Arcadia Foundation

Dr. Anita Heste Ania Goldstein-Gabay

President of Foundation

anita.goldstein@arcadiafoundation.art

High School Diploma, American College Izmir/Turkey
Reconfirmation of high school diploma – Maturité of the University of Fribourg
Semiautomatic license; Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in clinical psychology from the University of Geneva
Doctor of Psychology (June 1980) – Dissertation in Re-education of Patients with Right Hemisphere Injuries; Florida Institute of Technology – School of Behavioral Sciences
Analysis training: in analysis with Prof. Dr. Medard Boss (founder of existential psychology) Zollikon/Zurich
1956-1961: Turkish elementary school in Izmir
1961-1969: Amerikanisches College in Izmir (Diplom)
1969: Maturité Fédérale (Baccalauréat) in Fribourg, Switzerland.
1969-1973: University of Geneva – Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (Institute of Piaget) (Student of J. Piaget, B. Inhelder, H. Sinclair and Ajuriaguerra)
1971: Trainee in the Izmir psychiatric clinic.
1973: 3 months as an intern at the Service Medico-Pedagogique in Lausanne and 3 months as assistant to Miss Renée Delafontaine, School for Children with Down Syndrome in Lausanne
1973-1974: As a PhD preparation trainee and later as a neuropsychologist at the Geneva Hospital Neurological Clinic (HUG), working with Dr. Messerli and Dr. Tissot.
1974-1975: As clinical psychologist at the Neurological Hospital in Lavigny, (near Lausanne) specializing for epileptic children
1978-1990: Teaching introductory psychology, theories of personality psychopathology, and fairy tale symbolism at Franklin College, Lugano (an American junior college)
1980-1984: Doctoral studies in Lugano and Florida at FIT (Florida Institute of Technology), Melbourne, Florida. Student of: Wolpe, Eric Fromm, Erika Fromm, L. Abt, J&H. Watkins, P.Zimbardo.
1979-1983: In teaching analysis with Prof. Dr. Medard Boss, Zurich
1980-1983: In sand therapy training with Dr. Gauchat and Dora Kalf (founder of Sand Therapy, Zurich
1976-1990: takes art history courses at Franklin College Lugano.
1980-1989: Practice of psychotherapy and sand therapy for children a Zurigo
1989-1992: owner of the “Sihlstrasse” art gallery in downtown Zurich
1992: Independent art dealer for private clients and private institutions with a focus on Old Masters and Impressionists.
1994-2000: Senior Counselor di “Arts and Crafts”, Vevey
2002: Swiss representative of the “Van Gogh House and Van Gogh Institute” in Auvers-sur-Oise, France
Written and spoken languages: French (mother tongue), Turkish, English, Italian, German, knowledge of Spanish