Professional characteristics

Professional Profile

She has been working at the Faculty of Education, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica since 2010. In her teaching and research activities, she focuses on global education, the development of key competencies of social workers, and art therapy. In these areas, she also implements the service-learning strategy.

As part of her continuing professional development in global education, she has participated in several specialised workshops, including Global Education with Vanessa Andreotti from the University of British Columbia (2015), Facilitation and Conflict Resolution in Intercultural Settings with Dušan Ondrušek from PDCS (2016), and Indigenous Peoples and Development Cooperation with Tomáš Ryška from the University of Pardubice, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Department of Social Sciences (2016).

She has also collaborated on several projects, including the Pontis Foundation development education project Knowledge Makes Change, the project Global Education for 21st Century Universities (Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen; Živica; SlovakAid), the project Academics Actively and Practically (Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Technical University in Zvolen; Živica; SlovakAid), and the consortium project Development of Global Education Programmes at Teacher-Training and Non-Teacher-Training Universities (in cooperation with People in Need, CEEV Živica and PDCS, with financial support from SlovakAid).

In the field of art therapy, she completed a two-year accredited programme, Art-Based Intervention – Art Therapy in the Process of Socialisation, Re-education, Education and Treatment – 250 hours (2015–2016), accredited training in Art Therapy and Artefiletics (2019), and the workshop Deep Imagery with Eligio Stephen Gallegos, PhD, affiliated with the International Institute for Visualization Research in the USA (2016). She also completed postgraduate training in Art & Gestalt – 84 hours (2023–2025).

In 2016–2017, she participated in the Comenius Institute educational programme for educational leaders in Slovakia. In 2017, she successfully helped the Faculty of Education at Matej Bel University receive the Vnímavá škola (“Sensitive School”) Award.

Her additional professional education and training includes Psychological First Aid, Slovak Red Cross (2025); Collaboration in Multidisciplinary Teams through Social-Psychological Training, Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology (VÚDPaP) – 120 hours (2025–2026); and Crisis Intervention in Schools during Emergencies and Mitigating Their Impact on Students, Teachers and Parents, Institute for Personal Development – 50 hours (2026). The latter consisted of three parts: an intensive course on working with therapeutic cards; crisis intervention in schools in cases of natural disasters, terrorist attacks, the death of a teacher or student, and road traffic accidents; and crisis intervention in schools in cases of a student’s suicidal intent and following a suicide at school.

In her teaching and professional practice, she addresses topics that promote personal development, self-awareness and critical thinking, shape attitudes towards understanding vulnerable groups, and contribute to the prevention and reduction of extremism.

She is a member of the Association of Social Work Educators, Chair of the Association of Slovak Art Therapists, and a member of the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award team at Matej Bel University. She also works as a mentor for the Vnímavé školy (“Sensitive Schools”) programme.

Throughout her professional career, she has participated in the organisation of numerous conferences, professional seminars and events.

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