CURRENT MISSION

inner depths explorer

ABOUT ME

I am a psychiatrist and a therapist, specialize in personality disorders and suicide. I do some private practice, and also perform research in one of major state psychiatric research institutes.

I am happily married and have a little daughter.

I am a vegetarian and I believe we all are compassionate beings by our nature.

among recreation activities I prefer reading and listening to music most of all; also I like chess playing and chinese tea ceremony (pin cha).

I like outdoor activity and athletics: jogging, bicycle riding, mountaineering, etc. spent some time in martial arts in the past, but did not practice for a long time.

I can't say I am a very easy-going person: I mostly prefer a serene and profound tete-a-tete to a rattling party.

I believe in One God, though I am sure there are many different ways to describe Him and pray Him: christian, jewish, hindu, buddhist, etc.

PHILOSOPHY

I am very happy in this life. and so I feel myself obliged to help others and to soothe pain of others to the extent my meager abilities allow; that's why I became a doctor and a psychologist.

in my travels I search to learn. I hope that knowledge obtained would make be wiser and better at helping others.

I regard world religions as sources of wisdom that would help me perform my duties; and so I am eager to know more about the spiritual traditions of different peoples and countries.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

i love deeper experience of country culture that couchsurfing provides.

Interests

psychology, psychotherapy, medicine, psychoanalysis, religion, culture, philosophy, travel, arctic north, india, mountaineering, backpacking, music, cows, XX century, psychedelia, psychiatry, meditation, prayer, ecology, shamanism, Asia, local customs, bicycle, sociology, tradition, pacifism, vegetarian, tea culture, children, family, compassion

• arts
• culture
• folklore
• performing arts
• ethics
• vegetarian
• yoga
• meditation
• partying
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• music
• outdoor activities
• backpacking
• mountaineering
• hinduism
• martial arts
• ecology
• medicine
• psychology
• religion
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: dub, irish folk, Sinead O'Connor, Alina Orlova, Sergei Starostin, Bjork

Books: I read a lot, it's really impossible to list everything deserving to mention. among favourites - J.Kerouac "Dharma Bums", E.Junger "Strahlungen", V.Pelevin "Generation P"

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

met my wife

Teach, Learn, Share

I would be happy to share some knowledge and talk on the topics:
- psychology,
- psychiatry,
- suicide,
- general medicine,
- chess! (I love to play this wonderful game),
- tea knowledge and tea ceremony;

to learn:
- hindi,
- children upbringing,
- religious ethics,
- local stories and customs,
- mythology,
- legends and fairy tales,
- yoga,
- tea knowledge and tea ceremony

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, Germany, Iceland, India, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kazakhstan, Russian Federation