Simona Potorac

My specialized training

- 1998 - Bachelor's degree - Faculty of Sociology - Psychology specialization Psychology - Spiru Haret University Bucharest;
- 2006 - Graduated from the Master's degree in Human Resources Management in Public Administration - George Bacovia University, Bacau;
- Psychologist with the right to free practice in the specialty of clinical psychology - specialist;
- Psychologist with the right to free practice in the specialty of psychological counseling - autonomous practitioner;
- Psychologist with the right to free practice in the field of applied psychology in the field of national security - principal;
- Psychologist registered in the TSA Register with the right to practice in the provision of psychological services for people diagnosed with disorders on the autistic spectrum.

Courses, training courses and certifications

- 1996 – Psycho-social assistance course in the Knowledge specialty for people in difficulty organized by S.C. Apostolescu S.N.C. Bacau;
- 2007 - Continuing professional training Cognitive-behavioral interventions, Fundamentals - course organized by the College of Psychologists in Romania and the Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies in Romania;
- 2011 - Continuing professional training Therapeutic news in the treatment of depression - course organized by the Romanian Association of Clinical Hypnosis, Relaxation and Ericksonian Therapy;
- 2018 – Volunteer activity at the Bacau County Emergency Hospital - Psychiatry department;
- 2019 - Training session - Unitary Conflict Management organized by S.O.S. Children's Villages;
- 2019 - The continuing training course Clinical psychological evaluation of the abused/neglected child organized by the Expert Psy Association;
- 2019 - Advanced training course for career guidance counselor organized by the Ministry of Labor and Social Justice, Ministry of National Education;
- 2021 - Advanced course in speech therapy techniques organized by Confident Training&Consulting;
- 2021 - Continuous professional training Evaluation methods and techniques, psychodiagnosis and specific intervention - cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for children with ASD - course organized by the Association Institute for the Promotion of Experimental Psychology;
- 2022 – Continuous training program Evaluation and speech therapy in language disorders: pronunciation and lexicographically organized by the Phoenix Human Development and Communication Center Association.

Professional experience

2020 – until now: Psychologist at the Individual Psychology Office and Psychologist collaborating with psychology and psychiatry clinics – Bucharest

- psychological counseling for children, adolescents, adults - individual/couple;
- speech therapy - speech therapy assessment, speech therapy sessions;
- psychological assessment;
- ABA therapy - delay in different areas of development, ASD and related disorders;
- personal development and optimization;
- psychological assessment in the field of national security;
- counseling and vocational guidance;
- parental counseling.

2019 - 2020 - Psychologist – D.G.A.S.P.C. Bacau

- provides specialized services in the field of child/young person protection;
- psychological counseling;
- psychological assessment;
- informing the beneficiaries, in accordance with the mandatory minimum institutional standards.

2008 - 2019  - Psychologist in units – MapN and MAI

- psychological assessment of people who carry out activities under conditions of intense demand;
- preventive and primary psychological assistance;
- psychological preparation for specific missions;
- psychological counseling.

1997 – 1998  - Speech therapist – A.S.C.H.N. Bacau

- speech therapy assessment;
- speech therapy sessions in order to correct sounds, stimulate language;
- cognitive stimulation;
- development of reading and writing skills.

Personal competences and social skills

I am an open and sociable person, I easily establish relationships interpersonal and in the center of my professional concerns I have always placed the man, in all the complexity and beauty sa.
In the 25 years of my professional career in the field of psychology, I helped man to discover himself, to realize his potential adaptive and especially to see that he always has something beautiful offered.

Organizational skills

- organizational and planning capacity acquired as a result of coordinating a team of psychologists to carry out a study of organizational climate at national level, in the field of emergency situations;
- finding immediate solutions to urgent problems;
- spirit of initiative, dynamism and involvement.

Aspects regarding my fields of competence

Psychological counseling - focuses on self-knowledge and the optimal development of one's own resources. Through psychological counseling, I help you control a crisis situation and assist you to find a solution to your life problem.
Speech therapy - the specific activity of this field carried out by:
- speech evaluation;
- speech therapy (sound correction sessions, language stimulation, acquisition and development of skills reading-writing or mathematical calculation).
ABA Therapy - apply for skill development social, language and communication skills, improving attention, memory and concentration, the development of adaptive behaviors (TSA).
Vocational counseling - counseling helps you in this case to discover what skills and talents you have and what you can do with them; how you can build your own way by doing what you want likes and is passionate about you.
Personal development - the technique is applied for improving habits, behavior, reactions, actions (emotional development, increasing confidence in own strengths, recognition and healthy expression of own needs, developing communication skills).