Katarina Jaranović

Katarina Jaranović

Master Special Education Teacher and Psychotherapist

Specific Professional Orientation:

Graduated and holds a master’s degree in special education, certified psychotherapist with many years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families. She has been developing her psychotherapeutic practice since 2020 within a counseling center, where she conducts individual, couples, and family therapy sessions.

She is the author and facilitator of the psychotherapy support group “Mother and I”, which focuses on understanding and improving the mother-child relationship. She holds both a European (EAP) and a national (NSP) certificate in psychotherapy.

Fields of Interest and Areas of Work:

Grief, loss, and depression responses, Individual and professional stress, Issues in couple, marital, and family functioning, Parenting and challenges of the parental role, Psychological support during the divorce process, Relationships with the family of origin, Transgenerational patterns and family dynamics, Separation and emotional individuation from parents, Emotional bonding and intimacy regulation in romantic relationships, Trauma and consequences of developmental neglect, Support for women and couples undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF), Sexual issues and dysfunctions in the context of relationships, Psychosocial support for marginalized groups, Self-confidence and building personal security, Personal growth, emotional development, and empowerment

 

EDUCATION

  • 2020 – Master’s academic studies – master’s in special education, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade
  • 2017 – Undergraduate academic studies – bachelor’s in special education, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade
  • She completed a four-year training in systemic family psychotherapy at the Institute for Mental Health and has further specialized through numerous specialized trainings and workshops in the fields of couples therapy, trauma work, and sexual issues. She holds both a European (EAP) and a national (NSP) certificate in psychotherapy.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 2020 – Present – Private psychotherapeutic practice with individuals, couples, and families within the MKM Psychotherapy Counseling Center
  • 2019 – 2020 – Institute for Mental Health, Day Hospital in Paunova – counseling work with a rehabilitation group for married couples
  • 2019 – Preschool Institution Moj Ringišpil – psychotherapeutic and counseling work with families
  • 2018 – 2019 – Occupational Health Institute Gaj
  • 2004 – 2020 – Hram Institute for Radiology and Ultrasound Diagnostics and Eurodiagnostika Institute for Radiology and Ultrasound Diagnostics, Belgrade – medical nurse
  • 2001 – 2004 – Dedinje Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Belgrade – medical nurse

 

PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS

  • European Certificate for Psychotherapy (EAP) from the European Association for Psychotherapy – awarded in 2024
  • National Certificate for Psychotherapy (NSP) from the Association of Psychotherapy Societies of Serbia – awarded in 2022
  • Completed basic training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy of Serbia – 2023
  • Completed four-year training in Systemic Family Psychotherapy, Institute for Mental Health – 2021

 

ADDITIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY TRAINING

  • Working with Developmentally Traumatized Children in a “Dead” System, Mozaik Psychological Counseling Center – 2025
  • Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Sexual Problems and Disorders, Mozaik Psychological Counseling Center – 2024
  • How to Help Women and Couples Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization? Mozaik Psychological Counseling Center – 2024
  • Psychotherapeutic Workshop “Daughters and Their Mothers”, Mozaik Psychological Counseling Center – 2023
  • Adolescent Self-Harm: Practical Guidelines for Assessment and Therapeutic Work, Krug Clinic – 2021

 

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Association of Psychotherapy Societies of Serbia