Qualifications

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

Certified IFS (Internal Family Systems) Practitioner L-1

Doctor of Philosophy	July  2016	The University of Queensland, School of Psychology, Australia (2012-2016)
Master of Research in Psychology	Sept 2011	University of Manchester, School of Psychology, UK (2010-2011)
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Psychology	Sept 2003	Sofia University, Department of Philosophy, Bulgaria (1999-2003)

Continuous Professional Training & Experiential Learning

• 2022/23

– Compassionate Inquiry with Gabor Maté

– Somatic IFS with Susan McConnell

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

– IFS, Internal Family Systems, L-2

• 2020/2021

– Certification in IFS (Internal Family Systems) Therapy IFS Australia and New Zealand – Level 1

– 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

• 2019

– 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)

• 2016/2018

– Vipassana Buddhism

– Gestalt-informed therapy practices

– Art Therapy–informed practices

• 2012/2016

– 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

• 2010/2012

– CBT Applied Courses, Manchester, UK

-Research into Maternal Mental Health

• 2009/2010 – Assistant Psychologist, Majesic Bheavioural Health, Las Vegas, Nevada

• 2008/2009 – Courses towards Masters of Counselling Psychology, Capella University, USA

• 2008 – MOTHERHOOD –My (still) biggest and richest experiential life learning

• 1999/2004

– Studies in Psychology, BA(Hons) Sofia, Bulgaria

– Dream analysis (Freudian approaches)

– Psychoanalytic Training, Personal analysis, Group Therapy

– Film and Psychoanalysis

Aleksandra Staneva, PhD