Mariya Vynnytska is a psychotherapist, educator, global health practitioner, co-founder, and partner of Ukrainian Psychology Center THE SOUL. She is a practicing psychoanalyst in Kyiv and has set up a psychology crisis centre serving persons affected by the war in Ukraine. She is passionate about developing community-based programs to help countries and communities affected by humanitarian crises move through grief and trauma towards post-traumatic growth.
Her interests include using creative and therapeutic means through social media and communication tools for driving social change and creating an impact. Maria has also experience as a consultant in international organisations, contributing to international and local projects in strategic development, budget and resource management, program design and implementation.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- MA in Communication & International Journalism (Focus on civil society, human rights and socio-economic development)
- Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University 2002 – 2004
- LLB (Jurisprudence)
- (International law, human rights, public health, NGO sector)
- National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine 2001 – 2006