Milestones

2003
2003

An international educational project on group analysis was launched

  This series of seminars, thanks to the highest qualification of invited lecturers and supervisors, expanded the circle of proactive Ukrainian colleagues, strengthened their professional identity, attracted a lot of interested listeners and gave a powerful impetus to the subsequent organizational, analytical and teaching activities of the members of the Section.

  The seminars were held on the basis of the Department of Borderline, Psychosomatic and Somatoform Disorders RRH No. 1 in Kyiv, with the support of the Department of Psychology and Pedagogy of the Medical psychology Faculty of the NMU of O.O. Bogomolets. The project was managed by Oleg Chaban. Alexandra Khmelevskaya acted as the initiator, inspirer and coordinator of the project.

  Malcolm Pine, Kevin Power (Great Britain), Michael Heine, Paul Jansen (Germany), Inger Larson (Sweden), Rudolf Balmer, Ruth Balmer (Switzerland), Robi Friedman (Israel) partisipated as lecturers, supervisors and conductors of large psychonalytic groups.

  • May 2003, Kyiv - “Education and advanced training in group analytic therapy. Lectures on group analysis."
  • May 2004, Kyiv - "Psychotherapy and affects".
  • June 2004, Kyiv - "Gender and sexuality in psychoanalytic group psychotherapy".
  • July 2004, Kyiv - "Dreams and the story of dreams - a meeting of the individual with the group."
  • April 2005, Kyiv - "Large groups and leadership - society as it is and how we create it."
  • May 2005, Kyiv - "Modern direction of psychoanalytic psychotherapy".
  • April 2006, Kyiv - "The role of the scapegoat, the processes of destruction and splitting in groups from the point of view of group dynamics and culture."
  • May 2006, Kyiv - "Indications for psychoanalytic psychotherapy for various types of disorders: borderline, psychosomatic and others."
2003
2003

Kyiv project on group analysis "Theory and personal experience" was launched

  On the basis of the Department of Borderline, Psychosomatic and Somatoform Disorders RRH No. 1 in Kyiv, with the support of the Department of Psychology and Pedagogy of the Medical psychology Faculty of the NMU. O.O. Bogomolets, a 3-year propaedeutic course for students of medical and other universities was organized within the framework of the Section of the GPP APPU, the purpose of which was to acquire theoretical knowledge in the field of group analysis and personal experience in the analytical group.

  The organizer, ideological inspirer and coordinator of the project was Alexandra Khmelevskaya. The direct management of the project and its organizational support was carried out by Oleg Chaban, who also took part in the conduct of a large analytical group in tandem with Alexandra Khmelevskaya. Training analysts of the Section were involved in leading small analytical groups and teaching theory: Irina Baiguzina, Andrey Kovalenko, Tamara Krivonos, Taras Levin.

  The project took the form of three-day blocks, which were held four times a year and included sessions of small and large analytical groups, as well as theory classes. More than 40 students who took part in the project used the acquired knowledge and skills for personal growth and subsequent professional activities. Many of them continued their studies at the qualification course of the Section of group analysis and acquired the specialty of a group analyst of the APPU and continued to practice psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and take part in the organizational activities of the Section.
2004
2004

Khmelnitsky project on group analysis "Theory and personal experience" was launched

  On the basis of the Center for Social Support of Women and Youth "Rodynny dіm" (Khmelnitsky City State Administration), with the support of the Khmelnitsky Center for Social Services for Family and Youth of the Regional State Administration and the regional CPS of the regional hospital №1, as well as the Department of Psychology and Pedagogy of the Social and Psychological Faculty of Khmelnytsky National University, a 4-year course for psychologists, social workers, teachers of regional structures, students of Khmelnitsky National University and other universities, the purpose of which was to acquire theoretical knowledge in the field of group analysis and personal experience in an analytical group.

  Irina Rybak was the direct organizer, ideological inspirer and coordinator of the project. Elena Bauer was the assistant coordinator and secretary of the project. Project management and organizational support was provided by Oleg Chaban, who also took part in the conduct of analytical groups in tandem with Andrey Kovalenko. The training analysts of the section were also involved in conducting small analytical groups and teaching theory: Irina Rybak, Andrey Kovalenko, Vladislav Gasolishin.

  The project took place in the form of three-day blocks, which were held four times a year and included sessions of small and large/medium-sized analytical groups, as well as theory classes. More than 30 students of the first groups who took part in the project used the acquired knowledge and skills for personal growth and subsequent professional activities. Many of them continued their studies at the qualification course of the Group Analysis Section and acquired the specialty of a group analyst of the APPU and continue to practice psychoanalytic psychotherapy and take part in organizational
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2005
2005

The Vinnitsa project on group analysis "Theory and personal experience" was launched

  On the basis of the medical and psychological center "AltaMedCenter" in Vinnitsa, with the support of the Department of Psychology of the Medical psychology Faculty of the NMU. N.I. Pirogov, within the framework of the Section of the GPP APPU, a 3-year propaedeutic course was organized for students of medical and other universities, the purpose of which was to acquire theoretical knowledge in the field of group analysis and personal experience in the analytical group.

  The direct organizers and coordinators of the project were Tamara Krivonos and Irina Baiguzina. Organizational support was provided by Oleg Chaban and Alexandra Khmelevskaya. Leading a large analytical group was carried out by
Irina Baiguzina and Taras Levin. The training analysts of the Section were involved in leading small analytical groups and teaching theory: Irina Baiguzina, Andrey Kovalenko, Tamara Krivonos, Taras Levin, Alexandra Khmelevskaya, Inna Yavorskaya, Sergey Yanovsky.

  The project took the form of three-day blocks, which were held four times a year and included sessions of small and large analytical groups, as well as theory classes. More than 40 students who took part in the project used the acquired knowledge and skills for personal growth and subsequent professional activities. Many of them continued their studies at the qualification course of the Section of group analysis and acquired the specialty of a group analyst of the APPU and continued to practice psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and take part in the organizational activities of the Section.
2007
2007

An international supervision project on group analysis was organized

  The supervision project was an important step in the professional development of the members of the Section, a prerequisite for the subsequent establishment of a qualifying training course in group analysis within the Section.

  The initiator and organizer of the project was Alexandra Khmelevskaya. The seminars were held under the guidance of Oleg Chaban on the basis of the Department of Borderline, Psychosomatic and Somatoform Disorders of the RRH No. 1 in Kyiv, as well as on the basis of the Massandra boarding house in Yalta. Taras Levin acted as the project coordinator. Sergey Yanovsky and Olga Tikhonova also made an important contribution to the organizational work. The European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy provided
necessary financial assistance for the implementation of the project.

  The project included three-day blocks of lectures, supervisory sessions and large analytical groups. Leading group analysts from a number of Western European countries acted as lecturers, supervisors, leaders of a large analytical group: Inger Larson (Sweden), Rudolf Balmer, Elisabeth Sander (Switzerland), Heribert Knott (Germany), Pegi Dini, Mary Gordon (Ireland) , Thor Christian Iceland, Else Margrethe Berg (Norway), Robi Friedman, Gila Ofer (Israel).

  • June 2007, Yalta - "What is supervision?".
  • October 2007, Kyiv - "Supervision of the newly formed group."
  • February 2008, Kyiv - "The influence of the conditions of the institutional framework of the supervised group on therapy and supervision."
  • April 2008, Kyiv - "The experience of supervision as a learning process."
  • June 2008, Yalta - "Space of supervision: setting boundaries and identifying opportunities."
  • November 2008, Kyiv - "Shame and Trust in the Supervision Matrix".
  • March 2009, Kyiv - “Dream storytelling as a paradigm of supervision. Gender and sexuality in group analysis.
  • June 2009, Kyiv - “Completion of supervision. Professional identity in a rapidly changing world.
2008
2008

Section of the GPP APPU becomes a full member of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (EFPP).

  An important stage in the recognition of the achievements of the Section and its integration into the European professional community was the entry into the European Federation of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

EFPP is an umbrella organization that brings together national networks of individual, child and adolescent, group, and family psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Currently, the EFPP includes national delegates from 32 countries that share common goals and objectives and meet a single standard for the training and qualification of psychoanalytic psychotherapists.

2009
2009

A cycle of open seminars on the theory of group analysis has begun

  As part of the qualification course of the Section, in order to fulfill the requirements of a unified curriculum in terms of theory, a regular cycle of theoretical seminars on group analysis was organized. The theoretical seminar has become a special event that brings together experienced professionals and novice psychotherapists, analysands and training analysts from different cities of Ukraine, students and practitioners who are united by a common interest in studying group analysis and exploring their own mental life through communication with others.

   Teaching theory, conducting discussion groups, thematic workshops and leading a large analytical group at the seminar, in addition to the main trainers of the Section, at different stages involved leading experts in group analysis from Ukraine, near and far abroad: Mikhail Pustovoit (Ukraine), Evgeniy Raizman, Marina Muchnik, Vera Balabanova (Russia), Rudolf Balmer, Elisabeth Sander (Switzerland).

  • October 2009, Vinnitsa - "Group as a basic element of society"
  • April 2010, Kyiv - "Group, conscious and unconscious"
  • November 2010, Vinnitsa - "The concept of countertransference in psychoanalysis and group analysis"
  • May 2011, Kyiv - "Analytical situation"
  • November 2011, Ternopil - "Developmental theories in psychoanalysis as applied to clinical practice"
  • April 2012, Odessa - "Oedipus Complex"
  • October 2012, Vinnitsa - "Dreams in Psychoanalysis"
  • June 2013, Kyiv - "Affects in the analytical situation"
  • November 2013, Vinnitsa - "Dependence in analytical relationships"
  • June 2014, Vinnitsa - “Sexuality. Erotic and eroticized transfer"
  • November 2014, Vinnitsa - "Group-analytical thinking - a way to survive in an impossible profession"
  • June 2015, Vinnytsia - "Basic concept of group dynamics by Z. Fuchs"
  • November 2015, Khmelnytsky - “Poor evil people. Dynamics of Destructive Affects in the Analytical Situation”
  • April 2016, Vinnytsia - “Cry and whisper. Resolution of the oedipal conflict as a significant factor in the development of personality, socialization and dynamics of the therapeutic process”
  • November 2016, Khmelnitsky - “What for? Why? How? Organization of the framework and maintenance of the boundaries of the analytical process»
  • March 2017, Vinnitsa - "Psychoanalytic theories of development"
  • June 2017, Kyiv - “The formation of the Ego in the process of mental development. Dynamics of Defense Mechanisms in the Analytical Situation”
  • October 2017, Khmelnytsky - “Fundamentals of the psychoanalytic process. Transfer"
  • March 2018, Vinnitsa - “Fundamentals of the psychoanalytic process. Resistance"
  • June 2018, Kyiv - “Fundamentals of the psychoanalytic process. Countertransference"
  • October 2018, Khmelnytsky - "Psychoanalytic theory of neuroses" 
  • February 2019, Vinnitsa - "Basic concept of group dynamics by Zygmund Fuchs"
  • June 2019, Kyiv - “Dreams on the Dnieper. The Social Matrix of the Dream"
  • October 2019, Khmelnitsky - “Basic model of group dynamics by V. Bion. Destructive processes in groups"
2016
2016

Section of the GPP APPU becomes a qualifying member of the European Network of Group-Analytical Training Institutes (EGATIN)

  The success of the Section in the implementation of the qualification course on group analysis, the high quality of the educational work carried out became the key to further recognition in the European professional community. At the EGATIN delegates' congress in Zurich, the Section of the GPP APPU was awarded the highest - qualifying - level of Membership.

EGATIN is a network of organizations that provide training in group analysis in Europe, currently uniting 37 institutions from 26 countries. The objectives of EGATIN are to promote dialogue and professional exchange between European training institutes, and to ensure that a high standard of education in the field of group analysis is maintained.

2016
2016

EFPP-Ukraine international conference “Bridge over troubled waters. Professional identity of a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in a changing world”

  The conference "Bridge over troubled Waters" was organized jointly by the National Representation of the European Federation of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in Ukraine - sections of group psychoanalytic psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychoanalytic psychotherapy, psychoanalytic psychotherapy of families and couples of the APPU, as well as the Ukrainian Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (UAPP). The program committee of the conference included the president of the APPU Stanislav Tabachnikov, the vice-president of the APPU Oleg Chaban, the head of the SGPP APPU Taras Levin, the honorary chairman of the UAPP Tatyana Pushkareva, the chairman of the UAPP Mikhail Suslov. The event was held on the basis of the conference complex of the Feofaniya Clinical Hospital of the State Department of Humanitarian Affairs with the support of the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Disorders of the Feofaniya Clinical Hospital, the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy of the NMU O.O. Bogomolets, Center for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, State Institution “Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology of NAMSU”.

  More than 100 psychoanalytic psychotherapists from 9 countries took part in the conference. As lecturers, supervisors, workshop leaders and a large analytical group, group and individual analysts were invited: Thor Kristian Island (Norway), Gila Ofer, Ella Stolper (Israel), Luc Moason (Belgium), Paolo Fonda (Italy), Krista Hack, Dora Spit (Germany).

  Ukrainian colleagues Tatyana Pushkareva, Mikhail Suslov, Taras Levin made plenary reports at the conference.

  Workshops, presentations and master classes were held by Oleg Chaban, Tamara Krivonos, Irina Rybak, Inna Yavorskaya, Vitaly Eliseev, Sergey Yanovsky, Taras Levin, Elena Sedelnikova, Olga Mostovaya, Alexandra Mirza, Natalya Litnovskaya.