Self-Paced Courses

The work itself,
not information about it.

Full courses for women in the second half of life. Clinical depth, practices you can feel and not just understand, and the part that reaches past technique to who you are underneath. Built by a clinical psychologist who has done this work for more than fifteen years, and done it on herself.

Clinical Psychologist, DPsych · More than 15 years · Clinical Director, TSPP Singapore · Board-Approved Supervisor

Why these are different

I am a clinical psychologist. For more than fifteen years I have done this work with real people - in psychiatric hospitals, in private practice, on retreat, and now as Clinical Director of Psychotherapy and Counselling at The School of Positive Psychology in Singapore. Every course is built on the evidence-based approaches I use in my clinical work, including schema therapy, ACT, attachment, and polyvagal theory, among others.

And I have not only studied this work. I have lived it. I am in the second half of life myself, and for years I have done my own work - in therapy, in meditation, and in deep experiential and embodied work on retreats across India, Bali, Australia, Europe, and New Zealand. I have gone to my own edges, into the places most of us are trained not to feel. That is deliberate. I know from the inside that understanding is not what changes us - experience is, lived in the body. So there is nowhere I ask a woman to go that I have not gone first.

Clinical depth and lived depth, in the same hands. I have sat in both chairs.

Building programmes my whole life

Designing a course is not a new format I am trying on. It is what I have done, in one form or another, for most of my working life.

It began before psychology. In Ukraine, I helped build a new university department and wrote its teaching programmes from the ground up. When I moved into clinical work, I kept building - a twelve-week group programme inside a psychiatric hospital, curricula in private practice, retreats in Bali and Koh Phangan, years of university lecturing. Today I design and oversee the clinical training at a psychotherapy school, and I teach and supervise the therapists coming through it.

So when you take one of these, you are not getting a clinician's first attempt at a course. You are getting the thing I have spent a career learning how to build.

Why I made these

I wanted the tools I use with clients to be available to women who are not in therapy with me, and may never be.

Therapy is one door. It is also expensive, and not everyone wants it, or can reach it. These courses are another door - the same practices I use in the room, in a form you can work with on your own, at a price that does not put them out of reach.

They are not therapy, and I am clear about that. But they are not light either. They carry the real work - not only the cognitive, but the emotional and the body-based practices that actually change something. The kind you do slowly, on yourself, more than once.

Taking what usually sits behind a clinical door, and putting it in your hands.

The courses

Each course reclaims what survival set aside

In the first half of your life, you adapted to survive - overriding the body, managing the feelings, obeying the inner critic, building the strategies that kept you safe. Midlife is when the cost of that surfaces, and when what was set aside can be met again. Each course goes to one of those places: your inner critic, your emotions, your body, and the strategies that built you. The first, Meeting Your Inner Critic, is open now. The rest are in development and opening soon.

01Open now

Meeting Your Inner Critic

The voice that runs underneath everything. Where it came from, what it is trying to do, and how to meet the inner ally beside it, so you can listen without obeying.

Open the course

02Coming soon

Working with Your Emotions

The feelings that competence has been masking. How to regulate first, then to meet what is actually there - guilt, shame, fear, and the anger that does not have to destroy anything.

03Coming soon

At Home in Your Body

Coming back to a body that has changed, without fighting it. The body as something to inhabit rather than fix, and what it is to live in the one you have now.

04Coming soon

The Strategies That Built You

The ways you learned to cope, achieve, please, and hold it all together kept you safe once. In midlife they stop working, and start to cost you. This course is about seeing the strategies for what they are, and choosing what to keep.

In their words

What people say

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I have known Alla Demutska both as a colleague and as a facilitator, and I have also had the opportunity to hear her speak on several occasions.

Alla brings a rare combination of clinical depth, intellectual rigor, and genuine humanity to her work. She is highly conscientious, well grounded in psychological research, and consistently thoughtful in the way she approaches trauma and healing. At the same time, she speaks with warmth, authenticity, and a clear sense of personal conviction.

What stands out most is that Alla does not simply communicate psychological ideas. She embodies many of the qualities she speaks about. Her work is informed not only by her professional training as a clinical psychologist, but also by lived experience that gives her perspective unusual depth and credibility.

She is easy to work with, dependable, and deeply committed to the people she serves. I recommend her with confidence as a psychologist, speaker, and facilitator.

Dr Jonathan Marshall

Psychologist and Executive Coach

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Always on point, on time, on beat. Not only is it a joy to work with Alla, her magic touch flows from her deep care beyond the professional.

Dr Roslina Chai

Founder

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I have had the privilege of working alongside Dr Alla Demutska for several years, during which I have seen her teach, facilitate, design programmes, and hold space for countless individuals. It is rare to encounter someone who combines such depth of knowledge with such genuine humanity.

Alla is one of the most thoughtful educators I know. Every course she develops is grounded in evidence, yet it never loses sight of the human experience. She has an exceptional ability to translate complex psychological concepts into learning experiences that are meaningful, practical, and deeply transformative.

What has always stood out to me is the way Alla facilitates learning. Her sessions are not simply informative. They are experiential. She gently guides participants to connect with themselves, encouraging reflection, insight, and personal growth while ensuring that no one ever feels pressured or exposed. Her knowledge is matched by immense sensitivity and compassion, allowing people to engage at their own pace.

Perhaps Alla's greatest gift is her ability to create psychological safety. Whether she is working with a small group or a room full of people, she has an extraordinary capacity to make everyone feel seen, heard, and accepted. She creates an environment where people feel safe enough to explore difficult emotions, reconnect with parts of themselves they may have long forgotten, and often rediscover their inner child with curiosity rather than judgement.

Watching Alla facilitate is witnessing someone who truly embodies the principles she teaches. She holds space with grace, authenticity, and unwavering presence. Participants consistently leave her sessions not only with new knowledge but with a deeper understanding of themselves and a renewed sense of hope.

I cannot recommend Dr Alla Demutska highly enough. She is an exceptional educator, facilitator, and human being whose impact extends far beyond the classroom. Anyone who has the opportunity to learn from her will leave changed for the better.

Jana Dawson

Positive Psychology Practitioner / Deputy CEO

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Dr. Alla is one of those rare teachers who make you rethink not just what you know, but how you think. As a psychologist, supervisor, and lecturer, she brings depth, clarity, and warmth to everything she teaches. Learning from her has shaped the way I show up for my own clients. I cannot recommend her enough.

Yvonne Richter

Psychotherapist

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Alla … is present! She listens with her heart and with her wealth of experience, I felt safe and confident after attending her classes and having her work through some of my challenges with me. She is truly a gift and I am thankful for her friendship and guidance!

Chrishirl Campos

Therapist and trainee

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Alla holds herself to very high standards and she absolutely cannot bring herself to produce mediocre materials. I’ve seen very good work done by some of her past students.

Ming

Principal Mental Health Counsellor

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Alla is an exceptional psychologist. I have worked with her for over a decade on many projects including courses and retreats, and I’m always struck by her rare blend of professionalism and compassion. She deeply touches the lives of everyone she works with.

Dr Richard Chambers

Clinical Psychologist

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Dr. Alla has taught and mentored me from my graduate training through to the beginning of my practice as a psychologist. Throughout this journey, her ability to make sense of real-life challenges and psychological struggles, while grounding her work in evidence-based psychological theories, has made learning both practical and deeply meaningful.

Her nurturing, compassionate, and thoughtful approach created a safe space for me to openly discuss my mistakes, stuck points, and uncertainties as a therapist. This has enabled me to reflect on my practice, continue growing professionally, and show up more intentionally and consistently for my clients.

I have found her work with trauma particularly inspiring. Observing how she attunes to clients with sensitivity, curiosity, and care has shaped the way I approach therapy. Her mentorship has influenced how I understand, connect with, and journey alongside my own clients, and I am deeply grateful for the impact she has had on my development as a psychologist.

Rachael

Clinical Psychologist

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I had the privilege of having Dr Alla as my lecturer for the ACT module in my Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapy and Counselling at The School of Positive Psychology. Out of roughly 15 courses I’ve taken, this was by far my favourite.

While the concepts of ACT resonated with me on their own, Dr Alla brought them to life - she doesn’t just teach compassion, she embodies it. I don’t say that lightly. If there’s one person on earth best suited to teach the skill of validation, it’s her.

Her presence is powerful yet safe - the kind you can trust completely. She has a rare gift: gentle enough to hold space for you, yet firm enough to anchor and ground you.

She is a true role model for any aspiring healer or psychotherapist - someone whose way of being teaches as much as her words do.

Thank you, Dr Alla, for such a transformative learning experience. ❤️

Sam Wu

Spiritual Psychotherapist

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Alla is the rare kind of practitioner who can sit with another person’s complexity without needing to tidy it up. She holds space with real steadiness, and people feel it. Her depth of expertise in trauma work is considerable, but what stays with you is how lightly she carries it. She meets you as a human being first.

Working with her as a colleague is a joy. I have watched her bring warmth into meeting rooms and classrooms that needed it and precision into conversations that required it. She does both without fuss.

Stephen Lew

CEO & Founder, The School of Positive Psychology

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