Svetoslav Kirilov

Therapeutic Director

Svetoslav has a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology (New Bulgarian University). He is a consultant in cognitive-behavioural therapy. He has been trained in: the model of Therapeutic Community for Addicts in CEIS Italy and Phoenix Haga, Norway; telephone and Internet consultations in Trimbos Institute, the Netherlands; MMPI-2 and IPDE diagnostics. He speaks Russian.

He has been working in Solidarnost Rehabilitation Program since 2006 and for several years has been a team leader.
He has also worked as a consultant on the National Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling Helpline. Currently, he is a psychologist and director of the Rehabilitation Program.

Svetlana Nikolova

Social Work Assistant, Coordinator of National Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling Helpline

She is a social work assistant and has been working as an assistant in Solidarnost Rehabilitation Program since August 2007. Since April 2008, she has also been working as a consultant on the National Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling Helpline.

She has been trained in telephone and Internet consultancy in Trimbos Institute, the Netherlands, and in the model of therapeutic community of addicts in Spain. She speaks English. She is a coordinator of the team of the National Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling Helpline.

Dilyana Bondokova

Clinical Psychologist

Dilyana has a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology (SU “St. Climent Ohridski”). In November and December 2013, she was a trainee in Solidarnost Rehabilitation Program and, from March 2014 to September 2020, she worked as a consultant at the National Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling Helpline. Since 2017, she has been working as a psychologist in Solidarnost Program.

She received a special training in telephone and internet consulting and a base level training in Motivational Interviewing. She speaks English fluently.

Antonia Antonova

Psychologist, National Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling Helpline Consultant

Antonia has a bachelor’s degree in psychology (New Bulgarian University) and has specialized in art therapy and occupational therapy at Veliko Tarnovo University. She is currently training in the psychodrama method.
She has been working as a consultant for the National Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling Helpline since 2023. She also has been trained to work with Euro ASI (European Addiction Assessment Index) and ADAD 2 (European Adolescent Assessment Dialogue).

She speaks English and Spanish.

Assia Petrova

Psychologist, National Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling Helpline Consultant

She has a Master’s degree in psychology and is positive psychology consultant. She has studied personality disorders, psychopathology, family therapy and crisis interventions in the positive psychology paradigm. She is currently undergoing training in Master’s level for a Positive Psychotherapist. Since June 2023, she has been a psychologist at the National Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling Helpline.