Ihor Pohodin

Ihor Pohodin or Igor Pogodin (ukr. "Ігор Погодін"; born February 4, 1974, in Vitebsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian and Ukrainian psychologist, psychotherapist, candidate of psychological sciences, associate professor, director of the Gestalt Institute, leading coach and founder of Pogodin Academy, the Academy of Practical Psychology.
Education and training.
In 1991, he began studying at the Department of Psychology of the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus.
Since 1996, Pohodin was one of the founders of suicide in Belarus and became one of the creators of a comprehensive program for the prevention of suicidal behavior.
From 1999 to 2003, he worked in the special commission of the psychoneurological dispensary, which dealt with complex psychological and psychiatric examinations.
In 2002, at the National Institute of Education he defended his dissertation on psychology on "Psychological features of personality adaptation in conditions of relative social isolation."
From 2006 to 2009, he trained as a supervisor and teacher of Gestalt therapy at the Paris Gestalt School under Serge Ginger, as well as in the programs of the Los Angeles Association of Gestalt Trainers.
Gestalt Institute.
In the early 2000s, Ihor Pohodin founded the Gestalt Institute in Minsk, which is a member of the European Association of Gestalt Therapy (EAGT).
Pogodin Academy.
"Pogodin Academy" was founded on September 1, 2017, and combines educational and developmental programs online and offline provides the opportunity to receive education at three levels of training Gestalt therapists.
Pogodin continues his psychotherapeutic practice and is a leading trainer and teacher of Gestalt therapy.
Publications.
Ihor Pohodin is the editor-in-chief of the Bulletin of Gestalt Therapy and is also a member of the editorial board of the journals Topical Innovative Research: Science and Practice (Russia) and Theory and Practice of Psychotherapy (Canada).
Ihor is the author of more than 450 publications in peer-reviewed publications, as well as textbooks and monographs.