Mia is an artist, art therapist, and lecturer with over 20 years of artistic experience and a decade of professional practice in art therapy. She holds an MA in art education/sculpture and Art Therapy. Mia continued advanced studies in trauma theories, somatic, sensorimotor, and neuro-informed approaches, including Somatic Experiencing, Sensorimotor Art Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Polyvagal Theory. She is a trained supervisor in the art therapy processes.

She is the president of the Croatian Art Therapy Association (HART), editor-in-chief of Transfer, the Art Therapy Journal, and an editor in several academic publications. Mia teaches in the Art Therapy Program at the University of Osijek and is a guest teacher at the Creative Therapies Program in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She presents at conferences internationally.

She works with individuals and groups, FtF and online, supporting trauma survivors,  immigrants, Holocaust survivors, and clients with psychiatric, social or emotional challenges.

Thinking through the qualities and differences between inner and outer realities, and finding a way these parallel consciousnesses can function in understanding, tolerance, and supporting each other to grow, is the goal.

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