{"id":2153,"date":"2025-02-16T15:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T14:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/?page_id=2153"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:10:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T15:10:55","slug":"odborny-profil","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/en\/odborny-profil\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professional profile<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Podolan-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Podolan-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Podolan-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Podolan-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Podolan-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Podolan.jpg 1439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>After turning fifty, I draw on the knowledge and experience I have gained through many years of work as a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist. In the beginning, my journey was shaped by foreign university studies, which opened up new horizons and deepened my professional perspective. During my studies at two universities in the USA and one in Austria, which I successfully completed, I not only gained strong theoretical foundations but also, having worked in these countries, significantly enhanced my professionalism. However, these experiences enriched me most profoundly on a human level, as I had the opportunity to work with people from diverse cultures and life circumstances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My interest in people led me to complete several psychotherapeutic trainings, which helped me develop practical skills in working with clients. I regularly update my professional knowledge and am an active member of several psychotherapeutic associations. Expertise is important to me, and I continually engage in further education and keep track of new trends in psychotherapy so I can offer the best support to my clients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>LICENSES, TITLES, AUTHORIZATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Doctor of Psychotherapeutic Sciences<\/strong> (Dr. scient. Pth.\/PhD, academic title awarded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ac.at\/de\/\"><em>Sigmund Freud University<\/em><\/a> in Vienna)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Psychoanalyst and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist<\/strong> &#8211; professional title awarded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ac.at\/de\/\"><em>Sigmund Freud University<\/em><\/a> in Vienna and the <a href=\"https:\/\/neu2017.psi-innsbruck.at\/\"><em>Austrian psychoanalytic institute <\/em><\/a>(<a href=\"https:\/\/neu2017.psi-innsbruck.at\/\"><em>PSI<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Certified Psychoanalyst and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist<\/strong> \u2013 authorization to practice psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy granted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/neu2017.psi-innsbruck.at\/\"><em>Austrian psychoanalytic institute <\/em><\/a>(<a href=\"https:\/\/neu2017.psi-innsbruck.at\/\"><em>PSI<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Certified Psychotherapist <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychotherapy-competency.eu\/Documents\/ECP_document.pdf\">ECP<\/a> <a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 authorization to practice and provide psychotherapy in all European Union countries, certified by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europsyche.org\/\">European Association for Psychotherapy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Registered as a Psychoanalyst<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy<\/strong> \u2013 in the official <a href=\"http:\/\/psychotherapie.ehealth.gv.at\/\">list of psychotherapists<\/a> maintained by the Austrian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sozialministerium.at\/\">Ministry of Health and Social Affairs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Juris Doctor<\/strong> (J.D.) \u2013 academic title awarded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfu.edu\/\">Wake Forest University<\/a>, North Carolina, USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bachelor of Arts<\/strong> (B.A.) \u2013 academic title awarded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncg.edu\/\">University of North Carolina<\/a>, North Carolina, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MEMBERSHIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Member of the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europsyche.org\/\">European Association for Psychotherapy<\/a>, which &#8220;sets the highest professional standards for the independent and free practice of psychotherapy&#8221; in all European Union countries and also defines current and rigorous standards of competence and professionalism that every member must maintain during therapy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Member of the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychotherapie.at\/\">Austrian Association for Psychotherapy<\/a>, which provides its members with professional support, educational opportunities, access to expert materials, and psychotherapy profession insurance<\/li>\n<li><strong>Member of the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/neu2017.psi-innsbruck.at\/\">Psychoanalytic Institute PSI<\/a>, which integrates modern psychoanalytic techniques and schools; in accordance with legal regulations <a href=\"https:\/\/neu2017.psi-innsbruck.at\/\">(\u00a77 Psychotherapiegesetz BGBl.Nr. 361\/1990<\/a>), it is a state-recognized educational institute for psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Member of the <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emdr-sipe.sk\/\">Slovak Institute for Psychotraumatology and EMDR<\/a>, which provides its members with support and education in psychotherapy, with a focus on psychotraumatology and EMDR<\/li>\n<li><strong>Member of the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.emdr.cz\/\">Czech Institute for Psychotraumatology and EMDR<\/a>, which provides its members with development opportunities, knowledge sharing, and experience with EMDR and other psychotraumatological methods (education and expertise accredited by the European Association for EMDR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BASIC TRAINING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psychoanalysis\">Psychoanalysis<\/a> \u2013 authorization to practice psychoanalysis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psychoanalysis#Training_and_research\">Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy<\/a> \u2013 authorization to practice psychoanalytic psychotherapy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eye_movement_desensitization_and_reprocessing\">EMDR and Psychotraumatology<\/a> \u2013 authorization to provide trauma processing psychotherapy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autogenic_training\">Autogenic Training<\/a> \u2013 authorization to practice meditation-relaxation technique in both basic and advanced levels<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Integrative_psychotherapy\">Integrative therapy<\/a> \u2013 provision of integrative psychotherapy using functional techniques from other psychotherapeutic approaches (e.g. techniques of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intensive_short-term_dynamic_psychotherapy\">Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy<\/a><strong><sup>2<\/sup><\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diana_Fosha\">Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy<\/a><a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\"><strong>[2]<\/strong><\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ADDITIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC EDUCATION AND COURSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I continuously invest in deepening my education and experience to keep up with the development of science.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Education\/courses related to psychoanalytic psychotherapy (e.g., , relational dynamics and transference, object relations, Ego psychology countertransference; new insights from attachment theory, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Education\/courses related to analytical therapy (Jung) (e.g., individuation, archetypes and unconscious processes, dream work)<\/li>\n<li>Education\/courses related to EMDR (e.g., Gearbox)<\/li>\n<li>Education\/courses related to individual therapy (Adler) (e.g., life meaning and social interest)<\/li>\n<li>Education\/courses related to cognitive-behavioral therapy (Beck) (e.g., cognitive restructuring)<\/li>\n<li>Courses and education related to psychiatric diagnosis of personality disorders (e.g., diagnosis and classification of personality disorders; SKID-II and SKID-III)<\/li>\n<li>Courses and education related to rapid experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP, Fosha) (e.g., transformative experience and secure relationships)<\/li>\n<li>Regular supervision in psychoanalytic psychotherapy and EMDR<\/li>\n<li>and others\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PRACTICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My initial training practice at the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ac.at\/de\/\"><em>Sigmund Freud University<\/em><\/a> and the Psychoanalytic Institute PSI involved 620 hours as an analysand in long-term training psychotherapy according to Austrian training regulations for psychoanalysis, of which 465 hours were individual and 155 hours were group sessions. In addition, I gained 2000 hours as a trainee in training psychotherapeutic practice and 1500 hours translating professional psychotherapeutic literature.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In my professional practice, I have had the opportunity to work in various institutions, such as the University Psychotherapy Clinic in Vienna (<a href=\"https:\/\/ambulanz.sfu.ac.at\/de\/\">Universit\u00e4tsambulanz f\u00fcr Psychotherapie<\/a>) and the psychiatric clinic in Tren\u010d\u00edn. I have also been engaged in research at the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfu.ac.at\/de\/\"><em>Sigmund Freud University<\/em><\/a> in Vienna for nearly ten years. This time spent in different work environments and with various clients has helped me gain valuable experience and perspectives. The long-term and continuous nature of this practice has contributed to a more stable professional foundation, which is essential for my work in private psychotherapy practice, which I currently carry out in Vienna and Trnava.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Juris Doctor, law studies (Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA (J.D., 2000)<\/li>\n<li>Bachelor of Arts, studies in German (University of North Carolina, USA. (B.A., 1996)<\/li>\n<li>European Lawyer (Slovak Bar Association)<\/li>\n<li>Solicitor in England and Wales (Solicitors Regulation Authority)<\/li>\n<li>Attorney at Law in the State of New York (State of New York, Supreme Court)<\/li>\n<li>Consultancy and advisory work for Slovensk\u00e9 elektr\u00e1rne, a.s.<\/li>\n<li>Consultancy and advisory work for the American firm White &amp; Case<\/li>\n<li>Consultancy and advisory work for the English firm Linklaters<\/li>\n<li>Translation work (German and English)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.martinus.sk\/?uItem=192123\">Book of Quotes<\/a> (2014, Maren\u010din PT), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pantarhei.sk\/knihy\/beletria\/citaty-vyroky-aforizmy-prislovia-porekadla\/citaty-laska.html\">Quotes on Love<\/a> (2017, Maren\u010din PT)<\/li>\n<li>Translation of the critical biography of Sigmund Freud (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.martinus.sk\/?uItem=620747\">Freud: Darkness in the Midst of Vision<\/a>, F Publishing, 2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> The certification is awarded by the EAP to those psychotherapists who have achieved professional competence (professional education, training) according to the current \u2013 continuously updated \u2013 rigorous criteria of the EAP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Although I have not completed formal standardized training in these methods, I am very familiar with them. I have gained expertise and experience in these methods through specialized courses and education, which I apply in practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2402&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Professional profile After turning fifty, I draw on the knowledge and experience I have gained through many years of work as a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist. In the beginning, my journey was shaped by foreign university studies, which opened up new horizons and deepened my professional perspective. During my studies at two&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2153","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2153"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2456,"href":"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2153\/revisions\/2456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podolan.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}