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Dragana Nikolić is a certified psychologist and psychodrama psychotherapist. In her work, she combines psychodramatic techniques with principles of body psychotherapy. When working with children and adolescents, she applies principles of rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). For online therapy, she utilizes TeleDrama principles. She holds certifications in all the mentioned therapeutic approaches.
She has extensive psychotherapeutic experience working with children, teenagers, adolescents, and adults.
Her areas of expertise include various social and emotional challenges, family issues, school-related problems (academic failure, absenteeism, procrastination, social integration, lack of motivation), low self-esteem, risky behaviors in adolescents, academic struggles among students, communication difficulties, relationship challenges, and divorce. She also addresses issues related to sexual orientation and self-acceptance, loss and grief, parenting, setting boundaries as a parent, and the numerous challenges of modern parenting.
Additionally, Dragana has long-term experience working with children undergoing treatment for malignant diseases and their families. Through conversation, empowerment, and empathy, she provides support to both the children and their families during these difficult and challenging times. This work has also given her valuable experience in supporting grieving parents and families. In therapy sessions with these clients, she focuses on processing grief and guiding them through all stages of mourning with appropriate psychological interventions.
She believes that through a proper therapeutic relationship, support, understanding, and the application of psychological and psychotherapeutic knowledge and skills, solutions can be found for the many questions and problems that clients seek help for.