Center for psychological counseling,

education, research and personal development

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About

PsihoZona (PsyZone) is a center for psychological counseling, education, research and personal development. The main activity of the Center is improving the mental health of individuals and groups, raising awareness of the importance of mental health care through learning and personal development, education and research and providing psychological support to personal and professional development of individuals. The term zone most commonly refers to an area or space framed by certain boundaries and determined by them. Such is our PsyZone, framed by our previous professional and personal experience that we combine and offer with the desire to serve for the benefit of those to whom our services can be useful. Our team consists of psychologists with many years of experience in psychotherapy, research and educational work with individuals and groups (for more information, go to Our Team). Our first geographical comfort zone is Central Serbia, where we live with our families and which we want to enrich with the services that our Center provides. And our second comfort zone refers to the spaces of communication offered by the Internet and psychological support and education in the field of psychology that can be provided online. You can read more about the ways to get in touch with us through both zones in the Contact section.

Services

Some of our services

  • Psychological counseling for individuals, couples and families.
  • Adult and adolescent psychotherapy.
  • Family psychotherapy.
  • Psychological assessment of children is adjusted to the age and developmental level of the child and can relate to: assessment of intellectual development (for children older than three years of age), assessment of emotional development, assessment of family dynamics and its impact on the child. It is performed by applying psychological assessment instruments, interacting with the child and talking to the parents.
  • Psychological assessment of adolescents and adults includes: a) conducting interviews in relation to the areas relevant for the functioning of the individual (family status, education/employment, health status, interests, etc.); b) the use of psychological assessment instruments to assess personality or certain aspects of functioning (emotional, social and intellectual).
  • Psychological assessment can be initiated by a psychologist as a supplement or a starting point for psychotherapeutic work with the client or the clients themselves if they want to better understand their personal characteristics and abilities in order to advance personal and professional development.
  • Assistance to young people in choosing further education and occupations by applying interviews and interest, abilities and personality tests.
  • Groups for personal growth and development are experiential groups aimed at gaining new knowledge about the individual’s functioning, by exploring their experience through the interaction with other members of the group.
  • Support groups differ from the previous ones in one feature: there are sufferings that are easier to survive with the support of others who have undergone the similar experience and through professional guidance of the group dynamics by the therapists.
  • Thematic workshops for children, adolescents and adults.
  • Verbal and nonverbal communication, barriers to communication.
  • Assertive communication, constructive conflict resolution.
  • Pocket psychology (what psychology as a science offers).
  • Research methods and techniques in psychology.
  • How do we learn, remember and forget? Effective learning strategies.
  • Child’s adaptation to school.
  • School violence and prevention.
  • Expressing anger and other unpleasant emotions.
  • About stress and strategies for overcoming stressful situation.
  • Overcoming the fear of public speaking.
  • Life cycles and crises.
  • Research within the organization (interpersonal relations, employees’ attitudes towards topics important to the employer, employees’ satisfaction and motivation, periodic self-evaluations of work process and work results) and outside the organization (user attitudes, professional reputation in the community, market research, etc.).
  • Communication skills training.
  • Educational thematic workshops in accordance with the needs of the organization.
  • Advisory work with employees at risk of burnout.
  • Consultative work in the process of recruitment and selection of candidates.

The extended team of associates includes experts from various fields of helping professions, as well as social-humanistic professions and others who can contribute to dealing with topics important for the psychological functioning and well-being of people.

Our team

Ana Basarić Lučić
Graduate psychologist
and a psychotherapist

    She completed her studies in psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. After that, she finished a complete education in REBT (rational-emotional-behavioral therapy) in Belgrade, at the Affiliated Training Center of the Albert Ellis Institute from New York, thus obtaining world-renowned qualifications for this therapy. At the same time, she completed her education in systemic family therapy. In 2013, she obtained the national certificate for psychotherapy (license number 346) and thus officially acquired the title of psychotherapist. She is a member of the Association of Psychologists of Serbia, the Association of Psychotherapists of Serbia and the Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy of Serbia. She has almost two decades of experience in counseling work with primary school children and their families and a decade of experience in psychotherapy work with adolescents, adults and families.

Brankica Vidanović
Graduate psychologist
and a psychotherapist under supervision

    Brankica Vidanovic completed her undergraduate studies in psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. After one-year internship at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, she continued her professional development in the field of education. She worked as an expert associate at the elementary school “Starina Novak” and the elementary school “Jovan Cvijic” in Belgrade, as well as at the elementary school “Desanka Maksimovic” in Gornji Milanovac. She is a trainee in the field of Gestalt psychotherapy (European Accredited Psychotherapeutic Training Institute - Studio for Education Belgrade EAPTI-SEB) and works as a psychotherapist under supervision.

Milica Stojković
Doctor of Psychological Sciences
and a psychotherapist under supervision

    Milica Stojković completed her undergraduate and doctoral academic studies in psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. She is employed at the Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac, as an assistant professor in the scientific field of educational psychology, more at http://www.ftn.kg.ac.rs/milica.stojkovic. She is a final-year trainee in Gestalt psychotherapy and works as a therapist under supervision. She completed an introductory education in constructivist psychotherapy. She is a member of the Association of Psychologists of Serbia, the Serbian Association for Gestalt Psychotherapy and the Association of Researchers in Education in Serbia. She believes in cultivating curiosity and dedicated work.