Education:

• Secondary education: Secondary School “Anastasiya Dimitrova”, city of Pleven (1980)
• University education:
• Defectology, Specialty “Logopaedics /speech-language therapy/” (1991 – South-western University – Blagoevgrad)
• Pedagogy (1996 – Sofia University/SU/ “St.Kl. Ohridski”)
• Public Health and Health Management (2008, Medical University –Pleven)
• Scientific degree: Doctor in Clinical Psychology (2000 – High Attestation Commission /HAC/)

Occupied Positions:

• In educational system since 1984. Managerial position in educational system (1999 – 2001)
• Supervisor, trainer and consultant in social sphere (2001; 2010- till now)

Academic Positions:

• Senior assistant at Department “Special Pedagogy”, SU “St. Kl.Ohridski” (2002-2003)
• Chief assistant at Department “Special Pedagogy”, SU “St. Kl.Ohridski” (2004-2005)
• Assistant professor in Developmental Psychology and Pedagogical Psychology (2006 – High Attestation Commission /HAC/)
• Part-time lecturer - SU “St.Kl.Ohrdiski” (2006 – 2009)
• Head of Sector “Pedagogy and Psychology” (2009 -2014)
• Member of Carrier Development Center at Medical University – Pleven (2008 – 2013)
• Vice-chairman of Ethical Code Commission at Medical University – Pleven (2009 – 2013)
• Member of the audit team at Medical University - Pleven (2013- till now)
• Member of Scientific-methodological advice to Faculty “Public Health”, Medical University - Pleven
• Member of the Scientific Council for Medical and social activities to Medical University - Pleven

Specializations and Qualifications:

• First and second professional - qualification degrees ( SU “St. Kl.Ohridski”, 2000; Thracian University, 1998)
• Logo-psychology (SU “St. Kl.Ohridski”, 1996-1997)
• Pedagogy (SU “St. Kl.Ohridski”, 1996-1997)
• Logopaedics – speech-language therapy (SU “St. Kl.Ohridski”, 1993-1994)
• Positive psychotherapy (Varna, 1999)
• Work with PC (Pleven, 1994; MU, 2012)
• Certified internal auditor (BDS EN ISO 19011:2004, 19011:2011)
• Licensed training for the right of psychological methods’ application: HAWIK-R, D2, MMPI 2, STAI –Y, TAT, WCST, BVRT, RAVEN etc. (Sofia, 2009, 2015)
• Training in psychotherapy and psychological consultation –Transactional analysis (since 2011 till now, TSTA and TPSTA trainers)

 Lecturer’s Activity:

• Lecture courses: Psychology, Consultative and applied psychology, Psychology of abnormal development, Business psychology, Managerial psychology, Pedagogy, Children psychology and children pedagogy, Special pedagogy, Andragogy
• Manager of thematic post-graduate educational courses at Center for Post-graduate Education (CPGE) and UBK at Medical University – Pleven in the areas of pedagogy, andragogy and psychology
• Guest-lecturer

Scientific Interests:

• Problems connected with developmental psychology, social psychology and abnormal development psychology; psycho-diagnostics and therapy; psychological aspects of training in university education; motivation; psycho-oncology
• Publications: two monographs (2004, 2007), Co-author in a study at annual publication of SU (2005); author of four textbooks (2011, 2013, 2014); more than 100 scientific publications; participations in national and international conferences.

Participations in projects

• In one international project and nine  national projects financed by European structural funds in the social sphere, 
• One research project and three  academic projects financed by European structural funds.

Membership in scientific and public organizations:

• Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
• Society of Psychologists in Bulgaria
• Bulgarian Public Health Association
• EUPHA
• Bulgarian Association for Transactional Analysis
• European Association for Transactional Analysis
• Bulgarian Association in Psycho-oncology
• Member of Editorial Staff of magazine “Clinical and Consultative Psychology”

Contact Information:

Associate professor Silviya Tzvetkova

Office telephone: 064 664  171

e-mail: scvetkova@mu-pleven.bg