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Zoia Turkovska, clinical psychotherapist, co-founder of APTC

Zoia Turkovska

Clinical psychotherapist, co-founder of the Association

  • Manchester
  • Ukrainian, English
  • 9+ years of practice
  • also online
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About

Zoia Turkovska is a clinical psychotherapist with over nine years of practice and a co-founder of the Association for the Prevention of Traumatic Childbirth. She practises in the United Kingdom and in Ukraine, working in Ukrainian and English.

Her work focuses on difficulties that persist: when life looks ordered from the outside while anxiety, emptiness, or the sense that something went wrong long ago remain underneath. Her main areas are psychological trauma, PTSD and complex trauma, alongside perinatal mental health — traumatic birth experience, postnatal depression and maternal exhaustion.

The approach is fitted to the person rather than the other way round: depending on what someone brings, that means Gestalt therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, schema therapy, EMDR and trauma-informed practice. The work goes beyond talking, into the body and the nervous system — where what is hard to put into words is held.

She sees clients individually and runs therapy groups for women. She is a UKCP-registered psychotherapist, works to the UKCP Code of Ethics, and is a member of GPTI and of the Complex Trauma Institute.

Within the Association she leads psychological support for women who have experienced traumatic birth, and develops educational material for perinatal mental health practitioners.

Areas of work

  • Psychological trauma, PTSD and complex trauma
  • Traumatic birth experience and medical trauma
  • Postnatal depression and maternal burnout
  • Maternal anger and guilt
  • Anxiety, depression and emotional exhaustion
  • Narcissistic trauma, unstable self-worth, inner emptiness
  • Abuse and emotional dependency in relationships
  • Loss, divorce and identity crisis
  • Childhood experience shaping adult life
  • Emigration and rebuilding a sense of ground

Formats and services

  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Women's therapy group
  • Therapy groups for women
  • Work with traumatic birth experience

Does not work with: Chemical dependency; Gambling addiction; Clients attending at someone else's request rather than their own.

Qualifications

Education 1

  • Master's degree in Psychology (qualified to lecture) — study programme in Counselling and Rehabilitation

    Institution
    Alfred Nobel University, Dnipro
    Year
    Document number
    M21 No. 001220
    Country
    Ukraine

Registrations and memberships 5

  • Document, UKCP registered psychotherapist, Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College, UK Council for Psychotherapy, 2026 View document

    UKCP registered psychotherapist, Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College

    UK Council for Psychotherapy
    Valid until
    Document number
    2011192600
    Country
    United Kingdom

    Verify

  • Document, UKCP registration, previous period, UK Council for Psychotherapy, 2025 View document

    UKCP registration, previous period

    UK Council for Psychotherapy
    Valid until
    Document number
    2011192600
    Country
    United Kingdom
  • Document, GPTI membership, Gestalt Psychotherapist Member, Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute, 2026 View document

    GPTI membership, Gestalt Psychotherapist Member

    Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute
    Valid until
    Country
    United Kingdom

    Verify

  • Document, GPTI membership, previous period, Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute, 2024 View document

    GPTI membership, previous period

    Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute
    Valid until
    Country
    United Kingdom
  • Document, Membership of the Association for the Prevention of Traumatic Childbirth, Association for the Prevention of Traumatic Childbirth, 2026 View document

    Membership of the Association for the Prevention of Traumatic Childbirth

    Association for the Prevention of Traumatic Childbirth
    Valid until
    Document number
    APTP/250125
    Country
    Ukraine

Certifications 14

  • Document, EMDR Standard Training, Part 1 (24 hours), EMDR Europe Association, trainer Dr Ines Santos, 2025 View document

    EMDR Standard Training, Part 1 (24 hours)

    EMDR Europe Association, trainer Dr Ines Santos
    Year
  • Document, EMDR Standard Training, Part 2 (8 hours), EMDR Europe Association, trainer Dr Ines Santos, 2026 View document

    EMDR Standard Training, Part 2 (8 hours)

    EMDR Europe Association, trainer Dr Ines Santos
    Year
  • Document, EMDR Basic Training, Part 3 (24 hours), EMDR Europe Association, trainer Dr Ines Santos, 2026 View document

    EMDR Basic Training, Part 3 (24 hours)

    EMDR Europe Association, trainer Dr Ines Santos
    Year
  • Document, Theory & Tools for Safe Trauma Therapy, Babette Rothschild — 12 CPD hours, Complex Trauma Institute, 2023 View document

    Theory & Tools for Safe Trauma Therapy, Babette Rothschild — 12 CPD hours

    Complex Trauma Institute
    Year
    Document number
    Babette Rothschild-IFMW-T991
    Country
    United Kingdom
  • Document, Safety & Stabilization Using Somatic Trauma Therapy, Babette Rothschild — 12 CPD hours, Complex Trauma Institute, 2024 View document

    Safety & Stabilization Using Somatic Trauma Therapy, Babette Rothschild — 12 CPD hours

    Complex Trauma Institute
    Year
    Document number
    Babette Rothschild-GETN-6HJT
    Country
    United Kingdom
  • Document, Meet the Author: Babette Rothschild's Books Discussion Event — 1 CPD hour, Complex Trauma Institute, 2024 View document

    Meet the Author: Babette Rothschild's Books Discussion Event — 1 CPD hour

    Complex Trauma Institute
    Year
    Document number
    Babette Rothschild-N3EN-B82S
    Country
    United Kingdom
  • Document, Introduction to the Rewind Technique, Dr David Muss — 2 CPD hours, Complex Trauma Institute and the International Association for Rewind Trauma Therapy, 2026 View document

    Introduction to the Rewind Technique, Dr David Muss — 2 CPD hours

    Complex Trauma Institute and the International Association for Rewind Trauma Therapy
    Year
    Document number
    AX4N-SBQK
    Country
    United Kingdom
  • Document, Introduction to Psychiatry (propaedeutics), special lecture course (30 hours), National Association of Gestalt Therapists of Ukraine, Ukrainian Gestalt Institute programme, 2024 View document

    Introduction to Psychiatry (propaedeutics), special lecture course (30 hours)

    National Association of Gestalt Therapists of Ukraine, Ukrainian Gestalt Institute programme
    Year
    Document number
    018
    Country
    Ukraine
  • Document, GPTI Conference 2024 — 7.5 CPD hours, Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute, 2024 View document

    GPTI Conference 2024 — 7.5 CPD hours

    Gestalt Psychotherapy & Training Institute
    Year
    Country
    United Kingdom
  • Document, Psychological support in wartime (25 hours), G. S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the NAES of Ukraine and Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, 2022 View document

    Psychological support in wartime (25 hours)

    G. S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the NAES of Ukraine and Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University
    Year
    Document number
    220445адм/335
    Country
    Ukraine
  • Document, Trauma-informed practice for perinatal professionals (10 hours), Association for the Prevention of Traumatic Childbirth, 2023 View document

    Trauma-informed practice for perinatal professionals (10 hours)

    Association for the Prevention of Traumatic Childbirth
    Year
    Document number
    ТІ-2311-002
    Country
    Ukraine
  • Document, Working with sexuality and intimacy in veterans, Lisova Poliana Resource Centre, 2024 View document

    Working with sexuality and intimacy in veterans

    Lisova Poliana Resource Centre
    Year
    Country
    Ukraine
  • Document, Conflicts During the War, online conference, psyFAQ psychological platform, 2023 View document

    Conflicts During the War, online conference

    psyFAQ psychological platform
    Year
  • Document, Mental Health Coaching for Ukrainian Community project, Human Transformation View document

    Mental Health Coaching for Ukrainian Community project

    Human Transformation
    Document number
    I/54859326

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