D-r IAna Kacarova

Dr. Yana Katzarova – psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapist  

Provides psychological counseling and psychotherapy for people who:

• are going through a difficult period and their life is in crisis;
• feel filled with negative emotions most of the time;
• have difficulties in their relationships with others;
• have experienced the loss of a loved one or an event that turns their life upside down;
• feel inner emptiness and everything seems meaningless.

Teaches in the following professional fields:

Mental health for people with difficulties in social functioning due to chronic mental disorders; Community psychiatry; Mental health for victims of violence and their families.

Supervises and trains

• psychologists
• social workers
• helping professionals

Research and publications

• “Individual Care Plan (ICP) for patients with severe mental illness (guide for case managers)” (together with Dr. Vladimir Sotirov and Dimitar Germanov) – Bulletin of the Bulgarian Psychiatric Association; issue 3/4, 2002.
• “Implementation of psychosocial rehabilitation programs in the Bulgarian context” (together with Dr. Vladimir Sotirov, Dr. Irina Lazarova, Vanya Velichkova and Dimitar Germanov) – Bulletin of the Bulgarian Psychiatric Association; issue 3/4, 2004.
• “Crisis states and crisis interventions in psychiatric practice” (together with Dr. Vladimir Sotirov and Dimitar Germanov) – “Psychiatry”, Steno Publishing House, 1 / 2004.
• “Technologies for supporting the integration of people with chronic mental illness into the competitive labor market in the context of the modern understanding of the essence and role of psychosocial rehabilitation programs” (together with Dimitar Germanov and Petar Karaginev) – Bulletin of the Bulgarian Psychiatric Association; issue 2 / 2004.
• Poster presentation at European Conference “Recovery and Reform: Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Community Care”, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2nd–4th 2005: “Transitional Employment Program: the Bulgarian Solution”; Y. D. Kazarova, P. S. Karaginev, R. H. Uzunova, V. S. Velichkova and D. A. Germanov.
• “Assessment of the cost and effectiveness of mental health care in Bulgaria” – Journal “Social Medicine”; issue 1/2013.

MEMBERSHIPS Bulgarian Psychoanalytic Society (BPS) Bulgarian Association for Psychotherapy (BAP) Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (SPP) Society of Psychologists in the Republic of Bulgaria CONTACTS Address: Sofia, 91 St. St. Cyril and Methodius St. Phone: 0887 670 025 e-mail: ykazarova@gmail.com