On October 7, as part of Psychology Week, two meaningful events were held at the GIIM, which continued the theme of psychological development, professional maturity, and conscious living.
The first event of the day was webinar "Psychology of choice: how we make decisions and who chooses for us" from Svitlana Prokopenko.
During the meeting, participants explored how choices are born, what influences our decisions, and why it sometimes seems like someone else is making the decision - fear, duty, or social expectations.
Svitlana Prokopenko spoke about different approaches to the concept of choice in psychology — cognitive, Gestalt, and existential — and showed that true choice begins with self-awareness.
Of particular interest was the exercise "I am", which helped participants experience a moment of their own freedom and inner contact.
The webinar inspired reflections on responsibility, values, and personal autonomy.
The second event of the day was a training "Keeping Yourself Together: The Power of Boundaries in the Work of a Psychologist", which was conducted Julia Romashko, clinical psychologist, postgraduate student at the DSU, author of trainings and development programs for women.
Participants talked about personal and professional boundaries, the scope of counseling, the responsibility of a psychologist, and the importance of support through supervision, ethical standards, and one's own therapy.
The training helped to look at professional supports — both external (colleagues, rules, communities) and internal (values, knowledge, self-confidence) — as the basis of a specialist's psychological resilience.
Both events on the second day of Psychology Week demonstrated that awareness and boundaries are not limitations, but a space of freedom in which true professionalism and personal maturity are born.
The events are organized with the support of the Center for Psychological Resilience of the GIIM within the framework of the Erasmus+ KA2 BURN project - "Strengthening Psychological Resilience and Well-being of the University Community in the (Post)War Ukrainian State" (BURN - ERASMUS-EDU-2023-CBHE), funded by the European Union.
