Psychologist; Doctor of Psychology; Assistant Professor at the Psychology Department, TSU Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (concentration on personality and clinical psychology); Masters degree in consulting psychology and Bachelor’s degree in general psychology. In 2008-2013 she received research and academic scholarships at the University College of London (Great Britain), as well as at the Universities of Leuven (Belgium) and Towson (USA).  She holds a scholarship from the Heinrich Boell Foundation and actively cooperates with the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia as an expert in psychology.  Research areas: psychology of personality and individual differences; stress and strategies to overcome stress; emotional and social intelligence; personal dispositions associated with emotions.