Aleksandra Slijepcevic (she/her/hers)

I have experience supporting clients experiencing chronic depression, helping them identify triggering patterns that may lead to self-harm and providing the tools and advocacy needed to reduce risk and build safety. My training in suicide prevention, particularly with teens, allows me to meet clients with compassion, understanding, and the resources necessary to foster stability and hope while working toward long-term emotional healing.

In working with trauma and PTSD, I integrate somatic awareness, mindfulness, and nervous system regulation to help clients understand how their body responds to perceived threat. Drawing on my training from The Chicago School, I teach clients to recognize when their body is in a triggered or heightened state and to use grounding and regulation tools to restore a sense of safety, connection, and control.

I help clients understand how anxiety manifests in their bodies through a somatic and mindfulness-based approach. Using body awareness and regulation techniques, I guide clients in recognizing the physical sensations of anxiety and learning how to process them safely without becoming overwhelmed. This work helps clients develop tools to regulate their nervous system and respond to stress with greater calm and confidence.

With DBT, I help clients learn to hold space for their emotions, develop self-regulating behaviors, and diffuse difficult situations without becoming emotionally overwhelmed. DBT serves as a practical learning framework—offering tools that clients can use anytime, anywhere. I draw on my training and education from The Chicago School on various DBT tools and techniques.

Through Narrative Therapy, I explore the power of stories and core beliefs that shape identity and behavior. Together, we uncover how these stories have been formed—often passed down through family lines—and empower clients to see that they are not defined by their past. Stories can be reexamined, reimagined, and rewritten. I am also drawing from my experience facilitating meditation and journaling classes, as forms of therapeutic self-expression.

Somatic Therapy anchors my work in the wisdom of the body. I guide clients in learning body-based regulation techniques that foster safety, connection, and nervous system balance—helping them respond to life’s challenges with grounded awareness and inner stability. I am drawing from my mindfulness and yoga-centered training, as well as trainings facilitated and led by Stephen Porges and Deb Dana in the field of Polyvagal Theory.