Vladislav MatrenitskyVladislav Matrenitsky M.D., Ph.D., is the founder and head of the Center for Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Psycho-oncology Expio, the first specialized organization for psychosocial cancer care in Ukraine. He graduated from Odessa State Medical Uiversity (Ukraine) and qualified as a General Practitioner in 1986. In 1992, Vladislav completed a post-graduate course at the Institute of Gerontology Academy of Medical Science of USSR (Kiev), and was awarded a Ph.D. in the physiology and molecular biology of stress in ageing. After that, he worked as a Research Fellow in the same Institute and published in the field of gerontology. Later on, Vladislav came to the understanding that the real secrets of life, illnesses, aging, and death lie not only on the physical but also on the spiritual level. Being disappointed in pharmacy-oriented medicine, he started learning ancient and modern spiritual knowledge and healing traditions. Vladislav studied Psychotherapy at Kiev's State Academy of Postgraduate Medical Education, and then was qualified as a Transpersonal Psychotherapist by the European Transpersonal Association (EUROTAS). Psychosomatic medicine and psycho-oncology became his main area of practice. Since 2002, Dr. Matrenitsky has given many workshops and private sessions throughout European countries, and also presented his work at a number of European and World conferences and congresses on Transpersonal psychology and psychotherapy. His book, Carcinogenic Mind, was initially published in 2007 in Ukrane and was greeted warmly as the first manual on psycho-oncology in the country. Dr. Matrenitsky is a co-founder of the European Transpersonal Psychology Association (ETPA) and a member of the International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS). Currently he holds a private practice treating patients in his Center in Kiev and online, and gives lectures and workshops worldwide. Read More Read Less