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Zhyrova Viktoriia

Zhyrova Viktoriia
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  • 10  years of experience
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  • Ukrainian, Russian
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Zhyrova Viktoriia

It’s not mine! – that’s what I thought about a construction education. Indeed, it wasn't my choice of what or who to study in my first university. My search for my true path led me to psychotherapy as a profession.

But first, I really wanted to understand my relationship with my son. I thought of myself as the perfect mom. And then came his teenage years.

Theoretical knowledge about child and adolescent psychology, and lots of practice, helped and still help me, as a 23-year-old adult with a son, to enjoy his successes, his funny and surprising thoughts, and sometimes feel sad about living in different countries.

As a daughter, my childhood memories are full of sadness, loneliness, and anger. From coldness to "warmth" – that’s how I would describe my relationship with my mom today. I came to the realization that it won’t be any different, that I haven’t lived up to all her expectations, yet I still have the right to live and organize my life the way I want to. We manage to find common ground in conversations about life. After all, I am so much like her!

Shame, my mom’s message "you must be able to do everything yourself and rely only on yourself" played a role in the years that passed. Now, I know how to ask for and accept support. I teach this to my clients.

Psychotherapy showed me (removed limitations) the beautiful things, events, and people that can fill your life. Among them: food, sex (with a loved one), books – an endless world. Perfume art and theater became unexpected, amazing spheres for pleasure, interest, and meetings, interactions with others.

Also, it’s nice or interesting to realize that:

  • There is life after divorce.
  • You can be charmed by and disappointed in relationships. You can slowly get to know each other, come closer, and distance yourself.
  • It’s natural to face pain, anxiety, doubts, and helplessness.

We are going through tough times now, and I am in forced migration in Germany.

I continuously practice offline and online with teenagers and adults who face new life challenges: losses, relocations, adapting to life in a new country, and language barrier problems.

I’m a good listener, an interested therapist. With me, you can move towards change, remembering your support systems and receiving professional support from me.

I’m here for you!


2001 - 2007 – Prydniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Dnipro, specialty - finance, specialist.

2014 - 2016 - Vernadsky Crimean Humanitarian University, Yalta. Specialty - psychologist-pedagogue, master's degree (RN 450116-893)

2014 - 2019 – Interregional Institute of Gestalt Therapy and Art (MIGIS) “Theory and Practice of Gestalt Therapy” (1, 2 stage). The Program led by V.A.Hrechka. Certificate № II-ДН-0114-01.

2019 - 2024 – Interregional Institute of Gestalt Therapy and Art (MIGIS), "Improvement in Gestalt Therapy" (3 Stage). Program led by V.A.Hrechka. Certificates № III-ДН-0119-11.

2014 - 2016 – Interregional Institute of Gestalt Therapy and Art (MIGIS), specialized program “Gestalt approach to work with children and parents”. Program led by T.B. Savytska and O.Y. Shkurchenko. Certificates № ГТД-ДН-0214-07.

2016 - 2017 - Interregional Institute of Gestalt Therapy and Art (MIGIS), specialized program “Systemic Family Therapy”. Program led by M.B. Stepanova and O.S. Kirilova. Certificates № ССТ-ДН-0116-03.

2018 - 2020 - Interregional Institute of Gestalt Therapy and Art (MIGIS), specialized program “Integrative Group Psychotherapy”. Program led by V.A. Hrechka. Certificates № ИГТ-ДН-0118-04.

22.04.2020 - Lecture "Self theory: Rethinking and Critical Application", Giovanni Salonia

27.04.2020 - Lecture "Paradoxical Theory of Change", John Rizu

29.04.2020 - Lecture "Mania, Hypomania and Everyday Variants (with hints of coronavirus times)", Michela Gechele

30.04.2020 - Lecture "Family Gestalt Therapy: Theoretical picture and clinical application", Giovanni Salonia

04.05.2020 - Lecture "Psychology of money and Gestalt coaching in dealing with self-realization requests in the context of professional activity", Franz Melmeister, Ioanna Rizu, Tatiana Yevtushok

06.05.2020 - Lecture "Obsessive experiences in postmodern times: social meaning, directions, shadows of trust and joy", Michela Gechele

07.05.2020 - Lecture "Middle Ground and Middle Ground Atmosphere in Gestalt Therapy", Giovanni Salonia, Vadym Hrechka, Tetiana Yevtushok

13.05.2020 - Lecture "Crime stories or thriller? The study of psychological stimuli, risks of addiction, social effects in literature and cinema", Michela Gechele, Vadym H

rechka 14.05.2020 - Lecture "The concept of will and its trace in Gestalt therapy. Topical issues of the course of volitional processes in quarantine", Bertram Muller, Iryna Zakharyan

19.05.2020 - Lecture "Weaving the fabric of community: deploying the relational self of Gestalt therapy", Dan Bloom

20.05.2020 - Lecture "How to overcome relationships in narcissistic times. What can we learn from movies?", Michela Gechele, Vadim Grechka

26.05.2020 - Lecture "From the night before Being: contacting the other", Dan Bloom

28.05.2020 - Lecture "I and We, I or We, I and We: The Ark of Intimacy", Michael Miller

02.06.2020 - Lecture "Through Dawn to Night: Contacting the Other", Dan Bloom

04.06.2020 - Lecture "Contact and Reflexivity: A New Theory of the Self in Gestalt Therapy", Michael Miller

08.06.2020 - Lecture "Gestalt Therapy in the Work with Personality Disorders. Style", John Edward Lynch

11.06.2020 - Lecture "Poetry and Gestalt Therapy", Michael Miller, Vadim Grechka

15.06.2020 - Lecture "Gestalt therapy in work with personality disorders. Traits and Pathology", John Edward Lynch

26.11.2020 - Lecture "Two Force Therapy", Peter Phillipson

21.01.2021 - Lecture "On Gestalt, Humor and Laughter", Lenny Ravitch

10.02.2021 - Lecture "Personal Disorders in Times of Pandemic", Michela Gechele

29.03.2021 - Lecture "Atmospheres, Fields and Clinical Practice", Gianni Francesetti

29.04.2021 - Lecture "Contact is not a relationship because the self does not remain calm", Michael Miller

25.11.2021 - Lecture series "Anxiety, Shame, Guilt: From Burden to Creative Energy".  Lecture 1. "Self theory and its possibilities in working with anxiety, guilt, shame: theoretical basis", Bertram Muller 18.04.2022 Webinar "The therapist's bodily experiences during the war.  Ruelle Frank

19.04.2022 - Lecture "The Phenomenon of Narcissism", Arthur Dombrowski

20.04.2022 - Lecture "How did my family survive and survive? Search for resources in family history", Irena Holuba

21.04.2022 - Lecture "Helping children and adolescents of Ukraine with Gestalt play therapy by Violet Oaklander. Part 2", Lyn Stadler

22.04.2022 - Lecture-webinar "Collecting information on the reception and assessment of mental status", James Kral (USA, second cycle)

26.04.2022 - Lecture-webinar "Assistance to psychologists and psychotherapists during humanitarian crisis and war. Part 1", Judy Berman Zeligson

04-06.09.2022 - International Conference on Gestalt Therapy (Hamburg, Germany).

08.12.2023 - Conference on migration and adaptation of children and parents (Düsseldorf, Germany).

Therapist work formats

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Therapy Directions

  • Loneliness
  • Can't find a match/build a relationship
  • Dissatisfaction with the relationship, the relationship is at an impasse
  • Relationship crisis (betrayal of one of the partners, relations have cooled)
  • How to live when your kids are older, "empty nest syndrome"
  • Conflicts with parents. Parental pressure (accusation, condemnation, imposition)
  • Questions of control, separation, responsibility
  • Feelings of fear, resentment, anger, guilt towards parents
  • Relations with a child, with a child from a previous marriage, adopted
  • Anxiety about intellectual, physical, or social development
  • Violation of the balance of permissions and restrictions
  • Crisis, difficult situation in the family (divorce, death, abuse, suicide)
  • Asocial, destructive behavior of the child (leaving home, refusing to study, all kinds of addictions, prostitution, suicide attempts)
  • The child has difficulties with gender identity
  • Formation of clear goals for life
  • Dissatisfaction with your job
  • Professional crises: job loss, search for a new one, change of occupation, etc.
  • Professional burnout (fatigue, fatigue), stress
  • Burnout prevention
  • Perfectionism, laziness, hyperresponsibility
  • Finding and knowing yourself, who I am and what kind of person
  • Disclosing your capabilities: potential, abilities, talents
  • Questions of self-determination, search for the meaning of life
  • Awareness and management of your emotions
  • Awareness of needs and desires
  • Social and communication skills
  • Age crises and crises of new life stages
  • Self-esteem
  • Difficulties in adapting to a new place
  • Language and mental barrier
  • The stress of emigration
  • Family or moving, what to choose and how to save?
  • The shame of presenting oneself in a new environment
  • A sense of loss
  • Experiences and condition (fears, anxiety, grief, etc.)
  • Depression
  • Thoughts of death
  • Divorce. Parting. The gap
  • Self-realization problems in a couple
  • Dissatisfaction with the relationship, the relationship is at an impasse
  • Quarrels, conflicts, misunderstandings
  • Relationship of partners with children from different marriages
  • Problems with the partner's adult children
  • Loss of a child
  • Frequent mood changes
  • High anxiety
  • Fears (age-related, situational, neurotic), social phobias
  • Stubbornness, whims, tantrums
  • Loss of interest and curiosity, apathy, passivity, depression
  • Low self-esteem, self-rejection, feelings of inferiority
  • Specific manifestations: shyness, tearfulness, deceit, fantasizing, theft, sneaking, excessive aggression or obedience
  • Inability to defend interests, defend their borders
  • Addiction to gadgets
  • Learning problems (academic failure, memory impairment, impaired attention, etc.)
  • Child theft
  • Gender identity difficulties
  • Difficulties in communicating with parents, divorced parents, grandparents
  • Emancipation of adolescents from their parents
  • Adaptation in case of remarriage of parents
  • Conflicts, quarrels and fights
  • Disunity, lack of support and cooperation
  • Inadequate claims to leadership or an outsider position
  • Lack of communication, refusal to communicate, or difficulty accepting into the reference group
  • Problems with friends, unrequited love
  • Specific manifestations of age-related crises
  • Difficult situations in the family (conflict relations, divorce)
  • Loss of a loved one
  • Suicide
  • Adaptive difficulties due to relocation, change of place of study
  • Tics, obsessive movements
  • Headache
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Psychologist | Certified Gestalt therapist | Certified Supervisor | Group therapist | Specializes in working with children and parents in the gestalt approach | Specializes in working with couples

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