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Svetlana Ovsyannikova Ph. D

Austria

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Language Spoken: English, German, Russian

About

Svetlana Ovsyanikova is a psychologist and psychotherapist with over 15 years of experience supporting and guiding people through challenging life situations. In her practice, she combines systemic family therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and structural psychoanalysis approaches.

With great sensitivity and empathy, she helps her patients overcome anxiety, obsessive thoughts and behaviors, depression, and burnout. She also provides support for psychosomatic issues and interpersonal relationship difficulties — whether in partnerships, families, or professional environments.

Another important focus of her work is assisting children and adolescents with adaptation challenges in kindergarten and school, as well as coping with bullying. Svetlana’s approach is distinguished by its personalized care, deep respect for everyone, and commitment to helping clients find their own path to well-being.

Experience

  • 2021–2025 Private Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria
  • 2019–2024 Private Sigmund Freud University, Austria, Vienna, Specialization: Systemic Family Therapy
  • 2017–2019 Vienna Academy of Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Propaedeutic Course in Psychotherapy
  • 2012–2015 Master's Degree at the L.S. Vygotsky Institute of Psychology, Specialization: Cultural-Historical Psychology. Specialization: Psychologist and Lecturer in Psychology
  • 2013–2015 East-European Institute of Psychoanalysis, Saint Petersburg, Advanced Training Course "Freud's and Lacan's Psychoanalysis"
  • 2014 German Institute of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy (Potsdam) and Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, Seminar Series “Psychosomatic Psychotherapy"
  • 2013 Institute of Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, Seminar Series “Psychotherapy of Crisis States and Mental Trauma"

Publications

Expertise

  • Psychologist, psychotherapist 

Services

  • Family therapy
  • Behavioral therapy
  • Depressive disorders
  • Psychosomatic issues
  • Interpersonal relationship difficulties
  • Adaptation challenges in kindergarten and school
  • Bullying
  • Pannic attacs
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Burn-our syndrome