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Varvara Melaniia
Volokyta
Psychologist | Trainer

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Gdansk

About Me
Education
Psychologist and trainer with a
2018-2022 Performing Arts
strong background in human rights
and child protection. I have been Luhansk State Academy of Culture
engaged in the NGO sector since and Arts
childhood, influenced by a family
2022-2024 Psychology
background in human rights
advocacy. Between 2014 and 2018, I Luhansk Taras Shevchenko
completed multiple training
National University
programs on child and human rights,
including an international program
Language
with Save the Children in Albania,
and since 2018 I have been working Ukrainian
as a trainer in this field. English Belarusian
In 2022, I had the opportunity to Polish Russian
represent the voices of children and
youth from Ukraine, raising
awareness of the challenges they
Skills
face during the war. I bring both Psychosocial support (MHPSS)
professional and personal Facilitation of group sessions
experience of internal displacement Individual psychological counseling
Training design and delivery
and migration, which strengthens my Human rights & child protection education
commitment to working in this field Needs assessment
and supporting affected Program development & implementation
Working with adolescents and youth
communities. I am a responsible and Resilience-building approaches
empathetic professional, motivated Communication & interpersonal skills
to contribute to meaningful, people- Empathy and active listening
Conflict-sensitive approach
centered programs. Adaptability in crisis contexts
Cross-cultural communication
 Varvara Melaniia
Volokyta
Psychologist | Trainer

Work Experience

2022-2026 Women's Consortium of Ukraine
2023-2026 TolerSpace
Psychologist | Trainer
Psychologist | Trainer
Launched and coordinated a psychosocial
Facilitated group sessions for adolescents, support project in a safe space for children
supporting peer connection, emotional well- and families affected by war.
being, and development of soft skills. Designed and facilitated a resilience-building
Provided individual psychological counseling course for internally displaced people,
to teenagers facing war-related stress and supporting adaptation to new environments
everyday challenges. and development of self-support skills.
Contributed to the design and Delivered training programs for teachers and
implementation of the camp program, psychologists on providing psychological
focused on resilience, self-support skills, and support to children and adolescents.
social connection. Conducted trainings both offline (including
Worked with participants both from Ukraine de-occupied areas of Kyiv and Chernihiv
and abroad, fostering communication and regions) and online, reaching participants
relationship-building across diverse from frontline areas and those displaced
experiences. abroad.
Supported a safe and inclusive environment Facilitated group sessions as part of a
for adolescents to process experiences mobile psychological support team,
related to war and displacement. providing psychosocial support in
Conducted feedback collection and needs emergency settings.
assessments among participants to improve Conducted needs assessments to identify
future program design and camp psychosocial needs and inform program
organization. design.