Draga Jevtic is a highly experienced Organisational and Counselling Psychologist with more than 30 years’ experience working across clinical, organisational, community, and governance settings, and over 20 years of board and advisory experience within the not‑for‑profit, health, government and community sectors. Draga is widely respected for her depth of experience, thoughtful presence, and her ability to support people through complex personal and professional challenges with clarity, care, and practical insight. Draga works with individuals, families, professionals, and leaders seeking thoughtful, psychologically informed support to navigate complex personal, relational, and workplace challenges. What distinguishes Draga’s practice is her rare dual expertise spanning organisational psychology and counselling psychology, combined with senior executive and board‑level experience. This enables her to work seamlessly across individual, team, organisational, and system levels, translating psychological insight into sustainable strategy, governance, and operational outcomes. Organisational Psychology In her organisational work, Draga supports individuals and organisations impacted by vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout, complex workplace stressors and psychosocial hazard identification and management. She works extensively with executives, leaders, and multidisciplinary teams to address workplace conflict, strengthen collaboration, enhance psychological safety, and improve performance and wellbeing. Draga brings extensive experience in executive coaching and mentoring, psychometric assessment, leadership and team development, professional supervision and mentoring, workforce wellbeing strategy, and the design and delivery of evidence‑based programs. She is particularly passionate about preventative and early‑intervention approaches that embed mental health and wellbeing into organisational culture, governance, and everyday practice. Counselling Psychology As a Counselling Psychologist, Draga works with children, adults, and families using a person‑centred and solution‑focused approach, drawing on a broad range of cognitive‑behavioural therapies, trauma‑informed practice, and mindfulness‑based interventions. Her clinical expertise includes trauma and PTSD, including complex trauma, grief and loss, anxiety and depression, eating disorders, health and lifestyle concerns, relationship and family difficulties, and career and life transitions. Draga has extensive experience working with children and families, refugees and asylum seekers, and survivors of torture and trauma, including her work at the Royal Children’s Hospital and in specialist trauma services. Many people seek Draga’s support when they are navigating complex life circumstances, long-standing challenges, or periods of significant transition, and are looking for a highly experienced psychologist who can offer both depth and practical guidance. Leadership, Governance & Community Contribution In addition to her clinical and consulting work, Draga has held senior executive leadership roles and has served on numerous health, community, multicultural, humanitarian, creative/arts and government boards and advisory committees. Through these roles, she contributes at strategic, operational, and governance levels. She brings a strong focus on ethical practice, clinical governance, systems thinking, and values‑based leadership. Draga speaks Serbian and associated languages, enabling her to work effectively with culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

I have a strong interest in supporting women and girls to foster a positive self-image through self-compassion and self-awareness. My work centres on recognising and processing trauma, as well treating depression, anxiety, body-image dissatisfaction, grief, and relationship difficulties. I also work with women through the perinatal and postnatal period. In addition to therapeutic work, I conduct clinical assessments for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and seek to facilitate empowered and affirming relationships with neurodiversity. My approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and strengths-focused. My practice is also informed by examining the interplay between social forces and individual psychology, having observed that women and girls often develop negative ideas about themselves that have their origin in harmful cultural practices, such as the imposition of gender norms. I aim to cultivate a safe environment where unhelpful feelings and patterns of behaviour can be explored and understood. And, when working with girls, I seek to foster a relationship with parents and include them in understanding and implementing the strategies being introduced to support their daughters’ wellbeing. The therapeutic modalities I use are Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Schema Therapy. I also conduct cognitive and academic assessments that can be used in the development of individual learning plans for primary, secondary, and tertiary, educational settings, and/or to develop strategies to implement in the workplace. Areas of focus • Women’s mental health • Perinatal and post-natal anxiety • Perinatal and post-natal depression • Depression • Anxiety • Post-traumatic stress disorder, including in response to coercive control, domestic violence, sexual assault, bullying, and loss. • Body image dissatisfaction • Relationship difficulties – intimate partner and family-based • Grief • Neurodevelopmental assessments • Cognitive assessments • Educational assessments • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) • School refusal https://www.womensmentalhealth.com.au/rachel-purchase