Margareta Mesić completed the Language Gymnasium in Požega and graduated in psychology from the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar in 1998. She has been a university specialist in the supervision of psychosocial work since 2013, and in 2021, she obtained a Master's degree in Gestalt Therapy from the Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Institute Malta (GPTIM). She completed her PhD in 2024 at the postgraduate doctoral study in Social Work and Social Policy at the Social Work Study Centre at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, with the thesis "Existential Perspective in the Supervision of Helping Professions." From 1999 to 2014, she worked as a school psychologist (5 years) and a clinical   psychologist with at-risk populations, addicts, their families, and in primary prevention and mental health (15 years). She was the head of the Prevention and Outpatient Treatment Service for Addiction and Mental Health at the Public Health Institute in Zadar for two years. In 2008, she completed a one-year education in supervision under the guidance of Ken Evans and training for Gestalt psychotherapists with Lidija Pecotić (GPTIM Malta). Since 2011, she has been a teacher of Gestalt therapy, and in 2016, she completed education for a therapist in the field of Family constellations under the guidance of Lidija Pecotić. In 2022, she gained additional knowledge in humanistic-existential therapy at the Existential Humanistic Institute in San Francisco with Kirk Schneider. In 2007, Margareta founded the Psihika Institute, a Center for Psychotherapy, Education, and Counseling, where she was employed as a director in 2014 and has held this position to date. Psihika is the first European-accredited institute in the Republic of Croatia. She is a member of EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) as a psychotherapist and supervisor. She is a full member of the Croatian Society for Supervision (HDSOR) and a member of the Ethics Committee. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Management Board of the Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapists (HKPT) and the president of the Chamber for Accredited Gestalt Training Institutes (TIC, EAGT). In 2021, she was a member of the working group for the development of the new Psychotherapy Law.

Gianni Francesetti is a Psychiatrist (trained by his Mentor Eugenio Borgna to phenomenological psychiatry) and Gestalt therapist (trained at the Istituto di Gestalt HCC, Dir. Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb and Giovanni Salonia). Adjunt Professor, Turin University, Dep. of Psychology, International trainer and supervisor, he has widely published on psychotherapy and psychopathology, exploring original approaches to understanding clinical suffering from a phenomenological and Gestalt therapy viewpoint and proposing new ways for framing particular clinical disorders (including experiences of panic, depression, psychosis, and obsessive-compulsive disorder). He is President of Poiesis. Gestalt Therapy Center of Torino and co-Director of the IPsiG (International Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Psychopathology). He is Past President of the EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy), of the SIPG (Italian Society for Gestalt therapy) and of the FIAP (Italian Federation of Psychotherapy Associations), where he is the Chair of the Committee for Psychotherapist’s Competences. Member of the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, the Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy (AAGT), the European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP), and the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR). He lives and works in Turin, Italy.

Prof. emerita Marina Ajduković, psychologist and sociologist, psychotherapist and supervisor, spent her academic career at the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. Since 1991, she has been working as a supervisor in various programs of psychosocial assistance, first for the helpers to the victims of war, and later on until today for professionals working with different vulnerable grips – children in care, abused women, migrants. She was trained as a supervisor trainer between 2001 and 2003 in the joint program of the University of Gothenburg and the University of Stockholm. She led the project "Introduction of Supervision in the Social Welfare System" (2001 to 2004). which took place with the support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. She was the president of the Croatian Society for Supervision and Organizational Development from 2006 to 2012. From 2012 to 2015, she was one of leading team embers of the "Leonardo da Vinci Multilateral Project" "A European system of comparability and validation of supervisory competences". She designed and led the postgraduate study program Supervision of Psychosocial Work at the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb from 2006 to 2023. In the same period she also introduced and directed the doctoral program Social Work and Social Policy, which resulted in the first doctorates in the field of supervision in Croatia. She has authored 13 books and edited 12 books, and published more than 250 scientific and professional papers. In the field of supervision, she is the co-editor of the first university textbook in the region and author of over 20 publications in national and international books and journals. Currently, her research and professional interest focuses on attachment processes and vulnerability in supervision, evaluation of the outcomes of the supervisory process, and trauma informed supervision.

Zoran Milivojević, MD, is a psychotherapist with many years of practice in individual, partner, and group therapy. He was the first in Eastern European to obtain the highest degree of international supervisor and educator of the International Association for Transactional Analysis (ITAA), as well as the European Association for Transactional Analysis (EATA). He is the president of the Association of Psychotherapists of Serbia, expert director of the Psychopolis Institute in Novi Sad, the president of the TA Center - Association of Transaction Analysts of Serbia, and a lecturer at the International Transactional Analysis Academy. He is the author of several outstanding textbooks and books, including "Emocije – Psihoterapija i razumevanje emocija" ("Emotions - Psychotherapy and Understanding Emotions") [Psychopolis, 2007]; "Formule ljubavi – Kako ne upropastiti sopstveni život tražeći pravu ljubav" ("Formulas of Love – How Not to Ruin Your Own Life by Seeking True Love") [Psychopolis, 2008]; and "Igre koje igraju narkomani – Transakciona analiza problematicnog uzimanja droga" ("Games Played by Addicts – Transactional Analysis of Problem Taking drugs") [Psychopolis, 2007]. Together with several Slovenian colleagues, he published a very practical and richly illustrated manual, "Mala knjiga za velike roditelje" ("A Little Book for Big Parents") [Mladinski dom Jarše, 2004; Psihopolis, 2007]. This was a great Slovenian bestseller about raising children, in which Milivojević's "Mercedes model" was presented, which helps parents and educators to find balance in the upbringing of children. The book "Uloviti ljubav" ("Catch Love") [Psychopolis, 2011] contains notable columns that the author had published in the daily Politika for three years, and the book "Psihologike svakodnevnog života" ("Psychology of Everyday Life") [Psychopolis 2014] which contains columns from Politika until October 2014. He is an international lecturer who has given lectures, workshops or otherwise presented at numerous international congresses, seminars and symposia, mainly in Western European countries, but also in the United States, Russia, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. He was a plenary lecturer at the First Eurasian Congress in Moscow in 2013, as well as at the Seventh World Congress in Durban, South Africa in 2014. Zoran Milivojević currently works in a private practice, splitting time between in Novi Sad and Ljubljana.

Kirk J. Schnaider, Ph. D., is a licensed psychologist and leading spokesperson for contemporary existential-humanistic and existential-integrative psychology. Dr. Schneider is past editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, adjunct faculty at Saybrook University and Teachers College, Columbia University, and president of the Existential-Humanistic Institute (EHI). He is also a Fellow of five divisions of the American Psychological Association (Humanistic, Psychotherapy, Clinical, Theoretical and Philosophical, and Independent Practice) as well as a frequent speaker at conferences and in the media. Dr. Schneider is also the recipient of Honorary Diplomas and Memberships from The Society for Existential Analysis, UK; The East European Association for Existential Therapy; and the Living Institute, Toronto, Canada, whose diploma in "Existential-Integrative" Therapy is based on Dr. Schneider’s original model of this approach. He has authored or coauthored twelve books, including: "The Paradoxical Self", "Horror and the Holy", "Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy", "Awakening to Awe" and the forthcoming "Wiley World Handbook of Existential Therapy". Dr. Schneider is the 2004 recipient of the Rollo May award for "outstanding and independent pursuit of new frontiers in humanistic psychology" from the Humanistic Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association. Most recently, Dr. Schneider conducted Existential Therapy for an APA video series on psychotherapy called "psychotherapy over time" (see https://www.apa.org/pubs/videos/4310867) and was the keynote speaker at the First International Existential Psychology Conference in Nanjing, China in 2010. Dr. Schneider also gave a keynote address to the First World Congress of Existential Therapy in London, 2015 and another keynote at the Second World Congress.

Talia Bar-Yoseph Levine, D. Psych., clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and an OD consultant, has over 40-year experience working with individuals, multinational companies, social structures, businesses family as well as volunteering work with low-profit organizations. Talia is the founder and CEO of Choice Management Consultancy (TBY) Ltd, UK, which specializes in management, leadership and team development. Choice is active in Europe, Israel, Southeast Asia and the USA. Was the head of Gestalt MSC, department at Metanoia Inst. London. Talia is an international trainer of psychotherapists and consultants. She is a co-founder of the JGI (Jerusalem Gestalt inst.), chairs the Israeli Gestalt association, is a member of the general board of EAGT and is the representative of the Israeli Gestalt association. Served on Intagio EC, and was the president of the IAAGT. Currently, on the editorial board of the GR, was on the editorial board of the BGJ Published numerous papers in professional journals and books. Edited books – "The Bridge – Dialogues Across Cultures", 2005; "Gestalt Therapy – advances in Theory and Practice", 2011; "From Here to Later – the art of staying with while planning ahead during a global crisis", 2021. Married, a mother and a grandmother.

Sophie Ducrocq Archibald has a Ph.D. in Mind-Body Medicine from Saybrook University, where she researched therapists’ lived experiences of therapeutic relationships. She provides continuing education training to various mental health agencies and speaks at local and national conferences on topics related to therapists and therapeutic relationships. She is the founder and owner of The Integrative and Holistic Center. She is an integrative existential Licensed Clinical Social Worker and serves adults who experience trauma injuries and OCD in private practice. She is an assistant professor at Weber State University in the Department of Social Work and Gerontology. She volunteers some time to the Utah National Association of Social Workers Continuing Education committee. Sophie is originally from France and has lived in Utah since 1997. She feels most at home enjoying the outdoors.

Dubravka Kocijan-Hercigonja is a neuropsychiatrist and psychotherapist as well as a holder of PhD in Psychiatry (University of Zagreb, Croatia). She is a world renowned and respected psychiatrist with subspecialty in child and adolescent psychiatry. She was a professor at the University of Medicine and University of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences. She was one of the founders of the first Center for Autism in Zagreb in 1985, Croatia, then the Centre for Mental Health and Psychological Trauma of Children in the Children’s Hospital Klaićeva. She was the head of both the National Centre for Psychological Trauma, Department of Psychiatry, and the Reference center of the Ministry of Health for disorders caused by stress. She founded private psychiatric Polyclinic Kocijan Hercigonja and is a president of the EIATCYP and the Croatian Association for Children and Adolescent Psychotherapy. She leads trainings in Integrative Psychotherapy and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy.

Mikela Gonzi, Gestalt Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, is a warranted Gestalt Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologist, and registered Supervisor with extensive experience spanning clinical practice, academia, research, and regulatory roles. Her areas of expertise include working with children and adolescents, addiction, mental health and domestic violence. She has served in prevention and treatment addiction services since 2002, as Trainee Psychologist and Executive Officer at Agenzija Sedqa and Supervisor at Caritas. She has also worked as Clinical Psychologist in the mental health sector in state-run general and mental health hospitals and with Richmond Foundation. A dedicated educator, she is Examiner and Tutor at the University of Malta since 2010 and lecturer and trainer at the Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Institute Malta (EAPTI-GPTIM) since 2014. Additionally, she has published numerous papers, presented at seminars, workshops, and congresses, and currently holds the role of Assistant Editor for the journal Gestalt Today, Malta. Beyond her clinical and academic roles, Dr. Gonzi has contributed significantly to the psychotherapy profession and social sector in Malta. She has been a member of the Board for the Psychotherapy Profession Malta since 2019, served as the Public Relations Officer for the Mental Health Services, was Chairperson of the Sedqa Staff Relations Committee, appointed researcher and co-author for the Office of the Commissioner for Children and appointed psychologist at the Curia Metropolitan Tribunal Malta. A dedicated advocate for social care, she has been a voluntary worker in various sectors since 1996. Her career reflects a steadfast commitment to fostering mental health, advancing psychotherapy education, and supporting individuals and communities in need.

Sandro Belić, mag. psych (gest.), mag. theol. Certified Gestalt Psychotherapist Gestalt Consultant for Organizations. I am the founder and owner of Korak dalje d.o.o. (established in 2009), a company specializing in business and personal counseling, coaching, and business training. For more information, visit www.barolinbelic.com. I have a Master’s degree in Psychotherapy from the European Accredited Institute for Psychotherapy (EAGTI) and the Maltese Gestalt Psychotherapy Institute (GPTIM). I completed my education in Gestalt Psychotherapy at Psihika d.o.o. (EAPTI) – the European Psychotherapy Training Institute, Centre for Psychotherapy, Education, and Counseling, based in Zadar. I completed my education in Gestalt Consulting for Organizations through the EAGT European Accredited Educational Institute for Psychotherapy in Belgrade. I earned my Master’s degree at the Protestant Theological Faculty University of Zagreb. Together with my wife, I manage a private practice focused on psychotherapy, personal and business counseling, and consulting. I am a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Gestalt and Integrative Psychotherapists of Croatia and Chair of the Committee for Professional Issues, Psychotherapy Standards, and Norms within the Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapists.

Grozdana Biočić-Zrilić, MSc in Psychology, clinical psychologist, certified Gestalt psychotherapist, and trainer. After completing her studies in psychology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zadar, she obtained the title of graduated psychologist. Through years of clinical psychology practice, she was awarded the title of clinical psychologist by the Croatian Psychological Chamber. Until 2018, she worked as a psychologist in the Department for Children, Youth, and Family at the Centre for Social Welfare Zadar. She is the co-owner of Mentes d.o.o., a studio for the development of personal, group, and organizational potential, where she provides individual therapy, couples therapy, and group therapy. Since 2008, she has been a certified Gestalt psychotherapist, and since 2010, she has provided individual psychotherapy for Gestalt psychotherapy trainees. In 2017, she became a certified associate trainer (Psihika d.o.o., EAPTI) for the basic Gestalt psychotherapy training program and began leading group processes for training groups within the same institute.

Lea Ivančić Žic has a master's degree in speech language therapy (SLP) and as graduate gestalt psychotherapist (PSIHIKA d.o.o.). She acquired additional training as an NLP Master, a practitioner of play therapy, a practitioner of transactional analysis, EMDR lvl-2 (in education) and acquires additional knowledge in working with the LGBTQ+ community and complex trauma through education in psychosomatic psychology and intensive applied logotherapy. As a neurodivergent specialist with a confirmed diagnosis of ADHD and many years of direct work with neurodivergent children, adolescents and adults, she advocates the rights and needs of the neurodivergent community and offers a unique therapeutic perspective through an integrative approach.

Daina Udovicich Corelli, clinical psychologist and Gestalt psychotherapist. I was born in 1981 in Rijeka, where I currently live. I am married and a mother to a little girl. After finishing the Italian High School in 1999, I enrolled in the psychology program at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Trieste. I completed my studies in 2005 and returned to Rijeka, where I began my professional development. I completed my internship at Thalassotherapy in Opatija, where, under the guidance of my mentor, I conducted psychological testing for patients in cardiac rehabilitation and provided counseling services. After completing my internship in 2006, I started working at the Viškovo Kindergarten, where I provided counseling for children and parents, psychological testing, wrote reports for school readiness, collaborated with and trained educators, observed group activities, and worked with trainee educators (writing programs and observing group activities). At the same time, I completed the first level and attended the second level of Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy and obtained a Master’s degree in Business and Public Communication from the University of Trieste. In 2009, I began working at the Public Health Institute of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where I still work today. In the Department of Mental Health Promotion and Protection, I provide counseling and psychotherapy for adolescents and parents, young adults, and young individuals assigned special obligations or educational measures by the Centre for Social Welfare or the Municipal State Attorney’s Office. I am involved in organizing life skills training programs and educating program facilitators. I also promote mental health in the community through lectures, workshops, and projects in primary and secondary schools. During this period, I became interested in self-development, and in 2010, I enrolled in Gestalt psychotherapy training at the Center for Psychotherapy, Education, and Counseling Psihika d.o.o., under the mentorship of Dr. Lidija Pecotić. I graduated in 2015. Meanwhile, I also completed a Specialist Study in Health Promotion and Addiction Prevention at the Medical Faculty of Rijeka. I am a member of the Croatian Psychological Chamber (HPK), the EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy), the Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapists, and the Society of Gestalt and Integrative Psychotherapists of Croatia (DGIPH). I also completed a Master’s in Gestalt Therapy at GPTIM Malta.

Dragana Ilić, a psychologist, is a certified Gestalt therapist (EAP and EAGT), holds a D. Psych (Gestalt), and serves as a supervisor and trainer at EAPTI-SEB. She is a collaborator and lecturer at Psihika and Psiho-Integrum. Her subspecialisation is the application of Gestalt therapy in organizational and couples’ settings. Based in Belgrade, she runs a private psychotherapy practice and is the co-author of several books and manuals on communication, as well as the author of articles in Serbian and international Gestalt journals. In 2024, she defended her doctoral thesis on shame in intimate relationships.

Marija Krivačić is a Gestalt therapist, educator, and supervisor at the EAPT-SEB Gestalt Institute in Belgrade. With over thirty years of experience, she works with individuals, couples, families, and groups. In recent years, she has focused on therapeutic work with couples, and in 2024, she defended her doctoral thesis on confronting infidelity in intimate relationships.

Vladimir Milošević (Belgrade, Serbia 1963), MD, psychiatrist and psychodrama therapist, trainer and supervisor. Head of Center of Mental Health, psychotherapy and Day hospital of Psychitric Hospital Idrija - Slovenia. Member of EAP (European Association for Psychotherapy) FEPTO (Federation of European Psychodrama Training Organizations) IAGP (International Association for Group Psychotherapy). Founder and a first president of Institute for Psychodrama, Belgrade (EAPTI - European Accredited Psychotherapy Institute). Leader of psychodrama education in Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. Co-founder and workshop leader in CCTD (Cross Cultural Training Days 2002-2011), ISA (International Spring Academy 2010 and on) and Small Psychodrama Festival (2018 and on). Invited workshop leader and lecturer on Universities and Psychotherapy Institutes in Austria, Molta, Croatia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Italy, England, Israel, Belgium. Lecturer and workshop leader on IAGP, EAP, FEPTO, WPA, WADP and many other international psychotherapeutic and psychiatric conferences and congresses. Author of the book How does Psychodrama Work (published in Slovenia 2018 and in Croatia 2020) and Depression and Creativity (in preparation). Author of a number psychotherapeutic professional papers. Consultant on films: "Projections" (2013), "On the Other Side" (2016), "Men don't Cry" (2017), "Lost Son"(2024) and documentary "Ko pridem ven"(2024).

Anica Dudvarski, D. Psych. Hon., clinical psychologist, specialist in preschool pedagogy, certified gestalt therapist and supervisor, and teacher at EAPTI – GPTIM Belgrade. She graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade and completed specialist studies in preschool pedagogy at the same faculty. Additionally, she completed advanced training in psychotherapy with children and adolescents, as well as a master's degree in gestalt psychotherapy at the Gestalt Psychotherapy Institute in Malta. At EAPTI – GPTIM Belgrade, she completed training for working with couples. She works under contract at the "Bečej" Health Center in Bečej, where she served as a psychologist until her retirement. For over 20 years, she has worked with trainees at EAPTI – GPTIM Belgrade as an individual therapist, teacher, lecturer, and supervisor. She has also collaborated for many years with Gestalt schools in Zadar (“Psihika”) and Sarajevo (“Psihointegrum”).

Sandra Grubić president of NGO INTRONAUT (intronaut.org). Artist. Activist (vegan, anarchism). Master in Italian language and literature (+Russian and English). Gestalt psychotherapist. Basic level trainer of gestalt psychotherapy education. Systemic constellator. Jungian analysis and constructivism included in my work. I work with adolescents, adults and couples and individual psychotherapy with students in EAPTI Psihika Ltd as well as EAPTI studio for education Belgrade. Also, supervision with therapists.

Marija Škrinjarić is a graduate Counseling therapist in Gestalt psychotherapy and a member of the Croatian Chamber of Psychotherapists. She obtained her diploma at the Institute EAPTI Psihika, Zadar, Croatia. In her therapeutic work, she often uses high-sensitivity assessment, which has proven to be a significant contribution to therapy and faster healing of clients. Personally, she is highly sensitive and therefore has experience as both a highly sensitive person and a highly sensitive therapist. Due to both experience and practical results in therapeutic work, she is very passionate about the subject of high sensitivity. Marija is 46 years old, the mother of three teenagers (17, 15 and 13 years old), lives in Zagreb and dances in her spare time.

Rose Galea started her career as a nurse after training at the Institute of Health Care, Malta. She later continued studying and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the University of Malta. This was followed by a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology. In addition, Rose Galea trained in different schools of psychotherapy, primarily Gestalt Psychotherapy where she obtained a Masters degree in Gestalt Psychotherapy and also holds a post-graduate diploma in integrative supervision. She also holds a Doctorate in Gestalt Psychotherapy, She is an accredited EMDR therapist. Rose is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and supervisor, who works in private practice. For many years, she worked within the mental health system in Malta and was a member of different multidisciplinary teams which gives her a lot of experience in the area. Rose was one of the professionals involved in the setting up of the Crisis Team Malta, and for a few years she was the clinical psychologist within the team. She worked at primary, secondary and tertiary level mental health, and has a lot of experience in working with clients who suffer from acute and chronic mental illness. Rose Galea is a teacher at the EAPTI-GPTIM where she facilitates and teaches Gestalt Psychotherapy. Rose is a Senior Visiting Lecturer at the University of Malta, within the Faculty of Health Science and she facilitates teams of medical students in Medical leadership training. She also provides supervision in psychotherapy for the Basic and Higher Specialist training in Psychiatry. Rose has published articles related to the field of mental health and psychotherapy both locally and internationally in journals. In her free time, she loves being in nature which inspires her in writing poetry and painting.

Sanela Selmanović Podrug is a psychologist and Gestalt psychotherapist with over 20 years of practice. She is the founder of EAPTI Psiho-Integrum Sarajevo, where she has successfully organized and implemented educational psychotherapy programs for 20 years. She is a long-standing member of the EAP and EAGT, and also the vice-president of the Association for Gestalt Psychotherapy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has been involved in psychotherapy education for over 30 years, in areas such as psychotherapy supervision, application of Gestalt therapy in organizations, and is preparing her doctoral work at EAPTI GPTIM. She collaborates with other higher education institutions, governmental and non-governmental organizations, and institutions involved in psychotherapy education and application.

Marija Stefanović is a clinical psychologist, Gestalt psychotherapist, educator, and supervisor. She graduated in Clinical Psychology from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade. She worked as a psychologist for 13 years in a secondary school, and later in private practice within her own psychological studio, "Anima." She holds a psychotherapy certificate from the Serbian Association for Psychotherapy, as well as ECP and EAGT certifications. She was involved with humanitarian organizations such as “Zdravo da ste,” IRC (Youth Center), “Save the Children” (Children’s Centre), and IAN (Trauma Centre), participating in activities providing psychological support to refugees and internally displaced persons in both collective and private accommodations. The target groups included adults, youth, and children. She founded the NGO “Horizonti,” where, as a manager and coordinator, she collaborated with around fifty professionals in implementing psychosocial support programs across Serbia. Since 2002, she has been involved in a variety of preventive and educational programs within the Centre for Children, Youth, and Families “Oaza.” She completed the training program led by Dr. Lidija Pecotić at the Gestalt Studio Belgrade and earned a diploma as a Gestalt therapist. She obtained her supervisor diploma under Dr. Lidija Pecotić in Malta (GPTM) in 2002, and another supervisor certificate through a course led by Ken Evans in 2007. She has gained experience working with renowned Gestalt therapists such as D. Davidoff, Joseph Zinker, B. Muller, Michel Miller, Ole Ry Nielsen, Filipo Rametta, and Gianni Francesetti. She has also attended programs in other therapeutic approaches, including Transactional Analysis (with Josip Berger and Lukrecija Vranešević), Family Therapy and Systems Approach (with Nada Polovina), and Bioenergetic Analysis (with Stanka Gavrić, Divna Perić, and Filip Helfner). She is a guest trainer and supervisor at Gestalt centers in Skopje (North Macedonia), Zagreb, Zadar, Rijeka (Croatia), Podgorica (Montenegro), and Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). She completed a Master’s program at the Gestalt Institute in Malta and earned the title of Master of Gestalt Psychotherapy (M. Psych). The Gestalt Institute in Malta also awarded her the title of Honorary Doctor of Science in Gestalt Psychotherapy.

Jevgenyij Kolesznyikov, M. D., psychiatrist and medical psychologist; holds EAGT and ECP certificates. He is a psychotherapist with a private practice, working also as a trainer and supervisor, since 2007. Director and founder of International Institute for Gestalt in Montenegro. The institute is engaged in gestalt training for Russian-speaking students from 42 countries both face-to-face and online. He is an associate lecturer and supervisor for various gestalt training institutes. He is an officer of the Training Standards Committee in EAGT. He is the leader of specialised long-term gestalt training in psychosomatics and crisis therapy.

Vasilis Georgalakis is a Psychiatrist and an Existential psychotherapist. He was born and raised in Athens. After graduating from Medical School, he performed his compulsory field service at the Rural Clinic of Agios Konstantinos, Fthiotida. He specialized in Pathology at the Naval Hospital of Crete, in Neurology at the 1st IKA of Athens and in Psychiatry at the State Hospital of Nikaia and the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica in three different departments: the 10th Psychiatric Department of Acute Cases, the 10th Alcoholic Detoxification Unit and the Psychogeriatric Department. He received psychotherapeutic training in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy at the Aiginiteio Psychiatric Hospital in Athens  and in Schema Therapy in USA at the Cognitive Therapy Centre of New Jersey and the New Jersey Institute for Schema Therapy with Jefrey Joung and Wendy Behary where he received the Advanced Training Certification in schema therapy. He has received specialized cognitive-behavioural training in obsessive-compulsive disorder for children at UCLA University from the International OCD Foundation, Los Angeles, CA and for adults in New York from the international OCD foundation. He has also been trained in anxiety disorders at the Anxiety Treatment Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia with Edna Foa. He has also received training in mindfulness and the stress reduction program in San Francisco and at the Omega Institute of New York from the centre for mindfulness in medicine, health care and society- University of Massachussets medical school, as well as in mindfulness based cognitive therapy with Zindel Segal. Finally, he has been trained in Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy at the Existential-Humanistic Institute in California, USA with Kirk Schneider. He has participated in a series of scientific publications and announcements in foreign and Greek journals, as well as in psychiatric and psychotherapeutic conferences. In the past, he has worked as a psychiatrist in a private clinic and today, he is the responsible psychiatrist in 2 psychosocial rehabilitation structures and he maintain a private practice in Athens. He is member of the Medical Association of Athens, of the British Medical Association, of Hellenic Psychiatric Society and external member of Hellenic Association for Existential Psychology.

I was born on June 14, 1977, in Sremska Mitrovica. I live and work in the Franciscan Monastery, Samostanska 05, Vukovar. I hold a Master of Theology degree and I am a Franciscan from the Province of St. Cyril and Methodius, headquartered in Zagreb. I am a licensed Gestalt psychotherapist accredited by the EAGT. From 2009 to 2019, I worked as a group psychotherapist in the Day Hospital of the KBC-Rijeka. I am a teacher at the European accredited psychotherapy training institute – EAPTI Psihika – Center for Psychotherapy, Education, and Counseling. I work with adults in individual psychotherapy and with couples. I am an external collaborator at a counseling centre in Osijek. “Constellation of human systems - order of love”.

Natasha Madzevska is a graduate professor of preschool education, a certified Gestalt psychotherapist, and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Gestalt psychotherapy. She is trained in Play Therapy and has conducted lectures on Sand Therapy according to the Oaklander method. She has 23 years of work experience with children in kindergarten. She has worked as an external collaborator in the children’s educational program “Bibiversum.” Currently, she is employed on a project in the Ministry of Social Policy, Demography, and Youth through the World Bank, serving as the National Coordinator for Early Childhood Development. She works with children and adults who present with social problems, issues related to separation and adaptation, family problems, communication difficulties, traumatic experiences, and peer violence. She provides individual therapy for students from the Gestalt Institute Skopje, as well as therapeutic support in the institute’s basic groups. She also works with private clients. She is a member of the EAP (European Association for Psychotherapy) and the EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy), holds the European Certificate in Psychotherapy (ESP), and is a participant in psychology and psychotherapy congresses both nationally and internationally. She writes articles on topics related to the upbringing of children and parents, as well as psychotherapy for children and parents.