Psychology Department

Nizhny Novgorod University

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

email: boolga@yandex.ru

During the 2003-2004 academic year Olga Bondarenko was a visiting scholar at The George Washington University associated with the Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning. Her visit to the USA was sponsored by the Junior Faculty Development Program, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. At GWU she was associated with the Department of Counseling/Human and Organizational Studies. Her mentor was Professor Chris Diane Erickson.

After graduating from the Psychology Department of Moscow Lomonosov University in 1977, she has been specializing in counseling based on the person-centered approach. Mrs. Bondarenko developed and supervised a training program for students in psychology counseling. In 1995 Olga Bondarenko completed Level 1 of the Person-Centered Expressive Art Therapy training program with Natalie Rogers.

In the Nizhny Novgorod State University she teaches the following courses: General Psychology, Counselling and the Foundations of Psychotherapy, History of Psychotherapeutic Theory and Practice, Client-centered Psychotherapy, Expressive Arts Psychotherapy, Group Psychotherapy, Psychology of Communication, and Psychology of Personality. She also practices individual and group therapy for people in professional fields such as teaching, management, and television broadcasting.

At the Carl R. Rogers Symposium 2002 in San Diego, CA, she presented her paper “Person-Centered Expressive Arts Therapy in Counseling Education: Problems and Possibilities”.

read Olga Bondarenko’s Resume.

Publications:

Books

• “Culture and Technique of Psychological Counselling,” Nizhny Novgorod, 2000, 59 pages.
• “Carl Rogers’ Discoveries in the Works of Russian Classic Literature,” Counsellors Practice, Nizhny Novgorod, 1998, 66 pages.

Articles

• “Client Centered Therapy in Russia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” (to be published in summer 2004).
• “Psychology of Children-Parents Relationships,” Methodical Instructions for Students,Nizhny Novgorod, 1996, 25 pages.
• “Foundations of Professional Communication,” Methodical Instructions for Students,Nizhny Novgorod, 1993, 26 pages.
• “Psychotherapeutic Opportunities from the Lessons of Russian Classic Literature,” Journal of Practical Psychologist, # 1, Moscow, 1998, pp 76-89.
• “The Wise Ignorance of the Psychologist,” (Experience in education of counsellors),  Journal of Practical Psychologist, # 7, Moscow, 1998, pp 54-59.
• “Emotional Freedom as a Condition and Result of Non-violent Communication,” Journal of Practical Psychologist, # 7, Moscow, 2000, pp 39-54.