Vladislav Matrenitsky

Founder and Director of the EXPO Center

Psychotherapist, PhD, specialist in psychosomatics, gerontologist, hypnotherapist, pioneer in the development of psycho-oncology and psychedelic medicine in Ukraine.

About me:

Since my youth, I have been interested in the mysteries of the psyche, aging, and disease. After graduating from college and working as a therapist for several years, I realized that this kind of medicine was not for me, as it only temporarily relieves the symptoms of a health disorder. I wanted to understand the true causes of these disorders. Studying spiritual traditions, I realized that all human troubles, both physical and social, are based on spiritual and psychological problems caused by what Buddhism calls ignorance of one's true nature, or, more simply, a non-harmonious state of mind. And this can be helped with the help of psychotherapy. That's how I came to psychosomatic medicine. And since altered states of consciousness give access to the depths of the subconscious, where the causes of our psychological problems lie, I started using psychedelic psychotherapy as soon as it became possible in Ukraine.

Education and professional training:

Graduate of Odesa Medical University
He worked as a therapist in Kyiv
He defended his PhD thesis at the Research Institute of Gerontology of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences
He mastered psychotherapy at the Shupik Academy of Postgraduate Medical Education
Certified transpersonal psychotherapist (EUROTAS, Vienna)
He studied psycho-oncology at the Carl Simonton European Center
Completed a course in psychedelic ketamine psychotherapy at Polaris Insight Center (USA)
He was trained in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy at the leading international organization MAPS (USA).

Membership and cooperation with professional communities:

Member of the Ukrainian Union of Psychotherapists (USP)
Active member of the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS)
Co-founder of the European Transpersonal Psychology Association (ETPA)
Co-founder of the Ukrainian Psychedelic Research Association (UPRA)
Honorary Member of the International Scientific Association of Qigong (Xi'an, China)

Research and practice:

He studies alternative medicine, spiritual practices (Sufism, Buddhism), shamanic healing, sound therapy
He regularly speaks at international conferences on transpersonal psychology
He has conducted numerous seminars, trainings and therapeutic sessions in Europe

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