{"id":117,"date":"2026-01-22T13:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plishkina-therapy.com\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:19:20","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/plishkina-therapy.com\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-left\">About me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I work with the Transactional Analysis approach, but in my practice I also use techniques from other areas (cognitive-behavioral therapy, Gestalt therapy, art therapy, and others).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px\">For me, you are a client, not a patient, because the main approach in transactional analysis states that all mentally healthy people are OK a priori! (I&#8217;m OK, you&#8217;re OK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And you are OK!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will be your guide and support in exploring your inner world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I cannot promise instant magical transformation or healing, but I know that life will become easier after consultations and working through the issues that concern you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-section-1 has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow is-style-section-1--1\" style=\"background-color:#d1e5eb;flex-basis:75%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/plishkina-therapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-29-at-14.58.35-776x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plishkina-therapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-29-at-14.58.35-776x1024.png 776w, 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has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4bf2bd6a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:10px;background-color:#b3d7ed;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-libre-caslon-display-font-family\">Issues I work with:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\" class=\"wp-block-list has-theme-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-libre-caslon-display-font-family wp-elements-0d196ad524be5f71d44a41b3f047dbaf\">\n<li>searching for your true self<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>problems, conflicts, and difficulties in relationships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>problems with a partner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>relationships with parents and family scenarios<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>establishing personal boundaries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>internal conflicts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>lack of self-confidence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>loss and bereavement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>severe emotional distress accompanied by feelings such as fear, anxiety, irritability, aggression, anger<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>post-traumatic disorders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sexual problems (non-medical)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>feelings of guilt and resentment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>excessive control in life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter is-light\" style=\"min-height:231px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-230 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/plishkina-therapy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_4880-1-683x1024.jpg\" style=\"object-position:55% 59%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"55% 59%\" 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has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Where did I study and receive (am receiving) professional development?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;I studied law for 5 years at Lomonosov Moscow State University;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;In 2021, I completed 101 courses in Transactional Analysis;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;In 2021, she studied personality psychology at the Russian State University for the Humanities;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;2021-2025: studying the 202nd course in Transactional Analysis at the St. Petersburg Transactional Analysis Organization;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;2024 &#8211; advanced training at the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis in &#8220;Sexology and Sexopathology.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;2024 &#8211; training in working with groups and couples in Transactional Analysis modality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;2025 &#8211; completed a course on couples therapy, &#8220;Working with couples,&#8221; with Alexandra Piotrovskaya<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;2025 &#8211; present: Master&#8217;s degree at the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, studying Family Counselling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px;width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">I regularly attend master classes and seminars, here are just a few of the topics covered:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Transforming fear and anxiety into strength and opportunity&#8221;;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;&#8220;Paradoxical intervention and anti-social adaptation of the personality&#8221;;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Joy and pleasure for the creativity and development of therapists and clients&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;&#8220;Completing separation as a path to psychological maturity&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Sovereign approaches to grief and loss therapy&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u27be  &nbsp;&#8220;Fear as a source of growth. 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