Virginia Petkova
Jungian Psychotherapist
Publications
This section presents a portfolio of translation projects and selected writings reflecting my professional interests at the intersection of analytical psychology, psychotherapy, and related fields.
Psychology Translation
Dream Wise
Lisa Marchiano, Deborah Stewart & Joseph Lee
A Jungian book on working with dreams, offering practical guidance for exploring dream images, personal symbolism, and the messages of the unconscious as part of psychological growth.
English → Bulgarian Translation
English edition: View publisher’s website
Bulgarian edition: View publisher’s website
Working with Patients with Disruptions in Symbolic Capacity
Mark Winborn
This article focuses on understanding and working with patients who have
poorly developed symbolic capacity, or for whom symbolic capacity has been
disrupted due to trauma, particularly as it pertains to the use of reverie and
interpretation in the analytic process.
English → Bulgarian Translation
English edition: View publisher’s website
Whispering at the Edges
Mark Winborn
An article exploring subtle forms of communication within analytical work, focusing on unconscious processes, emerging psychological material, and the nuances of the therapeutic relationship.
English → Bulgarian Translation
English edition: View publisher’s website
Kitchen Therapy
Charlotte Hastings
A book exploring cooking as a therapeutic and creative practice, examining the emotional, relational, and psychological meanings connected with food, preparation, and shared meals.
English → Bulgarian Translation
English edition: View publisher’s website
Bulgarian edition: Ongoing Project
The Colorless Canvas: Non-Representational States and Implications for Analytical Psychology
Mark Winborn
An article on non-representational states in which inner experience becomes difficult to symbolize or express, and their implications for analytical psychology and the therapeutic process.
English → Bulgarian Translation
English edition: --
War in the Consulting Room
Donald Kalsched
An article about the manifestations of trauma and dissociation within the therapeutic relationship, examining the protective functions of the psyche and the inner conflicts that emerge in analytical work.
English → Bulgarian Translation
English edition: View publisher’s website
Culinary Psychology
Stelios Kiosses, Beth Frates & Neil Rippington
An interdisciplinary academic book exploring the emerging field of culinary psychology, examining the complex relationships between food choices, psychological processes, health, sensory experience, and human behaviour.
English → Bulgarian Translation
English edition: View publisher’s website
Bulgarian edition: Ongoing Project
Stealth Wars:
Defenses in Analysis
Mark Winborn
An article exploring unconscious defensive processes within the analytic relationship and the subtle ways defenses influence the therapeutic encounter and clinical work.
English → Bulgarian Translation
English edition: View publisher’s website
Attack on Linking
Wilfred Bion
An influential psychoanalytic paper exploring the disruption of the capacity to connect thoughts, emotions, and experiences, and its implications for psychological development and the therapeutic process.
English → Bulgarian Translation
English edition: View publisher’s website
Selected Writings
The Soul of Bulgarian Cuisine: A Jungian Perspective
An exploration of Bulgarian culinary traditions as carriers of collective memory, cultural identity, and symbolic meaning, viewed through the perspective of analytical psychology.
Read more ...
Culinary Art Therapy: Embodied Symbols in Clinical Practice
A study of the kitchen as a therapeutic space, exploring cooking as an embodied creative process through which emotions, memories, and unconscious material can find expression and integration.
Read more ...
Food, Memory and Belonging
An exploration of the relationship between culinary heritage, memory, and identity, examining how food traditions shape our sense of belonging and connection across personal and cultural contexts.
Read more ...