dream analysis (Freudian approaches) Group Training

– Psychoanalytic Training, Personal analysis, Group Therapy

– Film and Psychoanalysis

Scope of Practice

I originally trained as a Psychologist in Bulgaria, where I am recognised in that capacity and completed over 1,000 hours of psychoanalytic supervision and personal psychoanalysis.

My work is informed by extensive training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), including all three levels and ongoing supervision, as well as continuous Jungian training and consultation.

While I was previously provisionally registered with AHPRA in Australia, I now practise independently as a psychotherapist, and not as a registered psychologist, hence my services are not covered under Australian Medicare or other psychology regulatory bodies.

My practice focuses on depth-oriented therapeutic work, and I encourage all clients to ensure that my approach aligns with their needs.