Board of directors
Madlen Algafari – Managing Director of BINAP
Psychologist, psychotherapist, writer, theater director.
MA in psychology from the University of Sofia ‘St. Clement Ohridski’ in 1991, postgraduate specialization in Neo-Reichian analytic psychotherapy with Prof. Waldo Bernasconi in 1998 – Lugano, Switzerland. Author of 14 books and many podcasts. Member of the Bulgarian Neo-Reichian Association, member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – section ‘Psychology and pedagogy’, Member of the board of directors – Bulgarian Institute for body psychotherapy, member of The Bulgarian Association of psychotherapy, member of the European Association of Body psychotherapy, Honorary member of the American association of Body Psychotherapy.
From 2018 to 2022 – Editor in Chief of “International body psychotherapy Journal” – published by the European and United States Associations for Body psychotherapy and Somatic Psychology. Congress Chair of the 18th International Congress of the EABP – 6-10.09.2023 – Sofia.
Web site: www.madlenalgafari.com
Alexandra Algafari – Executive Director of BINAP
Alexandra Algafari is a psychologist and psychotherapist with nearly 10 years of clinical experience. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom, in 2014, followed by a Master’s degree from Marbella University, Spain, in 2015. In 2020, she completed her specialization in Neo-Reichian Analytical Psychotherapy at BINAP.
She is a member of the Bulgarian Neo-Reichian Psychotherapeutic Society and the European Association for Body Psychotherapy. She also serves on the Board of the Bulgarian Institute for Neo-Reichian Analytical Psychotherapy (BINAP).
Alexandra is the founder of JAYA Tribe, a personal development community and online platform, and the organizer of JAYA Fest, a festival dedicated to body-oriented psychotherapy and personal development held in Sofia.
She has appeared as a guest on numerous podcasts and also hosts her own podcast, Inside the Therapist’s Mind.