Psychologist
PhD, MClinPsych, MPsych, MPsychTh, BPsychSc(Hons), BPsychSc
Clinic: Network
Jelena has been working as a psychologist with Advance Healthcare since 2021. She is trained as a clinical psychologist and gestalt psychotherapist in Europe (Serbia, Italy, Malta and Germany).
In Australia, Jelena obtained her registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency (AHPRA) as a general psychologist. Jelena also completed Master of Clinical Psychology in Australia and she is currently on clinical psychology registrar program. In addition, Jelena is a Psychology Board of Australia approved supervisor.
Jelena has been involved in psychology courses, psychology and psychotherapy education, supervision, academia and research for more than 20 years. She taught at Charles Darwin University and Australian College of Applied Psychology and was involved in writing the training standards for the psychotherapy profession in Australia. Her European experience included many academic, research and leadership positions in psychotherapy and psychology. She is a Visiting Professor at American University of Cyprus. Jelena also founded Gestalt Healthcare to promote holistic and phenomenological approach to mental health. She is an active researcher interested in the relationship between neuroscience, attachment and gestalt therapy.
Research Outcomes and Impact
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5684-4857
Articles
Jurcik, T., Jarvis, G. E., Zeleskov Djoric, J., Krasavtseva, Y., Yaltonskaya A., Ogiwara, K., Sasaki, J., Dubois, S., & Grigoryan, K. (2020). Adapting mental health services to the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned by professionals in four countries. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2020.1785846
Batricevic, A., Zeleskov Djoric. J., Petrovic, B., & Knezic, B. (2020). Through offenders’ eyes: A pilot study on experiencing supervision in Serbian criminal justice system. Teme, XLIV(2), 587-605. DOI: 10.22190/TEME180913041B
Medjedovic, J., Petrovic, B., Zeleskov Djoric, J., & Savic, M. (2017). Interpersonal and affective psychopathy traits can enhance human fitness. Evolutionary Psychological Science, 3(4), 306-315. DOI: 10.1007/s40806-017-0097-5
Randjelovic, K., & Zeleskov Djoric, J. (2017). Fear of negative evaluation and social anxiety in the context of the revised reinforcement sensitivity theory. Collection of papers of the faculty of philosophy in Pristina, 47(3), 239–263. DOI: 10.5937/ZRFFP47-14985
Zeleskov Doric, J. (2017). Co-creating Gestalt therapy research on rehabilitation of high security offenders. Gestalt Journal of Australia and New Zealand, 13(2), 45–55. ISSN: 1834-5298
Medjedovic, J., Petrovic, B., Kujacic, D., Zeleskov Djoric, J., & Savic, M. (2015). What is the optimal number of traits to describe psychopathy? Applied Psychology, 8(2), 109–130. UDK: 159.972:159.923
Miller, R. J., Miller, J. W., Zeleskov Djoric, J., & Upton, D. P. (2015). Baldwin's mill: Race, punishment and the pedagogy of repression, 1965–2015. Humanity and Society, 39(4), 456–475. DOI: 10.1177/0160597615609188
Zeleskov Djoric, J., Batricevic, A., & Petrovic, B. (2015). Experiencing community service in Belgrade – Normative framework and general impressions. Journal of Criminology and Criminal Law, 2-3, 185-197. UDK: 343.24(497.11) 364-
Djoric, P., Zeleskov Djoric, J., Stanisavljevic, D. M., Markovic, Z. D., Zivkovic, V., Vuletic, M., … Jakovljevic, V. (2012). Distal venous arterialisation and reperfusion injury: Focus on oxidative status. European Surgical Research, 48(4), 200–207. DOI: 10.1159/000338619
Zeleskov Djoric, J., Hedrih, V., & Djoric, P. (2012). Relations of resilience and personal meaning with vicarious traumatization in psychotherapists. International Journal of Psychotherapy, 16(3), 44–55. ISSN: 1469-8498
Djoric P., Davidovic, L., Markovic, M., Koncar, I., Zeleskov-Djoric, J., & Cinara, I. (2011). Factors influencing early results of femoro-femoral crossover bypass. Serbian Archives of Medicine, 139(3–4), 143–148. DOI: 10.2298/SARH1104143D
Zeleskov-Djoric, J. (2011). Resilience and criminal victimization. Journal of the Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research, 30(1–2), 219–229. UDK: 343.988.159.923.3.072.316.614.034
Zeleskov Djoric, J., & Medjedovic, J. (2011). Romantic adult attachment and basic personality traits. Horizons of Psychology, 20(4), 9–23. ISSN: 1318-187.
Brajovic-Car, K., Zeleskov Djoric, J., & Divac-Jovanovic, M. (2010). Self-developmental groups as an integral part of psychology study curriculum: Rationale and challenges. Bulgarian Journal of Psychology, 1(4), 844–849. ISSN: 0861-7813.
Hedrih, V., & Zeleskov-Djoric, J. (2009). Friendship and self-construal. Teme – Journal for Social Sciences, 33(4), 1247–1259. UDK: 316.47:159.9.072 177.63:159.9.072
Zeleskov, J., Pedovic, I., & Hedrih, V. (2009). Function of friendship and personality characteristic. Psihologija, 42(3), 341–356. DOI: 10.2298/PSI0903341Z
Hedrih, V., & Zeleskov Djoric, J. (2006). Psychological correlates of resilience and pressure of authority on unethical behaviour. Annual Review of Psychology, 4(5), 53–70. UDK: 159.923:172.12. ISSN: 1451-5407.
Cannavo, M., Zeleskov Doric, J., Cereda, A., & Alu, A. (2021). L’uso delle immagini e della fotografia nella psicoterapia della Gestalt. Neuroestetica, neuroni specchio e risonanza corporea. Quaderni di Gestalt, XXXIV, n2, 29-43.
Books
Roubal, J., Brownell, Ph., Francesetti, G., Melnick, J., & Zeleskov Djoric, J. (Eds.). (2016). Towards a research tradition in Gestalt therapy. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholar Publishing.
Zeleskov Djoric, J. (2012). Resilience and job satisfaction in surgeons. Belgrade: Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research.
Book Chapters
Zeleskov Djoric, J. (2019). Useful methodology in Gestalt research. In P. Brownell (Ed.), Handbook for theory, research, and practice in Gestalt therapy (2nd ed.) (pp. 103-136). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Roubal, J., Francesetti, G., Brownell, P., Melnick, J., & Zeleskov-Djoric. (2016). Bridging practice and research in Gestalt therapy. In J. Roubal, Ph. Brownell, G. Francesetti, J. Melnick, & J. Zeleskov Djoric (Eds.), Towards a research tradition in Gestalt therapy (pp. 1–18). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholar Publishing.
Zeleskov Djoric, J., Cannavo, M., & Medjedovic, J. (2016). Emerging beauty beyond the freedom - Gestalt therapy approach in offenders using the CORE and CHAP instruments. In J. Roubal, Ph. Brownell, G. Francesetti, J. Melnick, & J. Zeleskov Djoric (Eds.), Towards a research tradition in Gestalt therapy (pp. 314–335). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholar Publishing.
Zeleskov Djoric, J., Miller, R. J., Srnic, J., & Vulevic, D. (2016). Re-entry experience and NGO engagement: Sharing experience in the USA and Serbia. In I. Stevanovic & A. Batricevic (Eds.), Criminal and misdemeanour sanctions and measures: Imposing, enforcement and conditional release (pp. 271–282). Belgrade: Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research.
Medjedovic, J., Petrovic, B., & Zeleskov Djoric, J. (2015). Pro-criminal dispositions: Differences and similarities between concepts and prediction qualities. In M. Hughson & Z. Stevanovic (Eds.), Criminal and Serbian society: Challenges of social disintegration, social regulation and environmental protection (pp. 89–108). Belgrade: Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research.
Milojevic, S., Banjac, S., & Zeleskov Djoric, J. (2015). Implicit theories of delinquency. In I. Stevanovic (Ed.), Juveniles as perpetrators and victims of crimes and misdemeanors (pp. 323–333). Belgrade: Institute of Criminological and Sociological Research.
Zeleskov Djoric, J., Batricevic, A., & Kuzmanovic, M. (2014). Probation in Europe – Serbia. In I. Durnescu & A. V. Kalmthout (Eds.), Probation in Europe (pp. 14–44). The Netherlands, Amsterdam: Confederation of European Probation.
Zeleskov Djoric, J. (2013). Resilience and nephrology. In S. Strahinjić, N. Pavlović, & R. Babić (Eds.), New trends in nephrology (pp. 221–229). Nis, Serbia: Sven.
Zeleskov Djoric, J. (2013). Resilience, attachment theory and jobs. In V. Hedrih, J. Todorovic, & M. Milojevic (Eds.), Relationship between family and work in Serbia at the beginning of 21st century (pp. 34–45). Nis, Serbia: University of Nis.
Zeleskov-Doric, J. (2007). Self-concept and adult attachment patterns in anxious-depressive patients. In N. Hanak & A. Dimitrijević (Eds.), Attachment: Theory, research, psychotherapy (pp. 117–132). Belgrade: Centre for Publishing Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation.
Brownell, P., & Zeleskov Doric, J. (2023). Post-Secular, Spiritually Integrated Gestalt therapy. In P.S.Richards, G. E. Kawika Allen, & D. K. Judd (2023). Handbook of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies (pp. 99-119). American Psychological Association.
Book Reviews
Zeleskov Djoric, J. (2019). Human interaction and emotional awareness. Italy: Istituto di Gestalt Italy.
Zeleskov Djoric, J., & Francesetti, G. (2015). [Review of the book Global perspective on research, theory and practice: A decade of Gestalt!, by P. Brownell & B. R. Mistler]. Quaderini di Gestalt, 28(2), 126–128.
Zeleskov Djoric, J. (2013, September 20). [Review of the book chapter Assessing suicidal risk. Gestalt therapy in clinical practice, by G. Francesetti, M. Gecele, & J. Roubal] (pp. 346–348). Torino: Franco Angeli.