Doctor of Psychology, Professor. Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology of Tbilisi State University, majoring in Psychology (1985). Postgraduate studies in Psychology (1993). Doctor of Psychology (1994). Associate Professor (1995) and Associate Professor (2008) of TSU. Associate Professor of the Georgian University of St. Andrew the First-Called of the Patriarchate of Georgia (2013). Professor of the Georgian University of St. Tamar of the Patriarchate of Georgia (2021). Associate Professor of the Friesland College, Firda, Kingdom of the Netherlands (2022). Visiting Professor of the University of Groningen, Kingdom of the Netherlands (2025).
Founder of the Georgian-American Somatic Experience (SE) Trauma Institute (2023), member of the international society Modern Education and Research Institute and its coordinator in Georgia (2018). Full member and coordinator of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, a branch of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, APA in Georgia (2017).
Author of 7 monographs and about 50 scientific publications, both in Georgia and abroad.