Svitlana Konik
Head of the Department of Perinatal Psychology, Family Protection, Motherhood and Childhood, Institute for the Development of Practical Psychology (Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine).
Head of the NGO “Orthodox Social and Parish Service for the Protection of Family, Motherhood and Childhood ‘Zernyatko’.”
Certified Family Art Therapist, Perinatal and Child Psychologist. Founder and lead facilitator of the art-therapeutic seminar series for women “The Woman’s Path.”
Areas of Expertise
- Family relationships
- Conception and childbirth psychology;
- Perinatal loss (missed pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion)
- Psychosomatics and health
- Feminine identity and inner strength
Certified Family Art Therapist, Perinatal and Child Psychologist. Founder and lead facilitator of the art-therapeutic seminar series for women “The Woman’s Path.”
Areas of Expertise
- Family relationships
- Conception and childbirth psychology;
- Perinatal loss (missed pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage, abortion)
- Psychosomatics and health
- Feminine identity and inner strength
Educational trainer of the project “Perinatal Psychology. Psychology of Parenthood. Anti-Abortion Counseling” (Kyiv, 2017).
Facilitator of art-therapeutic seminars
- “A Woman in the Role of Psychologist”
- “Psychosomatics and Art Therapy”
Education and Professional Training
- Higher education: Classical Private University (Zaporizhia, Ukraine, 2011) – practical psychologist.
- Secondary specialized medical education: Zaporizhzhia Medical College No. 1 (Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, 1992) – paramedic.
- Advanced courses in perinatal psychology, author's course by G. Pylypova and M. Lanzburg.
- Internship from the Synodal Department for Church Charity — on anti-abortion activities and sisterhood.
- “Diagnosis of speech development,” distance learning.