"Adina has the unique ability of stimulating people's confidence to a level where they can truly realise their own potential" K. B. 2003 | "I found Adina very inspiring and very honest" D.T. 2003 | "Adina cumulates personal business experience, education in psychology and a wide cross cultural experience which not many coaches have". A.S. 2009 | "Excellent facilitator. Very effective style" A.D. 2005 | "Adina is an asset to this organisation". M.M.L. 2003 | "A pleasure to work with!". M.B. 2002
 
 
EDUCATION:

  • MSc Business Psychology with Merit - dissertation on Executive Coaching from a Complex Evolving Systems perspective - London
  • MBA International Trade - Paris
  • BA Clinical Psychology - Bucharest


Commitment to Professional Development

My commitment to professional development is reflected in the sustained attendance of a wide variety of training events – covering business, HR, psychology, coaching and scientific advancement topics - which all contribute to ensure a high quality of services by keeping me up to date with the latest information and research.

Professional Training and Development Log

2010:

  • "Coaching CEO and the Board" - January - evening - APECS.
  • "Role of coaching in organisations" - January - half day, Academy for Executive Caoching.
  • "Social media and coaching practice" - January - 1 hour, ICF.
  • "Role of Business Psychology in HR" - January - evening - ABP.
  • "Confidentiality dilemmas in coaching practice" - February - evening, APECS.
  • "Genetics and future treatments" - evening, February, RSM.
  • "Postgraduate conference in Business Psychology" - 1 day, March, University of Westminster.
  • "Role play as a developmental tool"- evening, March, Consulting Tools.
  • "Coaching with the brain in mind" - evening, March, APECS.
  • "Developing and supporting Manufacturing" - evening, March, Royal Society of Arts.
  • "Obliquity" - evening, March, Royal Society of Arts.
  • "The perception of Time" - evening, March, with Philip Zimbardo, RSA.
  • "The role of story telling in social identity" - presentation, April, RSA.
  • "The tyranny of social guilt" - presentation, April, RSA.
  • "Content strategy, Manhattan style" - evening, April, The Book Club.
  • "The unforeseen cost of anarchy" - presentation, May, RSA.
  • "Addictive behaviours" - 1 day conference, May, Royal Society of Medicine.
  • "British and East European Psychology Group", May, 1/2 day conference, host University of Westminster
  • "Growth in times of downturn" - May, evening, ABP
  • "Transpersonal coaching" - Practitioners Forum, APECS, June, afternoon
  • "Approaches in group coaching supervision" - Practitioners forum, APECS, July afternoon
  • "Selection of coaching" - Practitioner Forum, APEC, August, afternoon
  • "Coaching with the brain in mind" - NLI, September, afternoon
  • "Developing professional standards and PDP" - APECS Members Board Advisory Team, September

2009:

  • "Coaching on the boundary with clients with unusual behaviour" - January (evening), APECS.
  • "Thinking styles" - accreditation training, 1 day, January, Consulting Tools.
  • "Freud and coaching psychology" - lecture, January, Meyler Campbell.
  • "Get your book published" - training, 1 day, January, School for Personal and Professional Development.
  • "Clinical neuro-science" - evening, February, Royal Society of Medicine.
  • "Dark Forces at work: in childhood, adolescence, adulthood, groups and organisations" - 5 days, March to June, IGA.
  • "Certificate in brief solution focussed approach in coaching" -certification training, 2 days- March - Brief.
  • "Innovation in surgery" - lecture/evening - March, Royal Society of Medicine.
  • "Anatomy of a reel" - evening/trainig - March - Sundance Film Festival.
  • "Script writing" - training - 2 days - March, Raindance Film festival.
  • "Team Coaching" - D. Clutterbuck - evening, March, APECS.
  • "Autism"- 1 day conference, March, Royal Society Of medicine.
  • "Coaching; part of leadership T&D" - evening, April, APECS.
  • "Use of dreams in team dynamics" - IGA - 1 1/2 days - April.
  • "Coaching Bowl" - coachign masterclass, Meyler Campbell, April, evening.
  • "Coaching, part of leadership T&D" - afternoon, April, APECS.
  • "Coaching and HR", afternoon, April, APECS.
  • "Movement disorders" - RSM, evening, April.
  • "Lord Darzi, annual lecture" - evening, April, Royal Society of Medicine.
  • "Neurosurgical techniques" - evening, May, Royal Society of Medicine.
  • "Future of neurology" - evening, June, Royal Society of Medicine.

2008:

  • "The war for talent", with Sir Ken Robinson, Masterclass, half day, January, London Business Forum
  • "Engineering cultural change in entrenched environments", with Paul Brewerton, January (half day) ABP
  • Business psychology post gradute conference, February, (1 day) University of Westminster
  • "Embracing excellence, AC International conference, March (2 days) Association for Coaching
  • "Solution Focused Coaching", training, March (2 days) Brief
  • "Psychotherapy and Liberation", May, (3 days) The institute of Group Analysis
  • "Solution focused team coaching", training, May, (1day) Brief
  • "Advancements in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder", (1 day) conference, The Royal Society of Medicine
  • "Celebrating 60 years of NHS" (half day) May, Royal Society of Medicine
  • "Losing my virginity" with Sir Richard Branson, (half day) May, London Business Forum
  • "Darkness and light", workshop, (evening) June, Association for Coaching.
  • "Heartworks" Innovation series, (evening),The Royal Society of Medicine, June.
  • "NHS Diamond celebration", (evening),The Royal Society of Medicine, July.
  • "Creativity and Innovation in organisations", ABP, evening, July
  • "Academy of Executive Caoching" Conference - 1 day - September, AoEC.
  • "Quality-Innovation- European Integration"- 3 days - Conference, September, Academy of Economic Sciences (ASE- Romania)
  • "Resolving conflict; solution focused approach" - 1 day - training, September, Brief.
  • "ICF UK Conference", 1 day, October, ICF
  • "Neuroscience for Coaches", (evening), October, AC
  • "Neurology of emotions", (evening), November, RSM
  • "Coaching the Executive Bully", (afternoon), November, APECS
  • "Snakes in Suits", Annual Lecture, (evening), November, Meyler Campbell
  • " Psychopaths in the boardroom",Masterclass ( half day), November, Meyler Campbell
  • "Health, Wellbeing and lifestyle", workshop, (afternoon), November, StressScan training, Consulting Tools.
  • "Be The Change" Symposium, (1 day), December, about global issues of environmental and social resoinsibility.
  • Latest CT Scan, Innovation series, (evening), December, RSM
  • European Conference of Special Group for Coaching Psychology (1 day) December, SGCP, BPS.

2007:

  • A systems approach in Executive Coaching, January (half day) APECS
  • NLP Diploma, February, (4 days) The Coaching Academy
  • The frontier of Coaching and Leadership, with Sir John Whitmore, February (half day) APECS.
  • The Lucifer Effect, with Philip Zimbardo, April, (half day), BPS
  • ABP Conference, May (3 days) Association of Business Psychologists
  • Using Business Psychology to improve Financial Perfomance, May (half day) ABP
  • City co-coaching Forum, August (half day), Association for Coaching.
  • Accelerator day, September, (1 day), towards Diploma in Corporate and Executive Coaching, The Coaching Academy.
  • Can managers be effective coaches?, September (half day), workshop series, Association for Coaching.
  • Powerful Presentations with Steve McDermott, September (half day), London Business Forum.
  • In search of excellence with Tom Peters (half day) September, London Business Forum.
  • Accelerator day, October, (1 day), towards Diploma in Corporate and Executive Coaching, The Coaching Academy.
  • Being an inspired coach, October, (half day) Association for Coaching.
  • Business coaching for corporate Execs, November (half day), Association for Coaching
  • Wellness Coach Accreditation Programme, November, (5 days), WellKom Corporate Services

2006:

  • MSCEIT, February, (1 day) , MHS
  • MMPI-2, February, (1 day) , MHS
  • Certificate in Personal coaching, February, (2 days) , The Coaching Academy
  • Directive vs. Non directive approach in coaching, May, (half day), APECS
  • Setting up an Internal coaching program, March, (half day), APECS,
  • Society on the edge suite, Jan. to June, (5 days), IGA : society/groups/families/individuals on the edge.
  • Technologies for working with groups, Conference, February, (1 day), University of Westminster.
  • Myths and beliefs in the East and West, January, (half day) IGA
  • Renaissance Man, February, (half day), ABP
  • Becoming an effective Supervisor, Masterclass, June, (2 days), Centre for supervision training.
  • Social Intelligence, with Daniel Goleman, September (half day), London Business Forum.

2005:

  • Special Group of Coaching Psychology Conference, December, (2 days) , BPS
  • Coaching as inquiry, November, (half day) APECS
  • Solution focused coaching (based on Brief therapy method ) (2 days) September, Brief
  • ABP Conference, (3 days)
  • HR Forum Ashridge ( 3 days ) January
  • AMCI Conference (2 days) March

2004:

  • Level A and B psychometrics, 6 days (currently working towards B+), Psytech Int. U.K.
  • MBTI and Bar-On EQ (5 days) ,Joopy von Rooen Pty. Ltd., South Africa,
  • CNT, (1 day) , Joint prosperity SA
  • JTI, V&M, 15FQ, ( 2 days) Psytech Int., U.K.
  • Coaching skills (2 days) , Syndicate training
  • HR Conference University of Westminster , May (2 days)
  • A meeting of minds SHL Aug.-Oct., suite of seminars “A meeting of minds”, ( 2 days) : 12/08 The Value of objective assessments, 8/09 Importance of personality at work, 29/09 Competency profiling and analyses, 14/10 Practicing HR in a dynamic culture.

2004:

  • Level A and B psychometrics, 6 days (currently working towards B+), Psytech Int. U.K.
  • MBTI and Bar-On EQ (5 days) ,Joopy von Rooen Pty. Ltd., South Africa,
  • CNT, (1 day) , Joint prosperity SA
  • JTI, V&M, 15FQ, ( 2 days) Psytech Int., U.K.
  • Coaching skills (2 days) , Syndicate training
  • HR Conference University of Westminster , May (2 days)
  • A meeting of minds SHL Aug.-Oct., suite of seminars “A meeting of minds”, ( 2 days) : 12/08 The Value of objective assessments, 8/09 Importance of personality at work, 29/09 Competency profiling and analyses, 14/10 Practicing HR in a dynamic culture.

2003:

  • Birkman, (3 days) Right Coutts, London
  • CIPD Conference (2 days)
  • Belbin ( 1 days) U.K./SA
  • Institute of Group Analyses (IGA) suite of workshops with different topics 2003-2004: (4 days) Subjects: Leadership and war, Supervision in a psychodynamic environment, Group therapy with mental health clients, Art as diagnostic and therapeutic tool.

2002:

  • Career guidance methodologies, (6 days) Right Management, DBM,