About Me
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My name is Violeta Chonova — Vili. I'm a licensed psychotherapist of the World Association for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy. In my practice I combine my experience in several therapeutic approaches — Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, Positive Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Ayurveda — to shape individualised therapy around each person's needs.
I believe we are all different — what helps one person may not be right for another. My focus is to understand your uniqueness and support you in the most effective way toward your therapy goals.
I work online and in person in Lozenets, Sofia, with adults and couples, in Bulgarian and English.
If you'd like, we can work solely with Internal Family Systems (IFS), or solely with EMDR therapy — based on your needs and preferences.
Education
- Master's degree in Psychology — Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Professional certifications
- Certified Positive Psychotherapist
- Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) — Level I
- Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) — Level II: Intimacy From the Inside Out
- Certified Internal Family Systems (IFS) — Level II: Addictions and Eating Disorders
- Certified EMDR therapist
- Certified Ayurveda consultant
Trainings completed
- IFS Immersion: integrating Internal Family Systems into clinical practice
- Using IFS with groups
- The impact of attachment, trauma, and temperament on personality — interpersonal neurobiology in clinical practice
- Using IFS to heal trauma and addiction — compassionate strategies for healing
- Trauma Conference: The Body Keeps the Score — healing trauma through the senses, with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
- IFS for children and adolescents
- Somatic approaches for anger and trauma — body-based, polyvagal, and neurobiological interventions
- Psychodrama and practical interventions for healing childhood and adult wounds — Tian Dayton
- EMDR — fast, safe, and proven trauma treatment
- EMDR with parts for complex trauma
- The latest advances and proven techniques for resolving deeply held trauma — Janina Fisher
- EMDR for children: strategies for young clients and their adults
- Advanced EMDR techniques: trauma, attachment wounds, and more
- Emotional Freedom Techniques and Thought Field Therapy (EFT and TFT)
- Introduction to Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Treatment with the arts
- EMDR training for pre-verbal trauma — "When words are missing"
- Revolutionizing trauma treatment — training with Babette Rothschild
- Certified Dialectical Behaviour Therapy training
- Applying attachment theory in clinical practice
- Treating complex trauma with IFS — training with Frank Anderson
- Changing the ADHD brain: beyond medication
- Taming the amygdala — brain-based strategies for calming the anxious mind
- The shame network in the therapeutic space
- Compassion-focused therapy for traumatic experiences
- Ego state therapy — training with Robin Shapiro
- Diploma in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Calming the inner critic — training with Kathy Steele
- Hypnotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Exposure with Response Prevention
- Healing from affairs and betrayal — training with Tammy Nelson
- Attachment-focused EMDR — training with Laurel Parnell
- Somatic interventions to move clients from surviving to thriving — training with Ariel Schwartz
- Healing severed connections — training with Diane Heller and Thomas Hübl
Therapeutic methods I use
- EMDR
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Somatic therapy
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Metaphor-based methods
- Hypnotherapeutic techniques
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Positive Psychotherapy
- Ayurveda
The methods we use vary with the problem we're working on. Over years of practice I've learned to skilfully blend therapeutic techniques to help clients reach their goals.
Pricing
| Session | Duration | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Individual session | 50 min | €42 |
| Extended session | 90 min | €73 |
| Package: 6 × 50-min sessions (online) | over 6 consecutive weeks | €231 |
| Package: 10 × 50-min sessions (online) | over 10 consecutive weeks | €378 |
| EMDR intensive (5 hours of active work) | ~7 hours total with breaks | €240 |
You can book a session online, or contact me if you're interested in a package or intensive — those are arranged directly with me.
What I can help with
- Anxiety
- PTSD
- Traumatic or wounding experiences
- Social anxiety
- Panic attacks
- Depression
- Postpartum depression
- Burnout
- Relationship difficulties — with partner, parent, child, friends
- Family therapy
- Self-esteem and self-worth issues
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Life crisis-related difficulties
What to expect from therapy
The therapy space is a place of trust and authenticity where you can fully be yourself and connect with your inner world. In our work together there is no "should", only "when I'm ready".
Every approach I use is discussed openly, and at any stage you can ask questions.
We are a team — and with understanding, patience, and collaboration, we'll move toward your goals together.
Favourite thoughts
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." — Rumi
"Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate." — C. G. Jung
"There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen." — Rumi