Arlinda Gashi

Coordinator
  • Born and lives in: Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo.
  • Education

  •  Bachelor studies in the field of Psychology at the University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina” (2014-2017). In 2019, began master studies in the field of Neuro-cognitive Psychology at “Carl von Ossietzky” University of Oldenburg, Germany. Currently a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology at “Paris Lodron” University of Salzburg, Austria. Trained in Electroencephalogram (EEG), Neurofeedback, psychological assessment, and therapeutic approaches to treatment. Currently attending continuous training for Trauma Therapy at Diakonie Kosova.
  • Professional Experience:

    • Acting Dean in the Faculty of Psychology at AAB College.
    • Coordinator and lecturer in the Faculty of Psychology, AAB College (From October 2024).
    • Clinical Psychologist at 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 at the Clinic of Psychiatry – Clinical University Center of Kosovo (QKUK) (January 2024 – January 2025).
    • Returning Expert as part of the GIZ KOSOVO project for junior experts returning from Germany (April 2022 – March 2024).
    • Vice Director, psychologist, and researcher at Empatia Clinic (November 2021 – March 2024).
    • Consultant for capacity building of school psychologists for neuropsychological screening at the 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 at “Kosovo Expert Group” NGO (2017-2019).
    • Researcher in various research institutions such as the 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. DOI: 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. DOI: 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. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1005709 (corresponding author)
  • Research Interests

  •  Clinical psychology, psychopathology, and neuroscience, with a focus on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  • 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, Radboud University, R and 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 (February-March 2021).
    • Training and local and regional study visits for psychological and socio-political topics (e.g. Political Academy – Friedrich Ebbert Stiftung, Feminist 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

  •  Licensed as a clinical psychologist by the Ministry of Health.
  • TV Appearances

    • Studio A – ATV. Watch Here
    • In the role of the clinical psychologist, speaking about Aggression, Libero – ATV.
    • What is neurofeedback. Radio Dukagjini. Watch Here
    • The neuroscience of habits. In session with Delina Telaku – KlanKosova. Watch Here
    • How does psychotherapy help? Radio Dukagjini. Watch Here
    • Mental Health campaign. RTK. Watch Here
    • How to improve brain’s performance. Watch Here