I am Ksenia Trefilova
I am a trauma therapist, founder, migrant, advisor, and dog owner.
My story
After 10 years in international business I went back to university and retrained as a therapist. I wanted to help myself—and help people figure things out. Life is messy and interesting, and I’ve learned that the same tools that heal an individual can also unblock a company.
I started as someone who moved countries and had to figure out who I was all over again. That experience taught me that our brains like familiar things, but sometimes the unfamiliar is exactly what we need.
As a therapist, I see how people get stuck in patterns that made sense once but don’t anymore. In business, I see how companies do the same thing. The solutions are surprisingly similar.
Education as a Way of Life
Bachelor’s degree in Education (Moscow State Pedagogical University), postgraduate studies in Psychology (East European Institute of Psychoanalysis)
Training in Trauma and Addiction Therapy (InSight Gestalt Therapy, USA)
Training in Supporting People Leaving Cults and Rebuilding Their Identity (American Association)
Training in Emotional Integration and Psychoactive Substances (ICEERS, Spain)
🧭 Trainings with Vaan Dan Kampenhaut, Denis Sennikov, Maria Brazgovskaya, Alfried Längle
My articles are published in Psychologies.ru
What I do
- Therapy
I support people through emotional clarity, somatic work and systemic insight (CBT, EMDR, existential analysis, gamification of L&D).
- Business Psychology
I help leaders understand how their inner world drives, blocks or collapses business behavior, leadership, and results.
- Writer & Educator
Share what I learn about psychology and technology
- Entrepreneur & Product Thinker
I build human-centered tools (like PeopleWhoThink) to empower people through connection to their emotions.
What I believe
People Try Their
Best
sense, there’s usually a good
reason behind it.
Simple Usually
Works
ones that feel obvious once you
see them.
Context Matters
or situation might not work
in another.
Therapy & Healing
- How trauma shows up in daily life
- Working with the body, not just the mind
- Helping people integrate big experiences
- Understanding unconscious patterns
Business & Psychology
- How people make work decisions
- What motivates teams to perform
- How emotions shape company culture
- How to build trust in organizations
When I'm Not Working
I’m probably reading about consciousness, ancestral wisdom and love novels, walking in the woods, or having long conversations about why humans do the things they do with my dog. I think the best work comes from staying curious about life outside of work.
Want to work together?
Healing or building? I’d love to be part of your journey!