Mag. Zoya Mesaric is a psychoanalyst (i.A.u.S.), executive coach, and writer working internationally, based between Vienna and Lisbon.

Her work focuses on complex cases where patterns persist — psychological or somatic — despite previous psychotherapy, coaching, or medical treatment.

She works with individuals who function at a high level in their lives or professions, yet encounter recurring internal patterns that do not shift. Her clinical formation includes forensic psychiatric work, long-term psychoanalytic practice, and work with complex trauma across multiple languages and settings.

Externally successful. Carrying something that hasn’t moved.

The work integrates psychoanalytic depth, trauma theory, and somatic understanding, focusing on what remains structurally embedded, not yet processed or previously unrecognized.

She has been working in the field of psychotherapy since 2016 and maintains an independent private practice, working internationally in English, Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish, both online and in person.

Her clinical perspective has been presented at the World Congress for Psychotherapy. She writes on sexuality, identity, and contemporary psychology for ELLE Magazine.

Not every case is taken on. Initial consultations determine whether the work is a fit.

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Qualifications & Affiliations:

  • Registered and supervised in accordance with Austrian federal requirements (BMASGK)

    Psychotherapy practice in Austria operates under a structured supervision framework regulated by federal law (Psychotherapiegesetz). The designation i.A.u.S. reflects active registration within this framework under ongoing professional supervision.

    Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy (ÖBVP)  

    Psychoanalytic Seminar Innsbruck (PSI) - psychoanalytic training institute, Austria

  • PRESENT

    • Psychoanalyst (i.A.u.S.) & Executive Coach

    Private Practice, Vienna, Austria & International 

    Works at the point where psychological insight exists, but change does not occur.

    Focuses on complex cases in which symptoms remain unresolved, often following multiple psychotherapeutic or clinical interventions. Often works with individuals who function at a high level externally, yet experience internal fragmentation, repetition, or loss of direction.

    Specializes in trauma, identity, and sexuality.

    Advises individuals and organizations on psychological dynamics, leadership, and identity under pressure.

    • Columnist

    Elle Magazine (Slovenia)

    Writes on grief, sexuality, ambition, and the psychological dimensions of contemporary life.

    PAST

    • Psychoanalyst (i.A.u.S.)

    Psychiatry Hospital UKC Maribor, Slovenia

    Clinical work across psychiatric and forensic settings with individuals affected by: severe and repeated trauma (including early sexual trauma), addiction and dependency structures, identity fragmentation and high-risk behavioral patterns.

    Developed strong clinical judgment under high-pressure conditions and in complex, high-risk cases.

    • Psychoanalyst (i.A.u.S.)

    Sigmund Freud Ambulanz, Vienna, Austria

    Psychoanalytic psychotherapy focused on trauma, affect regulation, and identity development.

    • Psychosocial Intern

    Haus Jaro: Caritas, Obdach aXXept, Ute Bock & Let’s Play Association, Vienna, Austria

    Clinical work across multiple community and crisis settings.

    • Clinical Assistant

    Sigmund Freud Ambulanz, Vienna, Austria

    Clinical coordination, diagnostics, and involvement in ongoing psychotherapeutic processes within a multilingual setting.

  • Mag. Zoya Mesaric holds a Master’s degree in Psychotherapy Science (Psychoanalysis) from Sigmund Freud University in Vienna, graduating with distinction.

    Her Master’s thesis, Female Sexual Identity in the 21st Century: An Analytical Study of Gen Z and Millennials, examined contemporary formations of female sexual identity through a psychoanalytic and trauma-informed lens.

    She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychotherapy Science, graduating with distinction for her thesis Female Sexuality in the 21st Century, which formed the basis for her later work on identity and sexuality.

    Her academic training is grounded in psychoanalytic formation and contemporary trauma theory, with a focus on sexuality, identity, and relational dynamics.

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