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My name is Ruslana Posobchuk, I am a practicing psychologist and a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. I hold master's degree in psychology (Kyiv) and a psychoanalytical training for another 3 academic years. I am in process of TFP training (New York/Kyiv)

PROFESSIONAL FOUNDATION
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Master’s degree in psychology
- Quality and extensive PSYCHOANALYTIC training
- Individual therapy - 8 years (over 350 hours)
- Regular supervision (over 650 hours)
- Continuous professional development at seminars and lectures

About myself beyond professional characteristics. I am a wife and a mother. Yoga is what I practice for more than 15 years, from time to time I immerse into Buddhist contemplation practices. During my youth I studied and lived abroad for 4 years (in the USA and Western Europe). Neuroscience draws my attention for the last couple of years. Holistic approach is my guide in life

TRAININGS

2025 - "Neuroscience of parenting and perinatal mental health" with Jodi Pawluski PhD at Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Trainings (CPMHT, Canada)
2024 - 2025 - ISTFP, Personality Disorders, MD Otto Kernberg,: An in-depth examination of the phenomenology, characterology, underlyiing psychodynamics, and treatment options, ISTFP USA/Ukraine, https://istfp.org 
2024 -
"Maternal Mental Health Professional Certificate Training" at PSI (Postpartum Support International) and Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health 
2023 - 2024 - didactic course TFP - transfer-focused psychotherapy for borderline, narcissistic and other severe personality disorders, MD, PhD Frank E. Yeomans, ISTFP, Ukrainian Institute for the Study of Personality Disorders. https://istfp.org
2023 - training by Dr Otto Kernberg, USA "How to work with different personality disorders in clinical practice", Ukrainian Institute for the Study of Personality Disorders.
2022 - training by Prof. Yori Gidron "MSI - neurocognitive regulation to prevent PTSD". The training was approved by the Ministry of Education of Israel, Israel.
2022 - training by Dr Moshe Farhi - "Response techniques during emergencies", Israel.
2022 - CAPC-Conflict Analysis and Prevention Centre - meeting with Bessel van der Kolk "Working with psychological trauma", Boston, USA.
2022 - Elena Cherepanova seminar "First psychological aid during humanitarian crisis or catastrophe", Boston, USA.

2021 - training by Nancy McWilliams, USA, "Narcissistic patients, helping them and those who live with them", PSYCON, Kiev.
2019-2022 - Italian Institute of Micropsychoanalysis "Micropsychoanalysis in clinical practice" - Bergamo, Italy.

RP Fall 2025 Neuroscience Certificate
TFP O. Kernberg 2024(fall,eng)
TFP O. Kernberg 2024(fall, eng2)
TFP certificate 3
TFP certificate 4
PSI Certificate jpg
STIPO-R certificate
TFP april 2024 certificate
TFP Feb 2024
TFP Dec 2023
супервiз 22-23
Otto Kernberg Cert
TFP Sept certificate
диплом магістратура
Psychoanalysis Diploma MIP 2022
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Ital micropsy cert
Nancy McWilliams
Dr. Lee TFP - Dec 2025

Published articles (in Ukrainian)

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Health-ua.com

1/9/26

The WHO definition of maternal well-being: a new conceptual framework and its implications for clinical practice in Ukraine.

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The vulnerability of the perinatal period

12/7/25

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