Paziuk Nataliia Petrivna

Education:

• Bogomolets National Medical University. Specialty: General Medicine — 2002
• World Association for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (WAPP). Consultant in Positive Psychotherapy — 2018. Psychotherapist in training
• Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine. Specializations: Psychiatry and Psychotherapy — 2024
• International Institute of Postgraduate Education (Ukraine) in collaboration with Regent University (USA). Specialization: Clinical Psychology and Trauma Psychotherapy
• National Academy of Management. Master’s degree in Marketing

Membership in associations, societies; attending conferences, thematic improvement courses:

• Member of the Association for Psychological Counseling and Trauma Therapy
• Member of the Ukrainian Association of Positive Psychotherapy
• Member of the World Association for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (WAPP)
• Member of the Kyiv Branch of the Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists (NGO)
• Member of the Association of Specialists in Hippotherapy, Hippovention, and Adaptive Equestrian Sports
• Certified training in EMDR, R-TEP/G-TEP protocols, and crisis trauma therapy (via EMDR Europe humanitarian aid programs)
• International certification program in holistic equine-assisted therapy
• Practice of Positive Psychotherapy based on the N. Peseschkian method (WAPP)

Areas of professional development:

• Practical experience in psychotherapy, trauma therapy, and psychological counseling — since 2018
• Outpatient psychiatric practice — since 2024. Focus on anxiety, depressive, and stress-related disorders, sleep disturbances, and adjustment disorders
• Regular supervision and continuous professional development
• Professional development in trauma-focused approaches: EMDR, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Schema Therapy
• Ongoing enhancement of knowledge and practical skills ...in working with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex PTSD, as well as anxiety and depressive disorders.
• Study of a comprehensive approach to psychiatric care, psychotherapy, and psychosocial rehabilitation, including equine-assisted interventions (EAI).
• Participation in professional conferences and specialized courses covering psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychopharmacotherapy, crisis intervention, sleep disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar affective disorder, eating disorders, and mental health during pregnancy and lactation

Priority areas in clinical practice:

• Anxiety and depressive disorders, panic attacks, emotional exhaustion, professional burnout, sleep disturbances, and adjustment disorders.
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex PTSD, and the consequences of psychological trauma and combat stress.
• Acute life crises, experiences of loss and grief, and difficulties adapting to new life circumstances.
• Mental and psychological consequences of combat experience among military personnel, veterans, and their family members.
• Consequences of captivity and other traumatic events.
• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy—a method for processing traumatic experiences.
• Positive Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Schema Therapy, and Equine-Assisted Interventions (EAS) as methods of psychotherapeutic work and psychosocial rehabilitation
• Equine-Assisted Interventions (EAS) as an adjunctive method of psychosocial rehabilitation, based on clinical indications