AAB College – Mental Health Master Program
Born on 16 July, 1982
Lecturer at the Master Mental Health Program at AAB College, 2021 – present
Clinical Psychologist at the Psychiatry Clinic (Department for Children and Adolescents), at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo, 2005 – present
Licensed as Judicial Expert Psychologist, 2023 – present
Appointed Clinical Mentor by the Specialist Education Committee for Residents in Clinical Psychology, 2022
Licensed as Specialist in Clinical Psychology, 2017 – present
Consultant Psychologist at the Centre for Protection of Women and Children, October 2022 – April 2023, and from December 2023 – May 2024
Assistant and Lecturer at Dardania College in Bachelor Applied Psychology and Managerial Study Program and in the Program of Social Welfare, 2009–2019
Part-time psychologist at NGO “Amici dei Bambini” Kosova in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, 2008–2012
Project Assistant/Translator at “Confirmec” – Project awarded by the European Agency for Reconstruction in Kosovo, 2005
Provided a considerable amount of trainings and consultations in various organizations in the field of psychology, as well as guest lectures at the University of Prishtina and local colleges.
PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology, at the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje, North Macedonia, 2019 – present.
Postgraduate Training in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, a 3-year program that consisted of six constituent parts (Training, Supervision, Personal Therapy, Clinical Practice, Clinical Casework and Exam). CPPK – a project of the Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University Basel, the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Zurich, the Department of Clinical Psychology at University of Amsterdam and the Kosova Health Foundation KHF, Pristina, supported by the Clinical Psychology Committee, Ministry of Health, Kosovo and funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation DEZA, 2013–2017.
Master in Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychology at the University of Prishtina (Graduated in 2011).
Bachelor in Psychology at the Department of Psychology at the University of Prishtina, 2001–2004.
DIRFloortime, ICDL, Certificate of Proficiency, 2017.
DIRFloortime, ICDL, Basic Certificate, 2015.
Attended a 3-Year Training Program on Trauma Therapy in Diakonie Kosova – Psycho-Social Center for Trauma Therapy; training accredited by the Ministry of Health of Kosova, 2013 – 2015.
Attended training on Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Skills, organized by KRCT – the Kosova Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims in cooperation with EABCT, 2006–2014
The Kosova Systemic Family Therapy Training Program. Joined the Program in the 2nd year. International Family Therapy Trainers. Medicor Foundation. Implemented by Kosova Health Foundation, 2011–2014.
A 3-month training program on Phenomenology, Etiology and Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. A 12-day theoretical training on PTSD at the Münchner Institut für Traumatherapie in cooperation with the “Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München”, as well as a two-month internship in the field of Trauma-Counseling and Trauma-Therapy at the Psychosocial Centre in Düsseldorf, July 2007 – October 2007.
Basic Course in Social Work (60 ECTS Credits), University of Prishtina with the support of the World Bank Kosovo Social Protection Project, academic year 2004 – 2005.
Received a recognition/award from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Kosovo Police for professional contribution to psychological periodic testing of members of special unit in the Kosovo Police and for psychological evaluations of new recruiters of Kosovo Police.
Two Merit Scholarships at Prishtina University (during BA studies), 2002–2004.
Kosovo Chamber of Physicians, since 2013 – 2017.
Member of the Albanian League of Psychiatry, 2005 – present
Member of the Student’s Board – KOAPS (Kosovar Association of Psychology Students), 2002 – 2004.
Actively participated in the International Scientific Conference “New Horizons in Psychological Science and Practice” on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Institute of Psychology, 3–5 June, 2024 in Skopje.
Participated in numerous local and international conferences as passive participant.
Ahmeti Pronaj, A., & Berisha Avdiu, V. (2019). Challenges in Supervision in Family-Oriented Approaches in Prishtina, Kosova: Meta-Talk, Peer Support, and Co-Supervision as Partial Solutions. In L. L. Charlés & Th. S. Nelson (Eds.), Family Therapy Supervision in Extraordinary Settings. Illustrations of Systemic Approaches in Everyday Clinical Work (pp. 118–127). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351063029
Arenliu, A., Shala-Kastrati, F., Berisha Avdiu, V., & Landsman, M. (2019). Posttraumatic growth among family members with missing persons from war in Kosovo: Association with social support and community involvement. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 80(1), 35–48. http://doi.org/10.1177/0030222817725679
Goçi-Uka, A., Deva, U., Berisha-Avdiu, V., Lumezi, B., Qosaj, D., Hoxha, B. Psychometric properties of the Albanian AIDA version in a Kosovar school sample. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry (2013) 22 (Suppl 2): S87–S313.
Fluent in Albanian, Croatian, and English; read German and Italian.
