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, she 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. She
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.