Ștefana Rarău is a psychologist, youth worker and educational facilitator with a focus on
non formal learning.
She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Public & Clinical
Health Psychology from the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. Her willingness to get
out of the comfort zone and immerse herself in different cultures has motivated her to study
abroad for one semester in Würzburg, Germany, and to do an Erasmus+ practice placement in
Vilnius, Lithuania.
During her university years, she was an active member of a German-speaking students’
association (Gutenberg), where she was part of the Board as a Human Resources coordinator
and mentor. That is also where she started participating in various personal and professional
development trainings, but also in “training of trainers” and workshop facilitation programs -
this is where her passion for non formal education was born.
Ștefana is certified by the Romanian Psychologists’ Association in cognitive-behavioural
interventions and currently works as a psychotherapist at Clinica Nouă, where she also leads
workshops for children and adolescents. She is in the process of getting certified in schema
therapy.
Both on a personal and a professional level, Ștefana is an avid learner and a disciplined
individual. For her, Quantum Shift is a great context to put her skills to good use, but also to
broaden her knowledge and develop new abilities.
Sandra Alangiu has more than 15 years experience of working with individuals and teams to develop their skills, facilitating mid-management to top management classes with different backgrounds and from different industries like Banking, FMCG, Oil& Gas or Energy.
Her education includes a Bachelors degree and subsequently pursuing a Masters degree at theUniversity of Bucharest where she specialised in writing and communication forEnglish and Romanian. She also pursued a degree in Psychology and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy by completing her Bachelors and Masters at the Titu Maiorescu University, being licensed as a clinical therapist by the Romanian Psychologists Association, and actively practicing at her own private practice.
The decision to specialise in Cognitive therapy came after working as Proficient Language Trainer where she realised that she most enjoyed advising teams and groups in a counselling capacity to better understand themselves and find greater contentment in their careers. She enjoys working with people with her calm, encouraging, non-judgemental and empathic attitude by using a broad range of cognitive behavioural and insight oriented techniques from the psychotherapy and counselling process.
In the past year she has been working with Gerry Chandran at Quantum Shift where she realised that crucial to the success of the workshops was the ability of people to think and operate at higher levels of complexity and address underlying patterns of interaction, a whole area that was overlooked by traditional mechanistic methodologies. This realisation led Sandra to explore new approaches to organisational and human transformation.
What drives her is the possibility to guide people through their own transformation so that they and their organisations can achieve what deeply matters to them.
Is a Doctor in Psychology, Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist with a vast experience in individual & group interventions and trainings. She is also a lecturer at the Babes-Bolyai University, where she has been involved in numerous research projects, concerning individual and group wellbeing and mental health.
Oana is an active psychotherapist at Clinica Nouă, a company that she has founded and managed for the past three years. She is certified by the Romanian Psychologists Association in cognitive-behavioural interventions for individuals and groups, with a specialization on schema focused interventions and schema coaching.
Her growing interest in coaching, and particularly schema coaching, has led to a joined project at Quantum Shift, where, together with Gerry Chandran, she has developed a coaching program, Building the Inner Healthy Adult. Having learned through her clinical and training experience that individuals react better (in terms of motivation for change and creating change) to a growth mindset inspired approach,
Oana has invested her resources in bringing together schema therapy and coaching, acceptance and commitment therapy strategies and positive psychology for a tailored and self-reflective coaching program for groups. She strongly believes in the power of psychological flexibility and psychological safety to create better work environments, better productivity and higher wellbeing for individuals and teams.
