Aleksandra Staneva, Phd Psychology; MRes Psychology; BA(Hons) Psychology
Certified IFS (Internal Family Systems) Practitioner Level 2 (Official IFS training endorsed by the IFS Center for Self-leadership via IFS Australia)
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
- 2023
– 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
- 2022
– 2022 IFS Institute Annual Conference “Expanding our Perspectives: Revitalizing Inner Resources” 3 day Intensive
– 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
– Certification in IFS, Internal Family Systems, Level 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)
– IFS, Internal Family Systems Group work
- 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
– Dream analysis (Freudian approaches)
– Psychoanalytic Training, Personal analysis, Group Therapy
– Film and Psychoanalysis
Aleksandra Staneva, PhD