Luchika Khakhalkina

Jungian analyst from Ukraine, member of the Lithuanian and Ukrainian Societies for Analytical Psychology, and a member of the Ukrainian Society of Psychotherapists.

Since 2007, I have been working in private practice, accompanying adults and adolescents in their inner processes.

Until 2015, I also worked with children with special needs as a neurocorrection specialist at the psychological support center “Ravnovesie,” as well as at the “Mother and Child” center, supporting women in difficult life circumstances. This experience has deeply influenced my understanding of vulnerability and human resilience.

Since 2014, with the beginning of the military conflict in Ukraine, I have been involved in developing and conducting trainings on burnout prevention for specialists in social rehabilitation centers.

Areas of interest: the individuation process of women, trauma and ways of coping with traumatic experiences, strengthening psychological resilience; personality disorders and their treatment; processes of inner integration.

In analytical work with transgenerational trauma, self-destructive tendencies, and eating disorders, an important place is given to the exploration of symbolic material, particularly healing symbols in dreams. A special focus of my interest is the archetype of the Child as a source of vitality, vulnerability, and inner renewal. At the center of my practice is accompanying a person on their path toward greater wholeness and authentic contact, drawing on sources from mythology, literature, and art.