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Our faculty

Education, professional roles and areas of practice, based on the profiles published by AIST.

Portrait of Elena Naumova

Elena Naumova

Founder, rector, driving force and lead trainer of the Academy

Family systems and group psychologist, Gestalt therapist, educator and psychodramatist. Coaching is also an area of practice.

Professional profile

  • Author of “A Way Out of the Dark Labyrinth of Other People’s Scripts to Happiness”.

Education

  • Institute of Group and Family Psychology (IGiSP)
  • Moscow Institute of Gestalt Therapy and Counselling
  • Erickson International — coaching

Information published on the official AIST website.

Portrait of Yulia Nechaeva

Yulia Nechaeva

Academic director of the Academy, trainer and supervisor

Specialist in integrative group psychotherapy.

Professional profile

  • Psychotherapy for sexual disorders and addictive behaviour.
  • Integrative group psychotherapy.
  • Therapy for personality disorders and systemic family therapy.
  • EMDR practitioner.
  • Voice work in psychotherapy.

Information published on the official AIST website.

Portrait of Irina Gerasimova

Irina Gerasimova

Lead supervisor of the group therapy training programme

Gestalt therapist, supervisor, therapy group facilitator and family psychologist.

Professional profile

  • Specialist in integrative group psychotherapy.

Information published on the official AIST website.

Portrait of Nigina Sulaimani

Nigina Sulaimani

Psychologist, Gestalt therapist, supervisor and author

Serial entrepreneur in the psychological services sector.

Professional profile

  • Founder of the Talk to me network of adult psychology centres.
  • Founder of the Talk to me Kids child psychology centre.
  • Founder of an online platform for video consultations with psychologists.

Information published on the official AIST website.

Portrait of Yury Petrov

Yury Petrov

Supervisor of mentors and business trainer

Business trainer since 1994.

Professional profile

  • Supervisor of mentors.
  • Expert in the federal “Leaders of Productivity of Russia” programme.
  • Founder of Tycoon; the official profile reports company turnover of €40 million.

Information published on the official AIST website.

Portrait of Ekaterina Yakovleva

Ekaterina Yakovleva

Clinical psychologist, family and group Gestalt psychotherapist

Clinical psychology and family and group Gestalt psychotherapy.

Information published on the official AIST website.

Portrait of Olga Krasnodubets

Olga Krasnodubets

Psychiatrist and Gestalt psychotherapist

Specialist in group therapy.

Information published on the official AIST website.

Portrait of Natalia Belousova

Natalia Belousova

Gestalt therapist, trainer and supervisor

Systemic family constellations practitioner, dream-work specialist and therapy group facilitator.

Professional profile

  • Member of AETG (Asociación Española de Terapia Gestalt).
  • Member of IASD (International Association for the Study of Dreams).
  • Master’s degree in creative psychology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
  • Lecturer at the University of Barcelona.

Information published on the official AIST website.

Portrait of Larisa Utkina

Larisa Utkina

Clinical psychologist, Gestalt therapist and group psychotherapist

Specialist in working with traumatic experiences.

Professional profile

  • 20 years of senior management experience in major companies and public authorities.

Information published on the official AIST website.

Portrait of Marina Saifullina

Marina Saifullina

Process therapist, psychological trauma specialist and group psychotherapist

Individual and group consultations.

Professional profile

  • Five years of experience in individual and group consultations.

Information published on the official AIST website.

Portrait of Anna Ingolova

Anna Ingolova

Clinical psychologist with a master’s degree in psychology

Psychosomatics specialist, crisis psychologist and group therapist.

Professional profile

  • Provides individual therapy and facilitates groups.
  • Author of transformational training programmes and retreats.
  • More than 7,000 hours of client work.
  • Eight years in personal and group therapy.
  • Regular supervision.

Information published on the official AIST website.

Andrey Land

Andrey Land

Trainer and methodologist, psychologist and actor

Trainer in public speaking, effective communication and emotional intelligence. Expertise includes training trainers and speakers, designing educational methodology and conflict resolution.

Professional profile

  • Author of «Алхимия публичных выступлений» (The Alchemy of Public Speaking, 2020).
  • Member of the Russian Association of Transpersonal Psychology and Psychotherapy and the expert council of the Academy of Social Technologies.
  • Since 2021: trainer and methodologist at «Голос может». The CV describes the project as serving more than 2,500 students worldwide.
  • Since 2017: co-founder of Human Development Academy, creating and delivering online and in-person programmes for holistic personal development.
  • Since 2017: personal communication and public speaking trainer, working with executives from Russian and international companies.
  • Since 2013: training designer; 10 training programmes created and more than 150 training sessions delivered in Russia and abroad.
  • 2013–2019: trainer and mentor at Vadim Demchog’s School of Play.
  • 2012–2019: actor at the ArlekinIada theatre, with more than 200 performances in Russia and abroad.
  • Languages: Russian; English at Upper Intermediate level.

Education and certifications

  • 2010–2014: Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS), theatre and film acting.
  • 2003–2008: Saratov State University named after N. Chernyshevsky, Political Science and Education.
  • 2017: certified international-category business trainer.
  • 2017: certified designer and trainer of developmental and transformational programmes.
  • 2020: certified NLP master practitioner.
  • 2015: certified NLP practitioner.
  • 2021: certified conflict resolution practitioner.

Professional information is based on the supplied CV.