Ivan Staroversky

At the age of 10 years old, Ivan got infected with the Mumps virus. It was summer and all of Ivan’s friends were outside playing and having fun. He had a strong desire to cure his illness and go have fun with this friends.

When Ivan asked his mother for an advice, she told him to think of the virus that he had as an intruder or a “bad guys” inside his body and that he must use his own army to defeat the “bad guys”. Without any doubts, strong desire and full belief in the story, Ivan made a firm decision to beat the bad guys inside his body. His method was simple - lie down and visualize a huge battlefield between the good army and the “bad guys”.  After intense visualization he got up and just continued his usual day. The next day the mumps symptoms disappeared without any complications.

At the age of 13 Ivan had a influenza infection. In the middle of the day he got very sick, with body temperatures of 39 °C, fatigue and headache. However, it was the day right before he had to go to a new school which he was very excited about. Strong desire and and previous experience of dealing with infections helped Ivan to recover the next morning without any signs of illness. Refreshed and recovered, Ivan was happy to see his new classmates and school.

At the age of 20, Ivan had a skin problem where red spots were appearing on his chest and neck. For most part it was a cosmetic discomfort which brought certain limitations to Ivan’s life. The skin problem had a strong correlation with his mood and body temperature. Unable to solve the problem through traditional cosmetic solutions, he examined the problem from the psychosomatic perspective. After intensive personal development, Ivan was able to overcome some of his psychological issues. As a result, the skin problem disappeared forever.

These experiences together with research in psychology led Ivan to the conclusion that most physical problems that people have are a result of their adaptation to the environment. Most problems can be cured through a holistic mind-body approach.

In 2002 Ivan joined a psychology program in York University and the continued his education at Baker College, USA.  Ivan did not remain focused on the purely academic aspect of human behavior, but actively looked for effective and efficient ways to improve the quality of living via mental training and personal development. In order to broaden his experience, Ivan complemented his formal education with numerous classes in personal development, leadership, motivational training, business and various psychology courses. As of 2010, Ivan's focus is on Neuro Linguistic Programmin, Positive Psychology, Solution Focused Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

• Current: Baker College - Department of Psychology

• Introduction to Psychotherapy - Center of NLP-technology. Moscow, Russia (2009)

• NLP-Symboldrama - Center of NLP-technology. Moscow, Russia (2009)

• Licensed NLP Trainer -  by Dr. Richard Bandler - NLP International - U.S.A. (2008)

• Certified OH-Cards Trainer - U.S.A. (2008)

• Certified Design Human Engineering -  by Dr. Richard Bandler - NLP International - U.S.A. (2007)

• The Key Method Trainer - certified by Dr. Hasai M. Aliev - Stress Center - Moscow, Russia (2007)

• Licensed NLP Master Practitioner -  by Dr. Richard Bandler - NLP International - U.S.A. (2006)

• NLP Practitioner - certified by Charles Faulkner, Steve Andreas - NLP Comprehensive - U.S.A. (2004)

• York University - Department of Psychology - Toronto, Canada. (2002)

Professional Affiliations:

• Member of National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists

• Member of American Psychological Association

• Member of International Association of Counselors & Therapists

Some of Ivan's teachers include leading national and international authors:

Dr. Richard Bandler is an American author on modern psychological techniques. He is best known as the co-inventor (with John Grinder) of Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), a collection of concepts and techniques intended to understand and change human behavior patterns. He also developed other systems known as Design Human Engineering (DHE) and Neuro Hypnotic Repatterning (NHR).

Ivan's personal life:

Fully devoted to his professional goals, Ivan remains active in personal development, psychology, science and sports. He strongly believes that practicing his teachings himself is the best basis for teaching personal development.

Ivan is passionate about learning and constantly updates his knowledge skills through college courses, seminars, workshops, audio books, training videos, podcasts, books and other sources of information.