Oxana Bayer

September, 2024 – current Doctorate Studies at Institute of Social and Political Psychology, Kyiv (Dissertation thesis “Psychology of surviving Soviet repressions by Ukrainians”)

September 2023 – current Trauma Therapy, EMDR, NET at “UASOPTE” & ESTSS

November, 2019 – 2025 Existential Analysis Project, Ukrainian Umbrella Association of Psychotherapy and GLE, Kyiv

2006 Ph. D. Degree at Kharkiv Volodymyr Karazin University (Dissertation theses “Distinctive features of using the sense of humor as a coping behavior resource”)

2002 – 2005 post graduate at Dnipropterovsk Oles Honchar National University

1997 – 2002 Master’s Degree at Dnipropterovsk National University

Research interests:

psychology of trauma, collective trauma, intergenerational transmission of trauma, psychological legacy of Soviet epoch, qualitative research in psychology

Publications:

Bayer, O., Gemignani, M. (2024). Relational Changes in Ethnically Mixed Ukrainian-Russian Families Following Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: the Perspective of Female Partners. 2nd Conference Association of European Qualitative Researchers in Psychology, June 26th–28th, Milan, Italy. Abstract Book. С. 369–370.

Байєр, О. «Терапія гідності як метод паліативної психологічної допомоги» // Psychological Counseling and Psychotherapy, Випуск 20, 2023, С. 18–25.

Байєр, О.О. Інтерпретативний феноменологічний аналіз як якісний метод психологічного дослідження // Психологія і особистість, 2024, №1 (25), С. 195–208.

Байєр О., Баркова О., Грисенко Н. Недирективність, конгруентність та емпатія в клієнт-центрованій психотерапії як проблема дослідження // Форум психіатрії та психотерапії: збірка статей, 2021, С. 42–53.

Bayer, O., Krupskyi, O., Bondarenko, E. (2020). Subordinate evaluations of high-performance managers. Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 41 No. 7, С. 927–938.

Participation in research and practical events:

• 28 November 2024: Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius University, Center for Psychotraumatology, Lithuanian Association for Trauma Psychology, conference “Psychology and the War in Ukraine”, presentation: “Psychological Research in Ukraine During the War.”

  8–9 November 2024: NGO “Crisis Psychological Service of Dnipro and the Region”, “ProZHYTY” Space, All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference “Living Life During and After”, presentation: “Experience of Implementing a Volunteer Project in Military Psychology During the War.”

  26–28 June 2024: Second Conference of the European Association of Qualitative Researchers in Psychology, Milan, Italy, presentation: “Changes in Relationships within Ethnically Mixed Families Following Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Women’s Perspectives.”

  8 October 2024: International Scientific and Practical Online Conference “Socio-Psychological Support of the Individual in Conditions of Social Transformations”, Faculty of Psychology, Social Work and Special Education, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, presentation: “Features of Resilience in the Post-War Generation of Ukrainians (Based on the Example of World War II).”

  27 June 2022: Institute of Political and Social Psychology of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, roundtable “Extraordinary Event: Social, Psychological, and Societal Dimensions”, presentation: “Markers of a Traumatic Event in Narrative.”

Participation in Scientific, Research, and Training Grants:

November 2024: Vilnius University, Institute of Psychology, Center for Psychotraumatology — academic mobility.

November 2024 – April 2025: EASP, joint research grant “Social Exclusion and Institutional Trust among Ukrainian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons.”

June 2023: Scholarship to participate in the Biennial ESTSS Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

April – July 2024: FRESCO Scholarship at the University of Freiburg, research project “The Soviet Legacy in Ukraine.”

January – April 2022: Fulbright Visiting Scholar Grant, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA, research project “Qualitative Research in Psychology.”

Participation in Public / Volunteer Projects:

2014 – present: Psychological Crisis Service, Dnipro — volunteer (crisis psychologist).