I believe that the art of living lies in the ability to position oneself gracefully within the world around us and to create, in the present, a reality that allows our deepest psychic potential to unfold.

Maria Dolgopolova – Jungian psychology and psychoanalysis

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General

Maria Dolgopolova – a certified clinical psychologist (trained originally in Russia, Moscow State University), psychoanalyst (IAAP member since April 2026), and accredited instructor affiliated with the C.G.Jung Institute in Zurich. I am also developing my research trajectory through ongoing international collaborations. I had some background in gestalt therapy (Moscow Institute of Gestalt and Psychodrama, Gestalt Associates Training Los Angeles) and in psychoanalysis of object relations.

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What I can do for you?

You are welcome! My name is Maria. I am a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, trained and practised largely in Moscow from 2011 to 2022 and currently worldwide. I am a member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology and an accredited analyst and instructor at the Carl Gustav Jung Institute in Zurich More about professional background. My principal clinical experience lies within psychological long and short-term therapy. Possible reasons to come.

Thanks to 14 years of practical work I have become experienced to help with anxiety, anger, depression, relationship issues, self-destructive tendencies, grief, trauma and dissociative behaviors. I have supported individuals who have gone through sudden loss, the consequences of violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline and narcissistic personality disorders, as well as endogenous disorders (such as paranoid schizophrenia and mood disorders), working in cooperation with psychiatric services. I was and I am willing to assist with less severe conditions as well, such as transitional life events, personal crisis and growth, existential questions, and choices.

My professional activities include teaching, leading psychodynamic therapy groups (both face-to-face and online), and research in the field of psychotherapeutic process.

Current location: My place of living (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) is not permanent and can change rapidly. Therefore, I run only an online practice until my long-term residence is clearer. Uzbekistan is currently the jurisdiction where my worldwide practice has been registered since 2023.

Affiliation: I am fully accredited and recognised as a clinical psychologist since 2013 in the country of my origin and in countries that accept such qualification and licence from Russia without any aditional revision. As a psychoanalyst, I am affiliated with the IAAP and the C.G. Jung Institute in Kusnacht (the full list of Accredited Instructors).

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I have been practicing as a clinical psychologist since 2013 and have gained extensive experience in assisting people to address their life challenges or to go through transitional stressful periods. I invite you to start your in-depth exploration with me if you feel that I am the right person:

1) to help you explore what within you may be holding you back, hindering your movement, development, and a more harmonious way of being in the present moment.

2) to offer a safe space and methods for exploring yourself.

3) to support your discovery of the underlying causes and driving forces of your current patterns of behavior that sustain a sense of dissatisfaction.

4) to help you search for new possibilities, resources, and ways of realizing your personal potential.

My values are:

1) Ongoing professional development (the continuous enhancement of my skills and competencies through long-term training programs, active participation in professional psychological communities, collaboration with colleagues, and engagement with professional literature and scientific work).

2) Respect for individual differences—in my work, I do not adhere to a notion of what is “right.” Whatever my clients' preferences may be, even if they differ from widely accepted norms or from my own personal perspectives, I do not seek to steer them toward what I might consider “appropriate” changes or to question what they do.

My major work experiences include:

1) 2500 hours of recognised within professional area training in gestalt therapy, psychoanalysis of object relations and analytical psychology, proved by corresponding documents or member status in professional community. Training includes more than 300 hours dedicated to group leading in Gestalt approach, more than 350 hours of personal analysis, more than 500 hours of individual and group supervision.

2) By 2015, I established a full-time financially sustainable psychological private practice in Moscow and online providing individual sessions; in parallel I have set up and led a number of educational and psychodynamic groups. I continue to work internationally with both long-term and new clients from the EU, Russia, the USA, and Asia. Over the past 13 years, I have provided approximately 8,000 hours of psychodynamic sessions, working with developmental trauma, adult shock trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, attachment disorders, adjustment difficulties, and self-destructive tendencies.

3) Collaboration with educational and mental health organisations:

C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich (2026-current). An accredited instructor and psychoanalyst.

Moscow Institute of Gestalt and Psychodrama (2023-current) – I have been an invited lecturer and speaker for educational programmes and conferences.

Moscow State University & Mental Health Research Centre (2011-2014). As a student of MSU, I was permitted to become a member of the scientific team in a joint research project between Moscow State University & Mental Health Research Centre. The project was a private concerted initiative of the former president of the Moscow Psychoanalytical Society, MSU associate professor, Kadyrov I.M. and senior scientist at the MHRC, Beniashvili A.G.

Academy for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (2021-2022). I performed as an invited speaker for educational programs and a teacher of practical clinical psychology.

4) Becoming an Active full member of the following professional communities:

a. Full member at the International Association for Analytical Psychology (a voting member of C.G.Jung Institute in Zurich; auxiliary affiliations – C. G. Jung Society of Queensland, Moscow Association for Analytical Psychology)

b. Russian Professional Psychotherapeutic League – associated to the European Association of Psychotherapy (2018-current)

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Online analysis

Currently, due to a number of reasons, many people prefer having their analysis remotely. In some situations, the online format is the only possibility to start one's in-depth journey without delays or to start it with the preferred analyst. I put my best effort into reducing all limitations of non-personal sessions and have significant experience in how to unfold the highest potential from online analysis.

Professional Background and Education

In addition to my initial qualification in clinical psychology gained at Moscow State University and activities that are not all reflected in published documents (such as personal analysis, group supervision, and participation in scientific work at the Mental Health Research Centre and later), here are attached some certificates showing my long pathway in profession and documenting more than 2,850 hours of advanced training. Besides Clinical Psychology and Psychoanalysis, I also have certain training in Gestalt therapy (Moscow Institute of Gestalt and Psychodrama, Gestalt Associates Training Los Angeles) and experience connected with the psychoanalysis of object relations (supervision and scientific research at the Mental Health Research Centre in Moscow within this therapeutic framework). All these details might be ultimately unnecessary today, now that new statuses are established and new roles are taken. However, in the past they used to be everything that I had and with which I had to move forward. Therefore, I am not willing to remove them from the website.

Education

  • MSU. Clinical psychologist
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    MSU. Clinical psychologist
    MSU. Clinical psychologist
    MSU. Clinical psychologist
    MSU. Clinical psychologist
  • 2008–2013  – Lomonosov Moscow State University, specialty “Neuro- and pathopsychology” (qualification Clinical psychologist)
  • 2013–2014  – Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov, specialty Medical psychology, postgraduate student

Certifications

  • Clinical Psychologist — Diploma of Moscow State University, 2013
  • Psychoanalyst — member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology trained at C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, since 2026

Professional memberships:

  • Full member at the International Association for Analytical Psychology (a voting member of C.G.Jung Institute in Zurich; auxiliary affiliations – C. G. Jung Society of Queensland, Moscow Association for Analytical Psychology)
  • Member of the Russian Professional Psychotherapeutic League. (PPL Russia is Russian Federation official in the European Association of Psychotherapy).

Professional positions held:

  • 2012–present  — Private practice and professional collaborations
  • 2011–2018 – Counseling psychologist at the Moscow Institute of Gestalt and Psychodrama (MIGIP)
  • 2013–2017 — Counseling psychologist at the service called Infodoctor (Russia, Moscow)
  • 2013–2014 — Counseling psychologist at the i-helpu.ru psychological center

Lectures and courses presented (since 2021):

  • 2021 — Educational course for psychologists “Clinical manifestations of aggressiveness. Strategies of long-term psychotherapy”. (series of 3 hour seminars, 7 seminars). Was held in Academy for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (Moscow)
  • 2022 — Educational course for psychologists “Love and hatred toward ourselves. Strategies to work with self-destruction in long-term psychotherapy” (series of 3 hour seminars, 7 seminars). Was held in Academy for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy
  • 2022-present — Group leader of long-term therapeutic groups
  • 2023 — Educational course for psychologists “Narcissistic defenses: how to understand our own and not to be hurt by people around” (series of 3 hour seminars, 2 seminars)

Remarkable professional experiences:

  • 2020-2026 — training at C.G. Jung Institute in Kusnacht
  • 2026-present — ongoing development as a member of the psychoanalytic community
  • 2008–present — educational experience in group leading (gestalt approach, advanced training modules for gestalt consultants “fourth step”), participant of various practical programs and intensive courses related to Gestalt therapy. More than 1350 confirmed hours at Moscow Institute of Gestalt and Psychodrama and at the Los Angeles Association of Gestalt Trainers.
  • 2009-present — Training (personal) analysis with Jungian psychoanalyst (IAAP member) about 300 hours
  • 2009–2014 — Participant in the project “Psychoanalytical research in the clinic” on the basis of the Mental Health Research Centre (Moscow, Kashirskoe highway, 34) under the direction of Kadyrov I.M. (PhD, associate professor at Moscow State University, ex president of Moscow Psychoanalytic Society 1998–2006)
  • Supervision
  • 2021–present — individual and group supervisions at CGJung Institute in Zurich. More than 150 hours by 2026
  • 2015–present — Advanced training of Gestalt consultants (supervision and group management) “Stage 4”, trainer Dolgopolov N.B., since 2018 trainer is Lubyanitskaya N.G. – 72 hours per year
  • 2016–2017 — Group face-to-face supervision with Makhmudov Eldar (member, supervising analyst of the Russian Society of Analytical Psychology). About 60 hours
  • 2016 — individual public supervision of Otto Kernberg at the International Seminar “Narcissistic Personality Disorders” (St. Petersburg) – 50 minutes
  • 2012-2013 — Group face-to-face supervision with Rayevski S.O (PhD, full professor in Moscow State University, IAAP member, founder of Moscow association for analytical psychology). About 12 hours
  • 2009–2014 — Group face-to-face supervision with Kadyrov I.M. (PhD, full professor in Moscow State University, ex-president of Moscow Psychoanalytical Society 1998–2006). About 108 hours.

Diplomas and certificates