Jovana Drulovic
Psychologist
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Graduate Diploma of Psychology and Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology (Internship)
Pronouns: She/her
Tri tachke Kojima se vodim kad radim sa klijentima
Da bi vodili ispunjen zivot moramo da prihvatimo ceo spektrum emocija, a ne samo “pozitivna” osecanja.
Ljude anksioznost i ostala osecanja koja nisu bash prijatna preplave do tachke nefunkcionalnosti ili sa druge strane nas zaustave da zivimo autentichan zivot. Moj pristup sa klijentima, ukoliko je to njihov cilj, je da ih nauchim da prihvati te “nepodnoshljive emocije” i na taj nachin pokushaju da zive zivot ‘punim plucima’.
Bol i patnja u zivotu su neizbezivi – deo su zivota. Verujem da je veliki deo terapije da bilo koji bol i patnju kroz koju prolazimo u zivotu mozemo da nauchimo da prihvatimo kao neizbezno i savladamo takve period u zivotu na malo laksi nacin – ne moramo da se dekomponujemo do tachke iznemoglosti.
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Moj skriveni talenat
Mnogo dobro kuvam, pogotovo peciva, hleb i slichan testa (ukljuchujuci testetine/pastu). Isto tako, iako tako ne izgledam, poprilichno sam jaka ☺
Omakne mi se po koja, pa ponekad mogu budem i jako duhovita.
Kako je biti moj klijent/ kako je bit isa mnom u seansi
Klijent ‘vodi’ seansu – ja sam tu da slusham klijenta shta zeli da postigne kroz rad sa mnom, kakav pristup mu/joj najvishe odgovara, koje tehnike … Sa mnogo paznje slusham shta klijent pricha i prilazim njegovoj/njenoj prichi otvorenog stave i sa mnogo empatije i razumevanja. Moj pristup klijentima je direktan, ali empatichan, shto znachi da odmah pristupam problemu bez okolisanja. U isto vreme, od krucijalnog znachaja mi je da se klijenti osecaju u seansi da mogu da podele sve shto ih muchi.
Moji klijenti mogu da se oslone na tehnike i tkz. Domace zadatke izmedju seansa tako da nauche da ‘zive’ promenu i van chetiri zida seanse – u stvarnom/
pravom,’ zivotu. Deo rada sa mnom je fokusiran na to da nauchim klijente da pogledaju drugachiji pristup nekom problemu, ponovo uz mnogo emaptije i razumevanja.
Na koji nachin ‘pazim na svoje mentalno zdravlje
Vezbanje mi je od izuzetnog znachaja, kao i kafa ujutru I neka dobra klopa u toku dana ☺ Neizlechivi “foodie” sam. Isto tako vreme sa porodicom, uzivanje u prirodi, neki dobar film.
Moj Zivotni Moto je
Iznenadne, teshke (i ruzne) stvari se deshavaju u zivotu, ali je vazno nauchiti da se borimo sa njima, i josh vishe, nauchimo neshto iz njih – o nashoj mogucnosti da se suochimo sa problemima i emocijama koje nam zivot servira!
My background and experience
I have sixteen years of experience working within medical clinics, as well as private psychology practices. Presently, I am solely focused on working with clients in private practice. I predominantly work with high prevalence disorders such anxiety and depression, using a variety of evidence-based approaches.
Languages other than English: Serbian and Croatian.
I can help you with:
- ADHD
- Adjusting to a new country and culture
- Adjustment to stressful life changes
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Carer support
- Communication skills
- Chronic illness and pain
- Depression
- Distress intolerance
- Drug and alcohol issues
- Emotional difficulties
- Family issues
- Generalised anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Health anxiety
- Identity issues
- Impulse control
- Job or study dissatisfaction
- Living with cancer
- Low self-esteem
- Medically unexplained / psychosomatic illness
- Obsessions and compulsions
- Panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- People from immigrant, asylum seeking and refugee backgrounds
- Perfectionism
- Phobias
- Pre and postnatal mental health
- Relationship difficulties
- Self-development
- Sleep problems
- Social anxiety
- Stress and burnout
- Trauma
- Wellbeing and self-care
- Women’s health issues
My therapeutic approaches
Depending on my client’s needs and preferences I use a variety of evidence-based approaches Including:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Client-centred therapy
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Compassion-based approaches
- Exposure therapy
- Metacognitive approach
- Mindfulness
- Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Exposure Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Psychodynamic approaches
- Schema Therapy
- Solution-focused therapy
- Strengths-based approaches
- Trauma informed practice