Prof. Orlin Todorov

Prof. Orlin Todorov is a psychotherapist and professor of public health with over 20 years of experience in the field of psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. He is among the first generation of Bulgarian psychoanalysts qualified according to the requirements of the International Psychoanalytical Association.

His clinical experience encompasses work with a broad spectrum of mental states and different levels of psychic functioning, including anxious, borderline, narcissistic and psychotic functioning. He has long-standing expertise in psychotherapeutic work with addictions, as well as with people with dual and multiple mental disorders.

A significant part of his professional work is devoted to the application of psychoanalytic thinking with children, adolescents and young people facing difficulties in psychic development, maturation and identity formation.

As a senior psychotherapist, consultant and supervisor of treatment teams, Prof. Todorov has developed expertise in the comprehensive care of mental health and in working with cases that require the integration of different professional and theoretical perspectives.

Clinical and scientific interests

• diagnosis and psychotherapy of panic and anxiety states;
• psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy;
• short-term psychoanalytic therapy in patients with dual and multiple disorders;
• psychotherapy for addictions;
• psychic development, maturation and identity formation in adolescents and young people;
• psychosomatic therapeutic approaches in patients with neurological, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, endocrine and other conditions;
• psychological counselling and psychotherapy for loss and traumatic experiences;
• public and mental health;
• theory and practice of psychoanalysis;
• supervision and work with professional and treatment teams.

Professional and academic activity

Prof. Todorov combines clinical practice with teaching, research and authorship. His professional interests are directed both towards individual psychic functioning and the psychotherapeutic process, as well as towards the broader questions of the organisation and quality of mental health care.

He is the author of books, edited volumes and scientific publications in the field of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, among which “Understanding and Interpretation in Psychoanalysis”, “Psychoanalysis. Fragments of a Thematic Introduction” and “Psychoanalysis in Bulgaria Here and Now”.

Professional memberships and qualifications

• Full member of the European Association for Psychotherapy and holder of a certificate for psychotherapeutic practice in the EU;
• member of the Bulgarian Association for Psychotherapy;
• member of the World Association for Dual Disorders;
• former member of the International Psychoanalytical Association;
• alumnus of Trinity College, Oxford.