Courses

Gain new skills and improve your functioning in private and business environment through the different types of courses I offer in collaboration with my colleagues.

Assertive Communication Skills Training

Assertiveness means taking up for oneself and one’s rights, as well as expressing opinions, feelings and beliefs in a direct, honest and socially acceptable way, without compromising the rights of another person.

The training is intended for people who avoid any form of conflict, discussion, disagreement, confrontation and become very anxious when they need to confront others; people who persistently try to please others and leave a good impression; people who do not know how to say “No”, are always at the service of others, have a feeling that other people are taking advantage of them; individuals who assess that they lack self-confidence; to people who “suffer and are silent”, and when they accumulate, they react with anger.

Learning assertive skills will help you stand up for yourself and build self-confidence and self-esteem.

Emotional Literacy Training

Emotional literacy involves understanding and managing one’s own emotions and what causes them. The general goal of learning emotional literacy is to learn how to make emotions work for us, instead of against us, as well as how to increase cooperation with other people, without manipulation and psychological games.

Thematic units:
Developing the skills of expression of love and affection in interpersonal relationships;
Use of constructive criticism;
Developing self-awareness and self-confidence;
Adoption of emotionally literal communication skills;
Recognizing the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors;
Recognizing the differences between functional and dysfunctional unpleasant feelings;
Learning direct and honest communication.

Expected results:
Strengthening self-confidence;
Developing the skills of free expression of emotions towards oneself and others;
Reduction of negative criticism/self-criticism;
Developing communication skills;
Insight into thought processes, beliefs and values, which are part of the emotional reaction;
Better recognition of the positive functions of unpleasant feelings;
Strengthening tolerance for unpleasant feelings.

Intimate Partnership Training – The Art of Love

From an early age, we are all unconsciously conditioned by the culture and within the family with certain norms in relation to what love is and what partnerships look like. Along the way, we become convinced of many misconceptions and mystifications about what love should be or how should we love others. In the search for the ideal partner, we often remain “stuck” in dysfunctional emotions and behavior patterns. Love is not something unattainable. We just need to realize what are the misconceptions that live in us about our partner and ourselves as a partner.

This program is intended for everyone who wants to improve and enrich their intimate partnerships, to learn to functionally solve problems in the relationship, to learn how to better understand and hear themselves and their partners, and thus lead to a reduction of conflict situations.

In this training you will learn that:
You distinguish infatuation from true love
How to enrich your own relationship, define clear roles and reconcile mutual expectations
You functionally solve problems and conflict situations
How to talk openly about sexual desires or problems with a partner.

There are other courses that we offer, which are specifically intended for certain disorders, such as anxiety, depression, phobias, or deal with other topics, such as – improvement in time structuring (Time Management Efficiency). We often make an agreement with the group that has completed a certain training what should be the next topic that would be most important for them.

The courses are managing Dr. Milica Nikolić, an accredited psychological counselor and TA psychotherapist under supervision, a certified trainer of Emotional Literacy and Assertive Communication, and me, Ana Andonov.

For more information and applications you can contact me via e-mail, phone or contact form.