Curriculum Vitae:

Assoc. Prof. Nataša Dernovšček Hafner, B.Sc. in Psychology, obtained her Master’s degree at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana in 2007 and her PhD in 2015 on the topic of family-related factors and drug use in adolescents. She is a research associate at the Sociomedical Institute of ZRC SAZU. Her research and areas of expertise are mental health of different target groups, literacy in mental health, health of employees in company restructuring processes and psychosocial risks. At the University Medical Centre Ljubljana, she has introduced supervision groups for healthcare workers in line with the development and education model, aimed at strengthening the professional competencies of participants. She also coordinated the psychological supervision of employees. She is the author or co-author of several professional and scientific publications.