Dr. Mladina specializes in the treatment of PTSD, anxiety, adjustment disorders, depression, burnout, and work-related stress. She has worked both in individual and group settings. Prior to joining NYUAD, Dr. Mladina worked as Associate Victims Expert in the Gender and Children Unit at the Office of the Prosecutor, at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, providing psycho-social care for victims of sexual crimes and children affected by conflict worldwide. She also worked as a faculty member at Webster University in Leiden, teaching various subjects in Psychology both on graduate and postgraduate level, and as a clinical psychologist in her own private practice.
Before joining the ICC, Dr. Mladina has worked with victims and witnesses at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia in The Hague. She has a proven record of acting as a trainer and coach in the field of change and conflict management, secondary traumatization, work-related stress management and burnout prevention, and psycho-social aspects of investigative interviewing. Originally from Bosnia, Dr. Mladina completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies in Austria. She is fluent in English, German, and Dutch and has intermediate level of French in addition to being a native Serbo-Croatian speaker.