With 26 years of experience in addiction recovery, Claudia Varga is the Coordinator of the Sf. Dimitrie Program within the Christiana Christian Medical Philanthropic Association, where she is involved in organizational, administrative and financial management, as well as in the development of educational projects.

She is also President of the Association for Recovery and Counseling in Addictions and Dependencies (Cluj-Napoca), where she delivers training programs for the occupation of “Addiction Counselor” (Romanian Occupational Classification Code – COR 263502).

Claudia holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Social Work from Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca. She is specialized as an Addiction Counselor and Trainer, having completed professional training with ISAACS – Institute for Substance Abuse & Addiction Center of Studies and NET Training USA.

She completed her doctoral studies at Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of History and Philosophy, with a dissertation entitled: “Understanding Change in Recovery from Addictions – A Multidisciplinary Perspective.”

Claudia was involved in the implementation in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, of the first counseling center based on the bio-psycho-social-spiritual Minnesota Model for the recovery from substance-related and behavioral addictions. She has also contributed to the development of intervention projects within medical and social institutions, the justice system, and public and private organizations.

She has coordinated European pilot projects in the field of addictions in Romania and other European countries, developed training programs for professionals, and contributed to specialized publications.

Alongside her professional activity, Claudia is an Associate Lecturer at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, where she teaches the course “Prevention, Therapy and Rehabilitation in Addictions” and the seminar “Group Methods in Social Work.”