Olha's Profile

She is the youngest and most energetic person in our stellar team of experts. Olha is passionate about helping young people
to overcome their challenges and discover their potential using new methodologies.

Olha Shcherbaniuk-Chokan

Psychologist & Social-Emotional Coach

Olha Shcherbaniuk-Chokan

Olha collaborates with Eden-Well as an independent, external expert. Her background is in social sciences, psychology and education. Olha served in several NGOs, and in public and volunteer organizations. She is a member of the Odessa Regional Volunteer Psychological Service of the Association of Practicing Psychologists of the Odessa Region. Olha also led first aid courses from the Red Cross Society of Ukraine.

Since 2012, Olha is the Director of the Department of Science and Education of the Public Organization Odessa Regional Center for Socio-Economic Monitoring and Legal Information “Alternative”. There she participates in working groups and meetings of the Department of Education of the Odessa Regional State Administration, writing and implementing projects in the field of education.

Olha currently lives in Geneva, and she has a private psychotherapeutic practice using the Symboldrama method, Jungian analytical sand psychoanalysis, psychological counseling and psychological correction, and child psychoanalysis. She conducts psychological and pedagogical work with children and adolescents in the Psychological Center. In her free time, Olha conducts analysis and research in the domain of the Ethical infrastructure in public administration.

Education

  • Master in Social Law
    @ National University Odessa Law Academy
  • Master in General and Differential Psychology
    @ South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University K.D. “Ushinsky”, Odessa, Ukraine
  • Bachelor in Psychoanalysis @ Eastern European Institute of Psychoanalysis, St. Petersburg
  • One-month seminar “Pedagogical and therapeutic aspects of working with children and youth traumatized by the war”, Kharkov, Ukraine

Experience

  • Coordinator of the Ukrainian Infoline “Gdansk Pomaga” in Gdansk, Poland: providing organizational, legal and psychological support for Ukrainian refugees
  • Counseling psychologist (therapist) at HELPLINE at the NGO Polskie Forum Migracijne, Warsaw, Poland: crisis management, work with depression, PTSD and trauma, and dealing with loss and grief

  • Private practice: psychological and psychotherapeutic work with adults, teenagers and small children, volunteer work with people experiencing grief and family counselling

Philosophy

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi

Quality

Professionalism is the core when it comes to supporting our student community in selecting the best course module, program and study materials. We’ve prepared the best consultant and counselling teams to meet your immediate personal leadership and social-emotional needs. They can professionally assist you in achieving your highest potential and dreams. And what’s more, our consultation is affordable.