As someone who grew up in unstable socio-political circumstances and as an immigrant, I have reinvented myself many times, and I can help you do the same. I am a fierce fighter for social justice and a supporter of oppressed people.
As someone who grew up in unstable socio-political circumstances and as an immigrant, I have reinvented myself many times, and I can help you do the same. I am a fierce fighter for social justice and a supporter of oppressed people.
I am a bilingual (English/Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian) therapist. I offer culturally informed therapy and acknowledge individual, intergenerational, historical, racial, and social trauma. These traumas are often at the root of modern human issues.
I focused on resilience, trauma-informed care, and suffering through the fundamentals of faith-based interventions.
I focused on resilience, trauma-informed care, and suffering through the fundamentals of faith-based interventions.
My specialty includes mental health essentials in mood disorders, substance abuse, suicide prevention, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and moral-spiritual injury.
create a safe and non-judgmental space where you are free to explore your inner world. We will work to understand your experiences--your difficulties, fears, desires, dreams, and fantasies. Together we will increase your ability to adapt.
create a safe and non-judgmental space where you are free to explore your inner world. We will work to understand your experiences--your difficulties, fears, desires, dreams, and fantasies. Together we will increase your ability to adapt.
imagination is an invaluable part of therapy, whether you are a child or an adult. I currently run the Fellowship, City Counseling Center’s therapeutic Dungeons and Dragons group for children ages 9 to 13. I work with adults, teens, and kids.
Together we will explore how your emotions, relationships, past trauma or even addiction affect everyday life. We will practice coping skills like grounding techniques, relaxation, exposure therapy, healthy communication and more.
Together we will explore how your emotions, relationships, past trauma or even addiction affect everyday life. We will practice coping skills like grounding techniques, relaxation, exposure therapy, healthy communication and more.
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify any negative thinking patterns and help to challenge those thoughts. We will work to identify healthy coping skills to manage what ever you are faced with.
By sharing your story and being curious, we help you connect the dots between your thoughts, emotions, impulses, behaviors and blind spots. We want to understand what shaped you and the patterns that contributed to how you see yourself.
By sharing your story and being curious, we help you connect the dots between your thoughts, emotions, impulses, behaviors and blind spots. We want to understand what shaped you and the patterns that contributed to how you see yourself.
Therapy is guided by empathy, understanding, and empowerment. I view therapy as encouraging people to view their life as changeable by their situation, in which they can identify realistic steps that promotes positive change and healing.