Bosnian Therapists in New York

Are you dealing with with life transitions, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, stress, or low self-confidence? I am here to help and guide. As people have their unique histories, experiences, and emotional buildup, I aim to provide an individualized approach to create a strong therapeutic partnership. My goal is to empower people so they can experience more happiness, fulfillment and achieve their goals. As a former public performer I enjoy working with clients who experience public performance anxiety. I can help clients overcome their fears or road blocks as I strive to help develop effective coping skills.

I specialize in working with clients with trauma history, relationship issues, life transitions, impulsive behavior, anger, depression, and anxiety. I also welcome individuals who are looking for self-knowledge and self-growth and want to fulfill their potential. I work with young adults and adults of all racial, ethical, and cultural backgrounds, gender identities and sexual orientations.

Everyone functions uniquely, at times experiencing depression, anxiety, insecurities, doubt, and grief. I help people around these issues, as well as introversion, high-functioning Asperger's, bipolar, OCD, and social awkwardness...relationship issues, self-esteem, living with narcissists, identity. We can decide how to deal with life's changes, challenges, and transitions. We will focus compassionately on emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and relationships to examine patterns and slowly change them. Our ability to observe and use our will to change are the most powerful tools we possess to bring about changes we desire.

Are you having problems in your relationship? As a psychologist with over 20 years of experience, I am here to help. I can guide you through rebuilding trust, establishing clear communication channels, and restoring intimacy. If you’re looking for a couples therapist, you’ve probably tried to improve your relationship on your own without success, and maybe you’re discouraged. Couples therapy helps overcome these frustrations by using proven strategies to strengthen relationships. I use one of the most effective methods of couples counseling called Emotion Focused Couples Therapy (EFT).

My practice is based on presumption that mind can create dysfunctional, disruptive and destructive functioning patterns, but it also has an enormous potential for healing from those patterns by recognizing, resolving, modifying and integrating them. Toward that end, I use therapeutic approaches where the therapy itself is "held" by strong alliance and trust in process, that as it deepens, allows for access and application of client's unique conscious and unconscious healing potentials. The therapy is effective with depressed and/or anxious individuals, couples with problems, as well as individuals with unresolved traumas or PTSD.

We are professionally trained therapists with diversified competencies, certifications and expertise, to provide the most suitable counseling help. We remain sensitive to your spiritual framework and belief system, whatever they may be. As a counseling group, we are committed to providing affordable and effective counseling to persons of all social and cultural backgrounds. We are happy to say, we accept most health insurances!

I offer long and short term therapy. There are many reasons why people seek therapy or psychoanalysis. Some people have a specific issue that they want to focus on, while others feel unhappy, lost, depleted, and generally dissatisfied in their life without exactly knowing why. Desire for personal growth, curiosity, or a self-care, are also good reasons to seek therapy. I invite you to reach out to me. I might be able to help you.

As a psychologist, I help people address their struggles and reach their potential. I pay careful attention to the establishment of a safe, trusting environment where people feel heard, seen, and supported. I have come to recognize the issues that come along with our attempts to cope with challenges that life presents. We often use strategies that might have been useful in the past and are less helpful now. These patterns--many of which are not in our immediate awareness--are multilayered and as such, present as portals for us to access the enormous field of potential for lasting change which we aim to access collaborativelly.

This is for anyone who struggles feeling emotionally safe to be themselves in a relationship with others. They might be unsure and doubt themselves, and struggle with self-care and setting boundaries with those that they are close to. 
This is for those who want to feel safe and secure within their own sense of self and feel emotionally safe to be. They would like to experience love and compassion for themself and be able to prioritize themself unapologetically. This is for those who are seeking emotional stability, resilience, and the ability to thrive and live in their full expression in their lives in all dimensions.

If you are struggling with making a decision, facing a difficulty, or feeling overwhelmed, my empathetic, warm and non-judgmental approach is the right fit for you. We would collaboratively work on setting a goal for yourself, and take the necessary steps to improve your life. I have a vast experience working with diverse clients, and I am highly culturally sensitive. I strongly believe that every individual is unique; therefore, I tailor my counseling approaches to each individual client. I enjoy learning with and from my clients, and would love to accompany you on your journey towards achievement of your goals.

Do you feel that your marriage has lost the spark? Are you asking yourself, what is wrong with my partner? Do you feel that you drink more than you used to? Is your teenage child acting as a runaway train? Does my child drink? Does she use drugs? Is she sexually active? Are you second-guessing your parenting skills? Is it them? Is it me? Do you feel that you have lost your grip on things? Contact me and I will help you better understand these concerns.Some people listen, and some wait to speak. I listen.

Marija Marinkovic is a licensed clinical social worker. Marija is a warm and empathetic therapist who is finely attuned to people’s emotions. As people have their unique histories, experiences, and emotional buildup, she aims to provide an individualized approach to create a strong therapeutic partnership. Her goal is to empower patients so they can experience more happiness, and achieve their goals. Marija uses various approaches and therapeutic modalities to help her patients, including cognitive behavioral therapy, positive psychology, solution-focused therapy, strength-based perspectives, motivational interviewing.

Over the past thirty years, I have worked with individuals, couples, and families who are internationals coming from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds. I use a range of psychotherapeutic approaches to offer you guidance and help you build coping skills to resolve your unique experiences, such as depression, anxiety, loss, relationship conflicts, work stress, traumas, family/couples' conflicts, and parenting struggles. I am dedicated to helping you transform unhealthy habitual patterns by opening opportunities for you to find more strength, compassion, and aliveness in your life and in your relationships.

If being melancholic, neurotic, unmotivated; having anxiety, depressive moods, obsessive thinking, nightmares; feeling displaced, feeling shame, unbearable emotional hurt, loss, feeling driven by fear are your obstacles to reach optimal way of being in this complex world, therapy is the best journey to take to get help. Benefits of taking that journey with me are that I know how to wellcome, nurture and bring to awareness human potentials to help ourselves through unleashing our own unique creative powers to resolve problems even when they are hidden in our subconscious mind.

Over the years I have worked with various individuals and couples who have experienced hardships related to trauma, grief and loss, mood disorders, family dynamics, relationships, identity development & acceptance, coping, and more. Additionally, I work closely with the experiences of immigrant, refugee, and international communities specific to cross-cultural adjustment; multicultural, diversity, and social justice challenges; and community coping and resilience.