Tatjana Stefanović Stanojević, developmental psychologist and researcher in the field of attachment theory, was born in 1963 in Niš. She obtained her doctorate in psychological sciences in 2002 at the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade, with the topic: Close partner relationships in the light of affective attachment theory.
Tatjana Stefanović Stanojević works at the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, and from 2002 to 2015 she also worked at the Faculty of Philosophy in Banja Luka. She was elected full professor in April 2014. At the Department of Psychology in Niš, he teaches courses: Theories of cognitive development, Theories of emotional development, Research in developmental psychology, Psychology of partner relationships, Trauma from the perspective of affective attachment theory.
He is the author of monographs: Emotional development of personality, (2005), Early experience and love relationships, (2007), Affective attachment, development, modalities and evaluation (2010), When we say love, do we mean love, (2012). Affective attachment and family relationships: development and significance, (co-author, 2012), Fear is the worst place: a study of early trauma from the perspective of affective attachment theory (co-author, 2018). Love or TriP (2020). He is the author of a large number of papers in the field of attachment theory, published in scientific journals and anthologies
Since 2013, Tatjana Stefanović Stanojević has been on the project of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development: Relationships at work and in the family (149002), project manager: Prof. Dr. Vladimir Hedrih, and until 2016 she was also on the project: Trauma, trust, memory (Social Trauma and Reconciliation in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, and Cultural Memory), project manager: prof. Andreas Hamburger.
Tatjana Stefanović Stanojević is the founder of the Association for the Study, Evaluation and Application of Affective Attachment Theory: Safe Base. Also, since 2014, she is the president of the Section for Psychology of Close Relationships at the Serbian Psychological Society, as well as a member of the Executive Board of the Serbian Psychological Society. Tatjana Stefanović Stanojević
Also, Tatjana Stefanović Stanojević holds a certificate of the European Interdisciplinary Association (EIA) for psychotherapy of children and youth. This certificate recognized her credentials for psychotherapy, education and supervision in the field of integrative psychotherapy for children and adolescents.
In 2015, she accredited three seminars for the training of professionals in social work at the Republic Institute for Social Work (Child with trauma, from recognition to help, Assessment of affective attachment of children after nursery age, Partnership and marital relationships: survival). About a hundred seminars have been held so far.
Tatjana Stefanović Stanojević is the winner of the social award Ljubomir Ljuba Stojić, which is awarded by the Society of Psychologists of Serbia for her contribution to the development of the psychological profession in her community.
Tatjana Stefanovic Stanojevic is the winner of the Živomir Žiža Vasić social recognition awarded by the Society of Psychologists of Serbia for the popularization of contemporary psychology.