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 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 October 2018
– Art as a Sacred Act, with Dr Clarissa Pinkola Estes, in-house Intensive training, Denver, Colorado, USA October 2019
– Dream Work (Jungian and Neo-Jungian approaches)
– IFS, Internal Family Systems Group work 2019-2021
– Vipassana Buddhism 2018-ongoing
– Clinical guidelines on Perinatal Mental Health, Australia 2017
– 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 2012-2016
– Dream analysis (Freudian approaches) Group Training 2000-2004
– Psychoanalytic Training, Personal analysis, Group Therapy 2000-2004
– Film and Psychoanalysis 2010
Scope of Practice
I originally trained as a Psychologist in Bulgaria, where I am recognised in that capacity and completed over 100 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 analysis, 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 slow and depth-oriented therapeutic work, and I encourage all clients to ensure that my approach aligns with their needs.
Aleksandra Staneva, PhD - Internal Family Systems & Jung 