Alyona Koneva
Clinical psychologist, CBT, ACT, CFT, DBT-informed therapist, schema therapy
Works with depression, anxiety disorders and bipolar disorder, traumatic experience (PTSD, C-PTSD), ADHD, ASD and OCD. Sees teenagers from 11–12 years old and adults.
Experience
6 years of practice (evidence-based methods: CBT, ACT, CFT, DBT-informed therapist, schema therapy)
Ages
Teenagers (from 11-12 years) and adults
Education
Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University, Clinical Psychologist
What they work with
Mood disorders (depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder)personality disorderstraumatic experience (C-PTSD, PTSD)neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD)OCD.
Methods and approaches
CBT — Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
ACT — Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
CFT — Compassion Focused Therapy
DBT — Dialectical Behavior Therapy
ST (Schema Therapy) — Schema Therapy
Additional training and achievements
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Fundamentals of Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy: Theory and Practice — 20 academic hours
- Introduction to Therapy. The Therapeutic Relationship — 20 academic hours
- Conceptualization and Restructuring of Dysfunctional (Irrational) Beliefs — 20 academic hours
- Aaron Beck's Cognitive Therapy — 20 academic hours
- Fundamentals of Albert Ellis's Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) — 20 academic hours
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depressive Disorders — 20 academic hours
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) — 26 hours
CFT (Compassion Focused Therapy)
- Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT): basic course — 30 hours
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
- DBT skills for clinicians — 50 hours
Schema Therapy
- Individual Schema Therapy: basic level — 200 academic hours
Complex trauma, C-PTSD and personality disorders
- Fundamentals of working with complex PTSD — 76 academic hours
- Fundamentals of working with personality disorders — 76 academic hours
- Children's basic needs — 60 academic hours
Neurodiversity
- Psychotherapy for adults with ADHD — 30 hours
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in psychological practice — 40 academic hours
Specialized areas
- Psychotherapy for eating disorders (CBT, ACT, CFT) — 50 hours
- Reproductive counseling. Emotional regulation and interventions — 54 academic hours
- Special aspects of psychological counseling for LGBTQ+ clients — 30 hours
- Body-oriented therapy practice: from Reich to Mindell — 40 academic hours
- Traumas and crises. Working with traumatic experience in gestalt therapy practice — 20 hours
- Metaphorical associative cards in psychological counseling and psychotherapy — 24 academic hours
Professional achievements
- Speaker at the 4th ACBS conference "ACTuality: a psychologist of our time" (2024)
- Speaker at FEST PRO "Values" conference (Belgrade, 2025). Talk: "A point of support in chaos: how values and technology help work with difficult cases"
Diplomas and certificates
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