Vice-President ITSP

Cristina Schmidt

Psychotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor, Trainer and Coach
  • Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Bucharest.
  • Specialist Psychotherapist, Trainer, Supervisor, and Coach.
  • Award winner of the 2024 Zerka Moreno Award, presented by the ASGPP (American Society of Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama).
  • Creator of the Ancestral Integration Model™ (AIM: An Innovative Experiential Framework for Transgenerational Psychodrama) and the Axis Genodrama Model™ (AGM: A Single-Axis Genodrama Model).
  • Award Winner of the University of Bucharest Senate Award for “Associate Professor of the Year”, Social Sciences category, 2019.
  • Founding Member of the Institute of Transgenerational Studies and Practices (the association is an ASGPP member and is listed among its training providers).
  • Member of the ASGPP Executive Council and Chair of the ASGPP International Committee.
  • Board Member of the Karing Foundation.
  • Speaker at international conferences and congresses (over 30 to date), and facilitator of transgenerational psychotherapy courses and groups in Romania, the USA, Japan, Italy, Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Switzerland, China, and Bulgaria.
  • Creator of the first Transgenerational Psychotherapy Training Program, comprising over 45 modules (Basic, Advanced, Mastery, and Masterclass).
  • Has been actively practicing psychotherapy since 1997.
  • Creator of numerous programs and facilitator of psychotherapy and personal development groups focused on psychogenealogy and related topics, including: Transgenerational Grief, Family Secrets, Impostor Syndrome, Anger Management, Your Body Speaks, Emotional Intelligence, Relational Intelligence, Life Script, and more.
  • Delivered over 10,000 hours of training for national and multinational companies.
  • Between 2011 and 2012, served as a partner in the International Souldrama Institute team, facilitating workshops for various groups at universities in Jakarta, Salatiga, and Denpasar.
  • Founding Member of the Romanian Society for Transactional Analysis (SRAT), where she has served as Vice President for over 15 years, as well as the International Transgenerational Therapy Association and the Bucharest Psychological Counseling Association.
  • https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1138-3134