Viktoria Pidhorna-Hornovska

Basic academic:
Higher philological (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
Higher psychological (MAUP)

Specialized psychotherapeutic education:
- Society of Practicing Psychologists "Gestalt Approach". "MGI Program for training Gestalt therapists, supervisors, and Gestalt therapy teachers" according to EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) standards, 3000 hours.
- St. Petersburg Integrative Institute of Gestalt Training (IIGT), according to EAGT standards, 600 hours.
- Accreditation at the National Association of Gestalt Therapists of Ukraine (NAGTU) as a Gestalt therapist and supervisor.

Profile specializations:
- "Borderline Gestalt Therapy" (MGI), 210 hours.
- "Secrets of Clinical Practice" (IIGRK), 200 hours.
- "Working with Psychosomatics in GT" (IIGRK), 144 hours.
- "Psychiatric Propedeutics", Shupyk National Medical Academy, 60 hours.
- "Working with Couples. Field Theory in Couples Therapy" Trainer Richard Lompa (Lompa Richard), NSG Netherlands, 20 hours.
- Shame and guilt in the perspective of Gestalt therapy. Tactics of therapeutic work. (IIGRK) 30 hours.
- "Body Processes in GT", Paris School of Gestalt (EPG), 100 hours.
- "Psychotraumatherapy", Germany, (DeGPT), 100 hours.
- "Supervision and Improvement in Gestalt Therapy", French Institute of Gestalt, trainer Jean-Marie Robine, 120 hours.
- Specialization "Gestalt and Phenomenological Approach in Psychopathology", Italian Institute of Psychotherapy, leading trainer Gianni Francesetti, 120 hours.
- Seminar by Peter Philippson (Peter Philippson) "Theory of Self in Relationships and Clinical Practice", Manchester Gestalt Centre, UK
- Seminar by Gianni Francesetti (Gianni Francesetti) "Gestalt Therapy in Working with Depressive Experiences", Associazone Dei Psicoterapeuti Pratici Gestalt-Approccio, Italy
- Long-term Program "Working with Panic Attacks, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Experiences, OCD" with Gianni Francesetti (Gianni Francesetti) 120 hours. Istituto di Psicopatologia e Psicoterapia della Gestalt, Italy
- Long-term program "Anxiety and Depressive Disorders, Addictions and Codependencies, Fears and Phobias" with Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb, 96 hours. Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy - School of Specialization in Psychotherapy, Italy
- Psychosomatics. Methodology of Practice. 210 hours. Ukrainian Gestalt Institute
- Brainspotting. The latest method of psychotherapy. Brainspotting inc. Marie-Jose Doon, senior trainer BTI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Since 2002, she has provided psychological counseling, conducted training sessions, individual psychotherapy, couples therapy, and group therapy. She offers supervision to students and colleagues, maintains ongoing individual and group supervision, and engages in her own personal therapy. She volunteers as a psychology instructor at the "University of the Third Age." She is the author and host of the psychological support and development project for mature adults, "50 Plus: Psychology for Life." She consults on relationships and emotional self-regulation in media outlets and serves as an expert consultant for TV channels STB, Tonis, Inter, Novyi Kanal, TRK "Era," and "1+1." She is a member of the Ukrainian Psychotherapists Union (USP) and the National Association of Gestalt Therapists of Ukraine (NAGTU).