Born and lives in Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo..
Education
Bachelor studies in the field of Psychology in the University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina”
(2014-2017). In 2019 begun her master studies in the field of Neuro-cognitive Psychology at
“Carl von Ossietzky” University of Oldenburg, in Oldenburg, Germany. Currently a doctoral
student in the field of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology at “Paris Lodron” University of
Salzburg, in Salzburg Austria.
Trained on Electroencephalogram (EEG), Neurofeedback, psychological assessment, and
therapeutic approaches to treatment. Currently attends a continous training for Trauma Therapy
in Diakonie Kosova.
Professional Experience
Currently serves in the role of the Acting Dean in the Faculty of Psychology in AAB College.
Coordinator and lecturer in the Faculty of Psychology in the Faculty of Psychology, AAB
College. AAB (From October 2024)
Clinical Psychologist, UNI clinic (from July 2024)
Co-founder of the “Mindosphere” platform
Consultant for Capacity Building of local actors providing psycho-social services, GIZ
KOSOVO, (July-December 2024)
Consultant for Mental Health, Community Development Fund – CDF (July-November 2024)
Volunteer Neurofeedback practitioner in the Clinic of Psychiatry – In the Clinical University
Center of Kosovo – QKUK, (January 2024 – January 2025)
Returning Expert as part of the project of GIZ KOSOVO for junior experts returning from
Germany (April 2022 – March 2024)
Vice Director, psychologist, and researcher in Empatia Clinic (November 2021 – March 2024)
Consultant for capacity building of school psychologists for neuropsychological screenin,
Psychology Institute (May-December 2023)
Professional internships in the field of clinical psychology in various public health institutions,
2021-2022
Project assistant in projects related to career orientation and psycho-social services in “Kosovo
Expert Group” NGO (2017-2019)
Researcher in various research institutions such as Center for Psycho-social and Medical
Research, Heimerer College, University of Prishtina, etc. ( 2017)
Scientific publications
Uka, F., Gashi, A., & Studenica, A. (2024). Internal cohesion psychotherapy: The nature,
principles and application. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 24(1), 1-8.
https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12632 (shared first authorship)
Danböck, S. K., Hettegger, S. E., Anders, S., Franke, L. K., Liedlgruber, M., Miedl, S. F., Gashi,
A., Kurapov, A., Weber, R. C., Ehring, T., & Wilhelm, F. H. (2023). Psychometric properties of
the dissociative subtype of posttraumatic stress disorder scale: replication and extension in two
German-speaking samples. European journal of psychotraumatology, 14(2), 2238492.
https://doi.org/10.1080/20008066.2023.2238492
Uka, F., Gashi, A., Studenica, A., Gllogu, D., & Sopjani, V. (2023). Treating major depression
using internal cohesion psychotherapy: A case report. J. Clin. Basic Psychosom, 2, 1336.
Uka, F., Gashi, S., Gashi, A., Gllogu, D., Musliu, A., Krasniqi, A., … & Wiium, N. (2022). The
effectiveness of internal cohesion psychotherapy in treating young clients with depression and
anxiety disorders: The role of developmental assets in Kosovo context. Frontiers in
Psychology, 13, 1005709. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1005709 (corresponding author)
Interesat aktuale hulumtuese qëndrojnë në fushën e psikologjisë klinike, psikopatologjisë dhe
neuroshkencës, konkretisht me fokus në stresin posttraumatik.
Scientific conferences
Presentation: Neurofeedback Treatment. The 7th Conference of Health, Wellbeing, Education and
Children's Rights.
Presentation: The role of avoidance on intrusive memories in PTSD. The 6th Conference of
Health,
Wellbeing, Education and Children's Rights.
Poster presentation: Confronting fear after trauma. The impact of avoidance on intrusive
memories
in a trauma-film fear conditioning paradigm. The 14th European Meeting of Human Fear
Conditioning.
Presentation: Living through emotions: Physiological reactions toward positive and negative
emotions Presentation at the Conference of Social Sciences Faculty: Post-Pandemic Challenges
in
Psychology and Education.
Presentation: Neural responses to everyday auditory stimuli. The 5th Conference of Health,
Wellbeing,
Education and Children's Rights.
Presentation: The role of communication on interpersonal relationships
Presentation: The effect of labels on children's self-esteem. Evidence-based Future
Presentation: The effect of labels in children's mental health Presentation at the European
Conference
of Language and Speech Therapy
Study visits and other engagements
Summer School, i Radboud University, R dhe Machine Learning course (July 2025)
Research assistant in the Clinical Stress and Emotion Lab, Salzburg University (January-
February 2023)
Researcher in the Developmental Psychology Lab at Vienna University (Febryary-March 2021)
Training and local and regional study visits for psychological and socio-political topics (e.g.
Political Academy – Friedrich Ebbert Stiftung, Feminst Spring School – Artpolis, etc.)
National and international scholarships/grants
University scholarship for bachelor studies 2015-2016, 2016-2017
DAAD scholarship for master studies 2019-2021
HERAS+ scholarship for doctoral studies 2024
Erasmus+ for study visits
Licenses and qualifications
Licenced as clinical psychologist from the Ministry of Health
TV appearances
Different TV appearances speaking for mental health-related topics, psychological disorders,
approaches to treatment, scientific and research methods and treatment.
Studio A – ATV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=GmArIB7aWso
In the role of the clinical psychologist, speaking about Aggression, Libero – ATV
What is neurofeedback. Radio Dukagjini.
The neuroscience of habits. In session me Delina Telaku – KlanKosova
How does psychotherapy help. Radio Dukagjini.
Mental Health campaign. RTK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCYWNDWzXes
How to improve brain’s performance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlybioNZfQI