About me 

I'm Olga — a photographer, psychologist, and embodied practitioner with more than 20 years of practice. 

 

I was born in Moscow in 1986 and currently live in Berlin.

I am a mother of a toddler boy, and motherhood has been one of the most challenging and disorienting experiences of my life.

 

I work with women who find themselves thinking:
“I can’t go back to who I was — but I don’t know who I am now.” 

Something has already changed — in your life, in your body, in how you feel and describe yourself. It can feel like a small death, a version of you has passed. And a new one is in the process of emerging. It could be scary and frustrating. 

 

Pregnancy, postpartum changes, illness, painful breakup or other experiences that alter how you feel yourself from the inside. I know what it is like to lose the sense of familiarity with your own body, to look in the mirror and not recognize yourself, to struggle with acceptance and feel disconnected from your reflection. 

 

I have lived through deep physical and identity shifts, including autoimmune processes and complete hair loss (Alopecia Areata), more than once. These experiences forced me to rebuild my relationship with my body and with who I believe I am. 

 

Motherhood, again, changed everything for me. 

 

For a long time, I could not find peace with it.
I felt lost, stuck and angry, unable to rely on who I used to be ("bounce back" to my body and "normal self"), and not yet able to stand in something new. I am a mother now and it's forever. But what does it mean to me, who I am in all of that?

 

Only after time did I begin to integrate this experience — not as something that took me away from myself, but as something that could become a source of strength. 

Because of this, I feel a deep connection to women, and especially to mothers, who are going through similar processes. 

 

I create a space where it is safe to be honest with yourself, to slow down, to feel what is actually true for you, and to meet the version of you that is already here — even if she is still unclear. 

Through presence, body awareness, and visual work, we make this visible.

I see my work as supporting women in reconnecting with their inner truth and strength — even when it feels uncomfortable, unfamiliar, or not “beautiful” at first.

I am not afraid of what is difficult, raw, or hard to face — I know this territory from the inside. 

 

I am here to hold a space where it is not dangerous to be yourself.
Where you can explore, feel, and begin to find and express what is real for who you are becoming. 

 

I work online in Russian and English — and in person in Berlin for photo sessions.

 

If you feel that you are in a transition, and something in you is asking to be seen —
you are welcome to work with me. 

Academic 
Bachelor (2008) and Masters (2011) Degrees in Psychology (Moscow, Russia)

Professional trainings 
1-year programme in Expressive Arts Therapy (Moscow, Russia) 
Dynamics of Deep Transformation (Advanced coaching diploma UK/Russia) 
1 year certification - Embodied Facilitator Course (UK) 
Embodiment Yoga teachers' training (UK/Germany)

1 year certification -  Holistic Movement Teachers Training (Austria)  

Other practices 
Mindfulness practitioner, attended 5 Vipassana 10-day courses, multiple retreats in India, Nepal, Thailand.   
Dancing Contact Improvisation since 2015