CURRICULUM VITAE Velimir Dugandžić Rođ

CURRICULUM VITAE Velimir Dugandžić Rođ

CURRICULUM VITAE Velimir Dugandžić b. December 12th 1975

Mob: 091 1114 112

CURRENT POSITION:

  • Headmaster of the Institution for Mentally Ill Adults, Jalžabet , Croatia
  • Psychotherapist, supervisor in private practice and international trainer in psychotherapy– Dugan d.o.o. for encouragement of personal, family and organization potentials, Varaždin.
  • Chairman of the Society for Gestalt and Integrative Therapists of Croatia (CAGIT) since 2011
  • Member of the Committee for Ethical Issues in Federation of the Psychotherapeutic Associations of Croatia (FPAC) since 2012
  • Full Member of EAGT (
  • Full Member OF EAP (
  • One of owners of Centar IGW Zagreb- first Croatian Gestalt institute
  • Associate of Macedonian gestalt institute „Aspekti” since 2012.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION:

  • ECP- European certificate of psychotherapy 2010. Vienna
  • EAGT- European cerificate in gestalt therapy 2010.
  • Certified integrative gestalt psychotherapist - Institut fur Integrative Gestalttherapie Wurzburg, Deutchland;
  • Magister of social sciences, Faculty for Economics, University of Zagreb (Theory and policy of marketing); 2005
  • Prof. Defectologist – social pedagogue, Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Zagreb, 2000.
  • Certified psychotherapist in second order cybernetics – School of Cybernetics of Psychotherapy, Croatia;
  • Certified NLP -Time line therapy practicioner and NLPHipnotherapy practicioner;
  • Certified supervisor in psychosocial work and full member of Croatian Association for Supervision and Organizational Development (CASOD)
  • Educated in integrative body relational psychotherapy (CPD education 2007-2013)
  • Educated in System Gestalt Coaching – Certificate IGW Institute fur Integrative gestalt therapy Wurzburg Deutchland- 2011.
  • Educated in Clinical Expressive Arts therapy - two year programme - Certificate, 2012-2014.
  • Pacific Gestalt Institute Los Angeles, PGI, Santa Barbara,USA - 10 days intensive post doctorate level programme in Relational Gestalt Therapy with Lynne Jacobs PhD. And Gary Yontef PhD. 2014.

OTHER EDUCATIONS:

1996- 2005 / School of Cybernetics of Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty of University of Zagreb
- since 2006Clinical psychotherapist in Cybernetics of Psychotherapy, finished second degree of six-year education
1996 / Participant of international project – education, Building Racial Harmony, September 1996.,Birmingham,England (CERTIFICATE).
2000 / India, Puthaparty- 20-day course in yoga – certificate
2001 / Hipnotherapist certification training-advanced neuro dinamics NLP,Zagreb April 2001.(CERTIFICATE)
Completion certificate in the practitioner Time Line Therapy training-NLP, Zagreb April 2001.(CERTIFICATE)
2003 / Participated in workshops “Body in providing of psychological support”, in duration of 12 hours. Workshop facilitator: Jasna Burnač – Štefok, M.D., spec. psychiatrist – psychotherapist
2004 / Finished the professional education in “System family approach ” in duration of 60 hours (facilitators Prof. Lidija Arambašić, Ph.D., and Prof. Jasenka Pregrad, psychologist and psychotherapist)
2004-2009 / Finished four-year specialist post-graduate education for psychotherapist in Gestalt psychotherapy in Zagreb, Institut fur Integrative Gestalttherapie Wurzburg, Deutchland;
2006 / Participated in one-day training education
„Crisis situations and communication with media” organized by SOS Children’s Village Croatia
2007 / Certified supervisor in psychosocial work, through CASOD, since December 2007, full member of CASOD, Supervisor in psychosocial work.
2007 - / Educating in Integrative relational body psychotherapy -in Zagreb(facilitator: Tom Warnecke,London, Chiron Association for Body Psychotherapists, EABP.)
2010- / Co-facilitator of CPD training in integrative relational body psychotherapy in Zagreb
2010-2011 / Finished education in System Gestalt Coaching/CERTIFICATE– IGW institute, Deutchland
2012 - 2014 / Education Clinicall Expressive Arts Therapy Croatia 2012-2014
2014 / Pacific Gestalt Institute Los Angeles, PGI, Santa Barbara,USA - 10 days intensive post doctorate level programme in Relational Gestalt Therapy with Lynne Jacobs PhD. And Gary Yontef PhD.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1996–1999 / Social Welfare Centre Zagreb – Pešćenica Office
Individual and group leader on the project of prevention of juvenile delinquency “MBTP- Modification of Behavior Through Play”
1996- 2002 /

Social Welfare Centre Varaždin – Implementer of the juvenile court measures: intense care and monitoring and monitoring of the execution of the parental care

1997-2003 / Student supervisor – of the individual leaders on the sub-programe – “MBTP – the students who can do better” and programme “Good – Better – the Best” which was conducted by the Association Play in cooperation with the Social Welfare Centre Zagreb – Pešćenica office
1998-2000
2003-2004 / Social Welfare Centre Zaprešić
Group leader in the project of prevention of juvenile delinquency „MBTP – Modification of Beavior Through Play”
1998 / Arts and Music summer camp, Philladelphia, USA; Counsellor and tennis coach to the elementary school children
1999-2001 /

Association “Play” for providing educational, rehabilitational, psychosocial and pedagogic help – one of the founders

- Head of the Department of public relations of the Association „Play”

- Supervisorof the group leaders in the program „Good – Better – the Best”

2000-2002 / Social pedagogue in II.General Private Gymnasium in Zagreb
2001 / Workshop facilitator for the professional education of the class teachers of elementary and high schools of MedjimurjeCounty, Čakovec, 2001.
Workshop facilitator for professional education of class teachers and expert cooperates in City of Zagreb
2001-2002 / Serving the civilian military service in the Institution for Upbringing of Children and Youth (Dugave), Zagreb, department for diagnostics
2002-2005 / Cooperate in student exercises on Faculty for Education and Special Rehabilitation in Zagreb, Department for Behavior Disorders
2002- 2007 / Coordinator of the project of prevention of risk behaviour “MBTP – The Students who can do better” conducted by the Association Play in cooperation with the Social Welfare Centre Zagreb, Pešćenica Office
2003/4 / Initiator, creator and organizer of the humanitarian event “Q clubbing for Q tomorrow” (QUALITY CLUBBING FOR QUALITY TOMORROW)2003/04, first humanitarian event related to the prevention of behaviour disorders in Republic of Croatia
2004/6 / Supervisorto the group leaders in the program of prevention “Good – Better – the Best” in Association Play.
2004/5 / Coach and supervisor in the two-year implementation of the program “Modification of Behaviour Through Play” SICG- Montenegro, Budva,2003-04 and 2004-05, in organization of NGO Save the children UK-Monte Negro (co-facilitator with the group of coaches)
2006 / Lecturer and facilitator on the experiential lecture on the international symposium of the students of psychology in Zagreb (April 23rd and 24th 2006) on the topic “I understand myself, I understand you” . The topic of the experiential lecture:
„Fish-bowl of experience of the cybernetic of psychotherapy” (co-facilitator with Andreja Rosandić, M.Sc., and Marko Šteng, prof. social pedagogue)
2006 / Coach – educator of the two-days training for the employees of UNICEF Sarajevo Headquters within the scope of the five days retreat /2006 Zagreb program on topic:
“Anger management from Gestalt perspective” (co-facilitator with Prof. Irena Bezić,PhD. M.Sc. psychologist)
2006, 2007 / Member of the commission for evaluation of the projects for the Ministry of Families, War Veterans and Inter-generation solidarity in the field „Youth Support”
2007-2009 / Psychotherapist - Individual psychotherapy with the clients within the psycho-social-pedagogical counselling office “Different approach” in the Association Play – Zagreb.
2007 / Meta-supervisor on the project „MBTP – Students who can do better”
2006, 2007 / Visiting lecturer on the Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation within the course “Theory of prevention” with the lecture: “The importance of marketing theory and practice in the prevention of behavior disorders” in the course „Post-treatment“
2002-2008 / 2002-2005 Educator in SOS YOUTH COMMUNITY in VelikaGorica;
2005-2008 Director of SOS YOUTH COMMUNITY in Velika Gorica
2008-2009 / Expert employee –Family centre of VaraždinCounty
2008 –
Since / Psychotherapist, supervisor, coach and counsellor in private practice - Dugan d.o.o. for encouragement of personal, family and organizational potentials;
2008-2009 / Organization and facilitation of two modules of three days training for the teachers and expert cooperates of 1stelementary school Čakovec; Training for the foster parents of MedjimurjeCounty – 3 modules
2009-Since / Headmaster of the Institution for Mentally Ill Adults, Jalžabet , Croatia

Since2011 / Chairman of the Society of Gestalt and Integrative Therapists of Croatia (SGITC)

2012-2014. / Supervisor for UNCEF Croatia – project “ Telefončić”
2013 / Trainer for IGW Deutchland in 4 year programme in Gestalt therapy - BIH, Tuzla
February 2013 – “Body diagnostics”
2013 / Trainer in two days workshop in Tel Aviv , Israel, for gestalt therapist in Tel Aviv
October 2013: ” Relational body in gestalt therapy”
2012-2014 / Trainer for Macedonian Gestalt institute “Aspekti in Skopje on topics:
March 2013 – “Body psychotherapy in gestalt field”
October 2013 – “Body diagnostics in Gestalt therapy”
May 2014 - “Gestalt art therapy”

INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONGRESSES, SEMINARS AND SYMPOSIUMS:

1997 / Participated in the work of 1st Slovenian Congress of Social Pedagogy, on Bled, November 13th – 15th 1997.
1999 / Active participation on the 1st Croatian Congress of Social Pedagogy, on Opatija, March 25th – 27th 1999.
Topic: Supervision as a process
1999 / Participated in the work of seminar entitled “Help to the children and youth with behaviour disorders in post-war conditions”, held in Čakovec on June 24th and 25th 1999. The seminar was organized by the Ministry of Work and Social Welfare of Republic of Croatia and UNICEF.
2000 / Active participation in the work of summer school entitled “Social work with juvenile offenders”, held within the scope of Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik, June 18th - 23rd 2000. (CERTIFICATE)
Topic:
“Supervision of Volunteers Who Work With Juvenile Offenders”
2000 / Participated in the work of international scientific symposium in Varaždin, October 26th-27th, 2000, entitled “Market democracy in Croatia – situation and perspectives”
2002 / Participated in work of professional seminar „Emotional abuse and neglect of children”.
Seminar was organized by the State Institute for Protection of Family, Motherhood and Youth, and the Youth Council of Republic of Croatia, April 8th – 9th 2002.
Seminar was facilitated by Kari Killen, Ph.D., from Norway (CERTIFICATE)
2006 / Participated in the international congress FICE in Sarajevo, September 6th to 8th 2006; the topic of conference was «Builda positive future despite a difficult past !»
2006 / Participated in the 1stCroatian conference on supervision “Supervision – precondition of quality of work with children, youth and families” as one of the participants invited in the round table with the topic ”Supervision in non-governmental sector”, Opatija, April 20th to 22nd 2006
2008 / Participated in 2nd Croatian conference on supervision “Euality of supervision for quality of psycho-social work”, Opatija, October 23rd to 25th 2008
2009 / Participated in scientific professional conference “Matching the interventions with the needs of children and youth at risk” held on Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation in Zagreb.
2011 / Participated in the conference “Healthy mind in healthy body” Zagreb, with the lecture on topic:
“Gestalt therapy and panic attacks” and “Body psychotherapy and stress”
2011 / Participated in 1st Croatian conference on psychotherapy with the workshop co-facilitated with Aleksandar Stevanović, M.Sc., on topic “Body psychotherapy – body in psychotherapy”
2012 / Participated in 3rd Croatian conference on supervision in Opatija – workshop co-facilitated with Sunčana Kusturin, M.Sc., on topic “Supervisor as a brand”
2013 / Participated in 2st Croatian conference on psychotherapy with the lecture “ Market and visabillity of psychotherapy” - panel presentation (invited speaker)
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