Program

ABIP offers a comprehensive four-year postgraduate training programme designed to prepare students for the profession of integrative psychotherapist. The curriculum combines theoretical depth with practical experience, personal therapy, supervision, and clinical placement, following the standards of the European Association for Integrative Psychotherapy. The training is structured to support both professional competence and personal growth within a supportive and ethically grounded environment.

Year 1

Month Data / Course / Topic Lecturer / Speaker Hours
September 19-20/ Evolutionary Phases and Movements in Neo-Reichian Analytic Psychotherapy Dora Prangadzhiyska 18
October 17-18/ Character Types in Neo-Reichian Analytical Psychotherapy Tinka Miteva 18
November 11-15 / Training Desislava Petrova / Galena Tsankova 30
December 12-13 / Personality and BBCT Dora Prangadzhiyska 18
January 16-17 / Psychotherapeutic Modalities ‚History, Theories, Interactions Detelina Stamenova 18
February 20-21 / Introduction to Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis Zlatko Teoharov 18
March 13-14 / Introduction to the Body Psychotherapeutic Approach Dr. Vladimir Pozharashki 18
April Psychophysiology Assoc. Prof. Dr. Krasimir Ivanov 18
May 13-16 / Training Dora Prangadzhiyska 30
June 12-13 / Body-Oriented Approach to Character Structures – Part 1 Martin Cholakov 18
July 3-4 / Simulations Tinka Miteva / Dora Prangadzhiyska 18
Summer Break: august

Year 2

Month Data / Course / Topic Lecturer / Speaker Hours
October 3-4 / Trauma Work Christina Bogdanova 18
October 24-25 / Body-Oriented Approach to Character Structures ‚ Part 2 Martin Cholakov 18
November 11-15 / Training Christina Bogdanova 30
December 19-20 / Sexology. Somatic Work with Sexual Trauma Christina Bogdanova 18
January 23-24 / Simulations Detelina Stamenova 18
February 27-28 / Psychosomatics Prof. Vanya Matanova 18
March 20-21 / Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology Dr. Milena Pandov 18
April 24-25 / Personality Disorders Dr. Milena Pandov 18
May 13-16 / Training Martin Cholakov 30
June 5-6 / Transactional Analysis Milena Manova 18
July 10-11 / Simulations Martin Cholakov 18
Summer Break: august

Year 3

Month Data / Course / Topic Lecturer / Speaker Hours
September Fundamentals of Systemic and Transgenerational Therapy Lyudmil Stefanov 18
October Simulations Christina Bogdanova 18
November Training --- 30
December Core Concepts in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group Therapy Mariela Mihaylova 18
January Application of Psychodrama in Individual and Group Practice Mariela Mihaylova 18
February Simulations Mariela Mihaylova 18
March Body Language in Group Analysis Zlatko Teoharov 18
April Epigenetics Prof. Milena Georgieva 18
May Training --- 30
June Systemic Therapy Lyudmil Stefanov 18
July Simulations Dora Prangadzhiyska 18
Summer Break: August

Year 4

Month Data / Course / Topic Lecturer / Speaker Hours
September Logotherapy Rayna Sokolova 18
October Philosophy, Religions, and Psychotherapy Prof. Lyudmil Georgiev 18
November Training --- 30
December Simulations Tinka Miteva 18
January Integrative Psychotherapy Part 1: Methodological Approaches and Principles of Integrative Therapy Svetla Bankova 18
February Integrative Psychotherapy: In the Context of Body-Orientated Methodology Dora Prangadzhiyska 18
March Simulations Christina Bogdanova 18
April Integrative Psychotherapy for Anxiety States Orlin Baev 18
May Integrative Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders and Addictions Detelina Stamenova 18
June Training --- 30
July Thesis Defense and Final Exam --- 18
Summer Break: