About Vladana

Vladana is a Brisbane-based psychologist and psychotherapist working with individuals and couples from a relational and process-oriented framework. She has a keen interest in working psychoanalytically with adults seeking a long-term depth approach to therapy.

Vladana fosters a therapeutic environment that honours each patient’s unique emotional landscape and personal journey. She believes that the human experience entails an instinctual knowing that, once activated, serves as a guiding force in both life and therapy. Our deepest yearnings and sources of suffering offer valuable insights that, when witnessed and understood, initiate the solutions we seek. Vladana views meaningful and lasting change as stemming from a profound understanding that evolves within the relational dynamic shared between patient and therapist.

Her therapeutic style is particularly suited for those seeking a deeper understanding of their internal landscape and relational patterns, as well as for patients navigating various diagnosed conditions and existential trials. These may include long-standing mood disturbances, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma, addictions, identity concerns, grief and bereavement, chronic or unexplained health issues, and persistent feelings of guilt, shame, dissatisfaction, or loneliness, among other complexities of being. Vladana welcomes individuals who resonate with holistic health practices and transpersonal wisdom.

Qualifications

Vladana holds a Bachelor of Psychological Science and a Graduate Diploma in Psychology, along with an additional two years of advanced training through supervised practice. Since 2013, she has gained extensive experience working with complex relational trauma among various other presentations, across numerous roles, including child and family services, out-of-home care, settlement services, disability sector, crisis counselling, and private practice.