Dr. Vedrana Mladina, PhD, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Associate Director of Counseling at NYUAD Health Center.

Prior to joining NYU Abu Dhabi, Dr. Mladina worked as Associate Victims Expert in the Gender and Children Unit at the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, providing psycho-social care for adult victims of war crimes and children affected by conflicts worldwide. She also worked as a faculty member at Webster University in Leiden, teaching various subjects in Psychology both on graduate and postgraduate level, as well as a clinical psychologist in her own private practice. She is trained in CBT,ACT and Schema Therapy and specializes in treatment of PTSD, anxiety, depression, adjustment difficulties, conflict management, secondary traumatization, stress management and burnout prevention, as well as in psycho-social aspects of investigative interviewing.

Dr. Mladina is also certified in Nutritional Psychology.

Originally from Bosnia, Dr. Mladina completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies at Karl Franzens University of Graz, Austria.