MBA MPsych, PhD student
M, 25.5.1991.(32)

Clinical Psychology | Emotions | Scientific Research
Brazilian jiu-jitsu | Underwater hockey

2020 – 2021	MBA – COTRUGLI Business School
2015 –	PhD Student – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb (UniZG)
2013 – 2015	M.A. in Psychology – University Centre for Croatian Studies, UniZG (CGPA 4.736; ECTS 129)
2010 – 2013	B.A. in Psychology – University Centre for Croatian Studies, UniZG (CGPA 4.690; ECTS 187)

Awards and Acknowledgments:
2014/15	GPA in the top 10%
2015	Scientific and professional work
2014	Engagement in student and other associations
2013	Extracurricular participation and student engagement
2008	Contribution to the development and promotion of the reputation of Sisak-Moslavina County

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Opća ocjena predavača
4.8 n = 2399

Komunikacija predavača
4.9 n = 2418

Kompetentnost predavača
4.8 n = 785

Poticanje sudionika na razmišljanje
4.9 n = 1465

Izvještaji

Ambitious young Practitioner, Lecturer & (scientific) 'undertaker' with wide field of interests
interested in Talent development, Leadership and Motivation
integrating findings and principles from various fields of Psychology; e.g. Social, Clinical, Communication

active role in 7 research projects (project leader, research design, data analysis, questionnaire graphic design)
co-author on 6 scientific papers and book chapters
silent-mentor: 7 PhD and 11 graduate students
active participation (oral presentations) on 14 scientific conferences and expert meetings
co-author on 4 professional papers
held more than a dozen invited lectures

lecturer: organizational psychology, health psychology, counseling, communication, research methods ...
practitioner: counselor and consultant (project management, communication skills, leadership)

integrating findings and principles from various fields of psychology

Professional engagement and Official duties

2022 –	Judiciary, County Court (SMŽ), lay judge
	Government of the Republic of Croatia, Youth council
2021 –	member, Committee for youth mental health protection – coordinator
2018 – 2020	member substitute, Committee for Student Issues – coordinator (report)
2021 –	International Association of Applied Psychology, member
	Croatian Psychological Chamber
2022 –	Representative Assembly, member
2022 –	Committee on professional development, chair substitute, member
2022 –	Material and financial by-law working group, chair substitute, member
2019 –	Psychological Society of the Sisačko-moslavačka County (DPSMŽ), president (2022 –), member
2022 –	Croatian Psychological Society (HPD), governing board member (2022 –), member

Human Resources and Organization Management

Consultant

	Human Resources Management
2016 –	Psychological assessment (defining and evaluating core competences of prospect employees; in close collaboration with corporate legal departments and senior management)
2014 –	Jobs description analysis and jobs transformation qualitative prediction management (defining roles, goals and core competences in order to plan employees responsibilities and development)
2015 –	Motivation and employee engagement management
2015 –	Educations and trainings (generic skills training; communication skill training problem-solving training)
2015 –	Senior management debriefs (sales pitch setting; strategic communication and mediation; coaching – using dialectic approach to support managers in: elaborating their own ideas, goal operationalization and reducing the effect of psychological biases in decision-making)
2017 –	Mental health prevention and wellbeing management
2018 –	Organizational culture development and transformation
2016 –	Mission and Vision statements definition

Psychology

	University of Zagreb, Rectorate
2022 – duties (additional)	Head of the Office for Psychological Support and Mental Health Protection Planning, conducting, and coordinating: psychological support and mental health protection educations on mental health, psychodiagnostics and psychological treatment scientific research
	Office for Students
2019 – 2022	Senior expert adviser for student counselling
2017 – 2019	Expert adviser for student counselling
duties	psychological assessment & psychodiagnostics, psychological testament and counseling educations: psychological counseling (e.g., motivation, learning, memory, decision making, etc.), clinical psychology (e.g., communications skills, active listening, empathy, emotions, stress, perfectionism, basic needs, psychological disorders, mental health protection, etc.) & organizational psychology (e.g., project management, entrepreneurship, self-presentation, etc.) generic and academic skills educations (e.g., thesis / dissertation writing, presentation skills, etc.)
	Office for Students with Disabilities
2016 – 2017	Expert adviser for students with disabilities
duties	policy analysis and implementation conducting educations (workshops, lectures and trainings) psychological treatment managing human resources (7 student employees)
2015 – 2016	Child and Youth Protection Center of Zagreb, internship (clinical psychology)
	Mentor: prof.dr.sc. Gordana Buljan Flander
duties	advanced psychological testing conducting clinical and forensic interviews writing expert opinions psychological counseling planning scientific research plaining and conducting best practice analysisg giving lectures qualitative and quantitative data analysis
	Pučko otvoreno učilište Petar Zrinski
2020 –	Psychotherapy Propaedeutics - Biological Basis of Psychological Processes – lecturer
	University of Zagreb, School of Medicine [evaluations]
2015 – 2019	Fundamentals of Medical Skills – lecturer
2016 – 2019	General medical competences – medical interns – lecturer
2016 - 2017	Brain, mind and art – from neuron to communitys – invited lecture
	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing [evaluations]
2015	Communication skills, undergraduate level – lecturer (lectures and seminars)
2015 – 2017	Organizational psychology, graduate level – lecturer (seminars)
	University of Applied Health Sciences Zagreb [evaluations]
2018 –	Health psychology – assistant (seminars)
2018 –	Communication skills – assistant (seminars)
2016 – 2017	Basics of scientific research in nursing – lectures, seminars
	University of Zagreb, Department for Croatian Studies
2016 – 2017	Qualitative research methods, graduate level – lecturer
2012 – 2015	Perception, undergraduate level – student/lecturer (assistant)
2013 – 2015	Qualitative research methods, graduate level – student/lecturer (assistant)
2013 – 2014	Cross–disciplinary perspectives on the analysis of culture, context & communication

Other Professional Experience

	Psychological Counseling & Community Work
2020 –	Motivational interview
2020 –	Working with Marginalized Groups
2020 –	Community Psychosocial Support
2018 –	Competent Parenting
	Clinical Psychology
2019 –	Developmental Psychopathology
2019 –	Forensic Interview

Additional Trainings

	Croatian Behavioral Cognitive Therapies Association (HUBIKOT), Zagreb
2019 –	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education (CBT, Practicum 2)
2018	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Education (CBT, Practicum 1)
2017 –	Croatian Psychological Chamber, licensed psychologists Qualification exam field:clinical psychology
2018	Student career guidance and assessment, Agency for Science and Higher Education (Croatia)
2017	Refugees Integration vs. Discrimination Bulgarian Youth Forum (Erasmus+, Youth Pass)
2017	Working with Parental Alienation Training – Developing Interventions
2016	Working with Parental Alienation Training – Understading, Differention, Intervetion Family Separation Clinic, London (UK) Child and Youth Protection Center of Zagreb
2016	Advanced Forensic Interviewing Training National Children's Advocacy Center, Huntsville, AL (USA) Child and Youth Protection Center of Zagreb
2022	PAI-A Personality Assessment Inventory – Adolescent - Naklada slap
2016	WZT (Wartegg drawing completion test) – Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) Center, Zagreb
2015	BG II Bender Visual - Motor Gestalt Test - Naklada slap
	MMPI–2 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Naklada slap
	WISC–IV Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Naklada slap
2015	Strengthening capacities for evaluating risk and managing safety to protect women and children victims of violence WAVE (Woman Against Violence) Autonomna ženska kuća Zagreb
2013	Safe place Women's Room S.O.S. phone – help line (Virovitica) Women's Centre Adela (Sisak) Center for Support and Development of Civil Society “Delfin” (Pakrac)
2015	Mens Sana Psychological Treatments, Biofeedback & Psychosomatics Clinic

7 - research projects

7.7	2019	Assessing Nurses Work-Related Stress Determinants – University of Applied Hralth siences – project leader, research design, data analysis, questionnaire graphic design
7.6	2019	Oral health and physical injuries of Military Academy Students – Croatian Military Academy "Dr. Franjo Tudjman" – research design, data analysis, questionnaire graphic design
7.5	2018	Multimodal psychophysiological measures in advancing air traffic controllers selection – University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, Croatian Air Traffic Control
7.4	2017	Youth in Bjelovarsko-bilogorska County – Bjelovarsko-bilogorska County, Impress Daruvar, Center for Civil Initiatives, FairSociety, Bjelovarski centar za razvoj civilnoga društva, Bjelovarsko-bilogorska County Student Association – research design, data analysis, questionnaire graphic design
7.3	2016	Dental anxiety – School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb & Child protection Centre of Zagreb – data analysis, questionnaire graphic design
7.2	2016	NGO – Brave Phone (children helpline) – ongoing projects – research design assistance
7.1	2016	Screen time, national study research design, questionnaire graphic design

6 - scientific papers and book chapters

6.5	DOC	Katalinić, V., Kujundžić, J., Tarabić, BN., & Petö Kujundžić, L. (2019). Secondary School Pupil’s Knowledge of Court Proceeding and Their Perception of Courts Within Croatian Legal System. In S. Popović, G. Crous, N. Tarshish, L. Van Erwegen & F. Lorenz (Eds.), Child Maltreatment & Well-Being: Contemporary Issues, Research & Practice (Proceedings of the 1st International Conference CMW 2017) (pp. 29-40). Rijeka, Croatia: University or Rijeka, Faculty of Health Studies. (original scientific paper)
6.4		Brkljačić, T., Tarabić, B. N. & Lewis, M. C. (2017). Touch as a Part of Daily Communication with Family and Friends. In N. R. Silton (Ed.), Family Dynamics and Romantic Relationships in a Changing Society (pp. 85-108). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2404-5.ch005 (original scientific paper)
6.3		Brkljačić, T., Majetić, F., & Tarabić, B. N. (2017). Smart Environment: Cyber Parks (Connecting Nature and Technology). In L. C. Cagica (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation Within Smart Cities (pp. 150-172). Hershey PA: IGI Global. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1978-2.ch008 (original scientific paper)
6.2	DOC	Buljan Flander, G., Tarabić, B.N. & Čuković–Bagić, I. (2015). Child Abuse and Neglect: Croatian Dental Practitioners’ Experience and Knowledge. Alcoholism and Psychiatry Research, 51(2), 127–136. (original scientific paper)
6.1	DOC	Knežević, M., Tarabić, B.N., Tomac, P., Vincek, A. & Ivanda, L. (2015). Role of gender, age and education level in information processing speed. Psihologijske teme, 24(2), 173–185. (original scientific paper)

5 – scientific conferences and expert meetings

5.19		Durman Marijanović, Z., Mamula, M., Osmak Franjić, D., Baretić, V. i Tarabić, B.N. (2022). Ciklus razgovora „Među nama“: Kako svojim stručnim radom doprinosimo očuvanju i osnaživanju zdravlja i dobrobiti djece i mladih?. (Jasminka Jelčić, voditeljica) 29. godišnja konferencija hrvatskih psihologa. . Tuheljske Toplice: Hrvatsko psihološko društvo. (rasprava, stručna)
5.18	DOC	Tarabić, B.N. (2022). Koraci prema sutra: Rano prepoznavanje rizika za suicidalna ponašanja i prevencija suicida u djece i mladih. Predavanja namijenjena stručnjacima koji izravno rade s djecom i mladima. Zagreb: Centr za zdravlje mladih Doma Zdravlja Zagreb – Istok, NZJZ „Dr. Andrija Štampar“, Psihijatrijska bolnica za djecu i mladež i Poliklinika za zaštitu djece i mladih Grada Zagreba. (predavanje, stručno, izvještaj)
5.17	DOC	Tarabić, B.N. (2022). Odrednice doživljavanja stresa na radnom mjestu kod medicinskih sestara. 1. Simpozij Radne skupine za edukaciju Hrvatske udruge kardioloških medicinskih sestara "Osnaživanje kroz edukaciju". Opatija: Hrvatska udruga kardioloških medicinskih sestara. (radionica, stručna, sažetak)
5.16	DOC	Tarabić, B.N. (2022). Psihologija profesionalne komunikacija u: svakodnevnim, stresnim i kriznim situacijama. 1. Simpozij Radne skupine za edukaciju Hrvatske udruge kardioloških medicinskih sestara "Osnaživanje kroz edukaciju". Opatija: Hrvatska udruga kardioloških medicinskih sestara. (predavanje, plenarno, stručno, sažetak)
5.15		Tarabić, B.N. (2021). Nazovi stvar pravim imenom – mogu li psiholozi pisati dijagnoze?. 14. tjedna psihologije u Hrvatskoj. Nepopularna Psihologija, Sekcija za kliničku psihologiju Hrvatskog psihološkog društva. (rasprva, stručna)
5.14	DOC	Tarabić, B.N. (2019). Techniques of Verbal and Sensitivity to Nonverbal Communication. In Vjekoslav Jeleč (Ed.), 4^th Symposium “Youth and Mental Health”: I’m listening (p. 14). Zagreb: Grad Zagreb. (conference workshop, professional, abstract)
5.13	DOC	Tarabić, B.N. (2019). Get Organized! In Vjekoslav Jeleč (Ed.), 4^th Symposium “Youth and Mental Heal”: I’m listening (p. 10). Zagreb: Grad Zagreb. (conference workshop, professional, abstract)
5.12		Tarabić, B.N. (2019). Women and Men in Business World. Rotary Forum: Position of women in society and women’s right protection. Zagreb: Rotary E-klub Hrvatska (oral presentation, abstract, professional) ^27.4.
5.11		Tarabić, B.N. (2018). Perfectionism. 3^rd Symposium “Youth and mental health”: I’m listening. Zagreb: Grad Zagreb. (conference workshop, professional)
5.10		Roje, M., Buljan Flander, G. & Tarabić, B.N. (2017). Young children in front of small screens. 25^rd Annual Conference of Croatian Psychologist 25. “Psychology in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Social Justice”. Zadar: University of Zadar – Department of Psychology. (p. 162) (oral presentation, abstract, scientific)
5.09		Katalinić, V., Kujundžić, J., Tarabić, B.N. & Petö Kujundžić, L. (2017). Youth awareness of their rights in legal proceedings in the Republic of Croatia. 1^st International Scientific Conference „Child Maltreatment & Well-Being“. Rijeka: The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka. (poster, abstract, scientific)
5.08	DOC	Tarabić, B.N. (2017). Communication skills, rethinking efficiency: from intuitive to scientific. 5^th International Congress of the International College of Person Centered Medicine. Zagreb: International College of Person Centered Medicine i Zagreb's Institute for the Culture of Health. (invited lecture, abstract, scientific)
5.07	DOC	Selak Bagaric, E., Buljan Flander, G., Stimac, D. & Tarabic, B.N. (2017). Day hospital - a place of security for children and adolescents. 15^th European Congress of Psychology. Amsterdam: European Federation of Psychology Associations, 11 – 14 July (poster, abstract, professional)
5.06	DOC	Tarabić, B.N. (2016). Rethinking Communication: doctor-communicator. 1^st International Conference on chronic non-communicable diseases in the culture of health.. Zagreb: Zagrebački institut za kulturu zdravlja i NBM d.o.o., 29. September - 01 October (oral presentation, abstract, professional)
5.05	DOC	Tarabić, B.N., & Flander, M. (2016). Communication skills – Professional self–presentation in written form (CV, Cover Letters and Motivation Letters). In Z. Penezić et al. (Eds.), 20^th Psychology Days, Zadar (International Congress) (p. 190). Zadar: University of Zadar – Department of Psychology.(conference workshop, abstract)
5.04	DOC	Tarabić, B. N., & Brkljačić, T. (2016). Youth and politics: Disengagement ≠ indifference. In Z. Penezić et al. (Eds.), 20^th Psychology Days, Zadar (International Congress) (p. 127). Zadar: University of Zadar – Department of Psychology. (oral presentation, abstract, scientific)
5.03	DOC	Tarabić, B. N. (2015). Modern society and redefinition of therapeutic procedures. In F. Đerke (Ed.), 4^th Croatian Congress on Prevention and Rehabilitation in Psychiatry – ‘Depression in the Century of the Mind’ (international psychiatric expert meeting). Gyrus. 3, Supplement 1, 100. (oral presentation, abstract, professional)
5.02	DOC	Tarabić, B.N. (2014). Phenomenon Analysis, Agnosticism. In A. Slišković (Ed.), 19^th Psychology Days, Zadar (International Congress). (p. 250). Zadar: University of Zadar – Department of Psychology. (oral presentation, abstract, scientific)
5.01	DOC	Tarabić, B.N. & Smrke, L. (2013). Masturbation Practices Among Croatian University Students. In G. Kuterovac Jagodić, I. Erceg Jugović & A. Huić (Eds.), 21^st Ramiro and Zoran Bujas' Days (International Congress) (p. 201). Zagreb: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Department of Psychology. (oral presentation, abstract, scientific)

4 – professional papers

4.4	DOC	Tarabić, BN. (2014). Kratak osvrt na aktivnost autonomnog živčanog sustava u kontekstu psihologije. Gyrus, 2(4), 52-54.
4.3	DOC	Tarabić, BN. (2014). Uloga “subplate” zone u nastanku shizofrenije. Gyrus, 2(2), 185-187.
4.2	DOC	Tarabić, BN., & Tomac, P. (2014). Intelektualne teškoće - dijagnostika i klasifikacija. Gyrus, 2(1), 130-133.
4.1	DOC	Tarabić, BN., & Tomac, P. (2013). Posttraumatski stresni poremećaj. Gyrus, 1(1), 34-41.