Mgr. Jiří Valášek

At the age of 11, when he first opened a college psychology script, he knew it was a love of a lifetime. Studying at a state grammar school only confirmed to him how difficult it is not to fit. The company is still creating requirements for us that we cannot meet many times. The state grammar school was followed by the study of the British grammar school (The English College in Prague), where he also began his formal psychological education. After his successful completion, he was accepted to the Bachelor of Psychology at the University of New York in Prague. During his studies, he completed a one-year internship at Na Homolce Hospital, various internships at the Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital and also volunteering at the ESET-Help Center, which cares for the long-term mentally ill. During his studies as president of the psychological club, he also organized his first student symposium.
After writing a bachelor’s thesis on the topic of juvenile suicide and the role of the family, this was a field he wanted to continue working on. He was successfully accepted to the prestigious New York University The New School for a master’s degree in clinical psychology with a focus on psychopathology. During his studies, when he participated in many researches, he also worked for Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Here he participated in the research of mental health of medical students as well as prevention. 2014 – 2016 he was a member of the Todman Laboratory for Psychopathology Research. From 2015 to 2016, he was also a member of the American Association for Suicidology (AAS). After earning a master’s degree, he joined the world of fashion at Vera Wang, where he completed his formal human resources (MBA) education at Touro University, a school on New York’s famous Wall Street. For a while, he moved to the jewelry company Tiffany and Company as HR Coordinator. 2016 – 2018 he was a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). In 2019, he returned to the Czech Republic and founded his psychological practice together with the Psychologist project. At the same time, he is also completing a distance doctorate in psychology at a school in California.