Irina Francis

Being close to someone who is hurt and suffering emotionally is not easy even for close people.

For a psychologist, this is a profession. I have studied and continue to learn how to help people find “ground under their feet”, find the courage to live and find something to enjoy even when it seems impossible. My professional experience spans over 30 years. I worked with trauma and grief, with the loss of faith in self, in my clients' own future, and the future of their children. My clients came from different backgrounds: heads of large enterprises as well as young boys and girls starting their life journey, parents of children with developmental deficiencies, and professionals with big hearts who teach and educate such children.

Together with my wonderful colleagues, over many years I have conducted research on the interaction of mothers with young children. The results of these studies have helped many mothers to understand their babies and accept their sometimes inexplicable stubbornness, aggression, and whims.

One of my favorite disciplines that I taught students at the university was Health Psychology. The questions that these discipline addresses are: WHY AND HOW a person makes a choice towards health or illness and HOW a professional can help their client to be psychologically healthy, despite life circumstances and past traumas. These questions were and remain the meaning of my professional activity.

I work in Russian language.