Dr Slavova MD (MA, Sofia), Specialist Psychiatrist (BG, SA) has extensive experience as a psychiatrist practicing in both Europe and South Africa.
Her training and practice are in the tradition and spirit of European school of psychiatry, psychology and philosophy. Her basic medical degree is from Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria followed by two obtained specialities of psychiatry from Bulgaria and South Africa. Her clinical experience includes completing courses and visits at Liverpool University, United Kingdom; Medical School, Budapest, Hungary; Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany; William James Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Lundbeck Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as the attendance of numerous symposia and congresses on different psychiatric topics.
She holds registrations with the Health Professional Council of South Africa; Royal College of Psychiatry, United Kingdom and Ministry of Health, Bulgaria.
Dr Slavova occupied academic positions at Medical Academy, Sofia and Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. She also participated in work and research for the World Health Organisation (WHO). She has been in private practice for more than two decades.
Dr Slavova’s clinical interest lies in the area of affective disorders: anxiety disorders, depressive disorders and bipolar affective disorders. Beside the challenge of correct and early diagnosis her therapeutic approach is multifaceted – biological, psychotherapeutic, social and educational. Taking an existential approach, she places the ability of the individuals to establish their own meaning of existence as a major factor in preventing, coping and recovering from the affective disorder.
Dr Slavova is particularly interested in two aspects of human functioning: firstly, in the context of contemporary lifestyles, the emotional and behavioural response to difficult/different life circumstances (including adjustment disorders, burnout, identity crisis) and, secondly, the effect of repressed feelings on emotional health. She has a special interest in creativity and mental disorders.
