About Us

The Covid-19 pandemic situation, the months we spent in isolation and anxiety changed our lives, our daily routines and our behavior. We worry not only about our health. We worry also about who we really are in the new situation and what's ahead of us. What is going on with our lives? In these complicated times we need someone to listen to our emotions, to understand and to support us. That's why we created the virtual platform Kabinet.bg – the first online space for free psycho-social support and psychotherapy in Bulgaria. Our services target those who are in greatest risk and have no alternative access to psychotherapy and emotional support:

• medical staff at Covid-19 front line;
• people in quarantine;
• chronically diseased groups in greater ris;
• elder and lonely people;
• people in isolation, living in distant places or abroad;
• sick people, or people who suffered a loss due to coronavirus;
• victims of violence;
• youngsters

In times of Covid-19, war and global crisis, anyone who suffers and is in trouble can seek for emotional support at our platform – you can book your consultation via phone, email, chat and registration, and you can schedule an individual and family consultation session via video meeting or live. You can also join a group for support.

Kabinet.bg is an initiative of the Bulgarian Society of Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis. Until December 31^st 2020 we offer free psychotherapy and emotional support for those in greater risk and need in the Covid-19 situation, due to the support of our partner the Central European Initiative. Now we continue offering 3 free sessions with the support of our partners.

The Bulgarian Society of Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis (BSPGA) is a non-governmental organization that develops the ideas and practices of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, group analysis, group processes and group psychotherapy according to the views of Sigmund Freud, Wilfred R. Bion, Sigmund H. Fuchs, Jacob L. Moreno, Melanie Klein, Irvin Yalom, et al.

BSPGA provides training in psychoanalysis and group analysis, training in psychotherapy, continuous education and supervision of the practice. The Society develops the application of psychotherapeutic approaches into the various social domains. It translates and publishes professional literature in collaboration with a leading local publishing house. The Society formulates and applies standards and criteria for professional competence, licensing and practice of psychoanalysis and group analysis in Bulgaria.

There is a 13-member team of professional psychotherapists affiliated to BSPGA working as an outpatient clinic in four places in Sofia as well as in one place in the town of Kazanluk. The team is organized and functions as an outpatient clinic with referrals. It has a broad experience in work with individual patients as well as with groups. The team's practice encompasses about 200 psychotherapeutic patients' hours a week and six weekly therapeutic groups.

The team originates from various psychotherapeutic modalities (Psychodrama, Psychoanalysis, Group Analysis, Systemic and Family Therapy, Art Therapy, Dramatherapy, CBT, Social Work). It has competences and broad experience in the following areas:

• Anxiety-depressive states (depression, anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, intrusive thoughts and actions);
• Life crises (loss, separation, traumatic experiences);
• Sexuality and gender issues;
• Nutritional disorders (anorexia and bulimia); abuse of substances and addictions (to opiates, alcohol, stimulants);
• Risk behaviours and problems in emotional development in adolescents and children;
• Promoting personal growth and change of people seeking emotional autonomy and deeper self-knowledge, etc.

Currently there are 20 members, 16 trainees as well as about 20 volunteers involved in various activities of the Society. For more information on BSPGA activities and training programs, please visit: groupanalysis-bg.org.