Psychoeducation as an integrative part of therapy with clients who suffer from PTSD

Indira Haracic-Novic has been a clinical psychologist /psychotherapist with the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) for the last 11 years. Herself a refugee, Indira has extensive experience working with refugees both overseas and in Australia and she played an important role with the Kosovo refugees during Operation Safe Haven. She has successfully treated acute victims of war, particularly rape survivors in Sarajevo and treated people with chronic PTSD during her work at STARTTS. Her particular interest and expertise is the use of psycho-education to aid recovery of trauma survivors. In addition to individual therapy she facilitates psychoeducational therapeutic groups for adults and children. She also provides clinical supervision and training and consultation for clinicians in their work with refugees. Indira is trained in Transactional Analysis (TA), EMDR and Trauma Therapy. For her clinical thesis Indira researched TA psychotherapy for female clients who suffered from somatoform gynaecological disorders.