Selma Baćevac, MA · Licensed Psychotherapist & Gatherer

Retreats & gatherings
for Balkan women.
Be understood.
Make room for yourself.

You’re used to being the one everyone counts on. Join women who understand the family expectations, guilt, and questions you carry—and explore what you want for yourself.

I’m Selma Baćevac, MA, a Licensed Psychotherapist and Florida Qualified Supervisor. I lead retreats, private gatherings, workshops, and healing groups with clinical depth and cultural understanding.

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In the field since 2010 · Private practice since 2013 · 1,500+ Balkan women worked with

Selma Baćevac smiling in her studio, seated with one knee up
Clinical experience. Cultural understanding. A personal welcome.

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Fabrika Kreativnosti · Umologija
Podcast interview & transcript · November 1, 2023

Traume se prenose ↗

A discussion of transgenerational trauma, family relationships, and domestic violence.

Publication marks identify linked coverage, rather than an endorsement of my services. Podcast appearances are credited to the producing shows.

The approach

You can care about your people
and have needs of your own.

Perhaps you are managing work, family, and everyone’s expectations while postponing what you want. You may understand a pattern and still struggle to respond differently when guilt, conflict, or fear of disappointing someone shows up.

Understand the pattern.

Explore how family roles, early relationships, migration, and cultural expectations influence the way you respond today.

Consider a different response.

Make room to ask what you need, examine a boundary, or approach a familiar conversation with more clarity.

Find company in the process.

Participate alongside women exploring similar questions, with time for listening, shared experience, and enjoyment.

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Find your experience

Find the experience
that fits you.

You can join an experience as an individual, or invite me to guide your own group. Choose the path that fits what you are looking for.

Join an experience

For you, whether you come on your own or with someone you know.

Women’s retreats ↗Time away for guided inquiry, movement, shared meals, and connection.Healing groups ↗Guided conversations with other women, online or in person.

Bring Selma to your group

For friends, communities, organizations, and event hosts.

Private gatherings ↗A facilitated experience created around the women you bring together.Workshops & speaking ↗Clinical expertise and cultural understanding for your audience.
Women’s experiences

Hear from women
who have joined me.

Work with Selma

Four ways to work with me.

Explore the format, who it is for, and how to take the next step. The photographs show women together at my past gatherings.

01 Retreats02 Private gatherings03 Workshops & speaking04 Healing groups
Women sitting together and laughing on stone steps in front of a wooden door
Together at a past gathering.
01Time away

Retreats

For time to explore beyond your everyday responsibilities.

Several days of guided inquiry, connection, movement, and enjoyment with other women. Explore your relationships, identity, and intergenerational patterns within a planned retreat experience.

What this can look like

Guided inquiry and circles, movement, shared meals, and time to explore together. The setting and program are specific to each retreat.

Explore the Bosnia retreat ↗

June 9–13, 2027 · Hotel Monti · 20 women · By invitation

Women in conversation around a restaurant table
Conversation around a shared table at a past gathering.
02Your own group

Private gatherings

For women who want to gather with a shared purpose.

Bring your friends, community, or a private group together for a facilitated conversation. We discuss your intentions and agree on a format suited to the women taking part.

What we can create together

A facilitated conversation for women you bring together, shaped around a shared question or intention. We agree on the setting, format, and scope before making plans.

Plan a private gathering ↗

For your existing group · Format, location, and fee agreed before booking

Selma presenting to women seated in a workshop circle
Teaching and group participation at a past workshop.
03Your event or organization

Workshops & speaking

For audiences ready to understand and engage.

Teaching grounded in clinical experience on trauma, attachment, maternal mental health, relationships, and intergenerational patterns. Invite me to connect psychological ideas with situations your audience recognizes.

What your audience can experience

Clear teaching, recognizable examples, and room for questions and reflection. We discuss the topic and level of participation to suit your audience.

Enquire about your event ↗

For organizations and event hosts · Topic, duration, and fee agreed before booking

Selma seated with women in a facilitated conversation circle
An in-person circle from a past gathering.
04Online & in person

Healing groups

For reflection and connection alongside other women.

Virtual and in-person groups that make room for guided conversation, listening, and sharing by choice. Ask about current themes, locations, formats, and availability.

What participation can look like

A guided conversation around a defined theme, with room to listen, reflect, and share by choice. Virtual groups offer a different setting; format and availability vary.

Get upcoming group details ↗

Virtual & in person · Register your interest for dates, themes, and fees

Use the enquiry form below to ask about groups, private gatherings, and speaking events.

Selma guiding a conversation with women at a gathering
Selma facilitating a past gathering.
Meet Selma · Your guide

Meet Selma Baćevac.

Licensed Psychotherapist & Gatherer

You deserve a guide who brings experience to the room and takes your experience seriously. I bring extensive training in trauma and attachment, years of clinical practice, and an understanding of the cultural expectations women live with.

I have worked in the field since 2010, been in private practice since 2013, and worked with over 1,500 Balkan women. I am a Florida Qualified Supervisor, Behavioral Health Educator, and experienced retreat host, with gatherings held across three countries.

I am a mother of two, a former war refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a woman living in Florida. My work is grounded in attachment theory, extensive trauma training, and an Eastern lens that values relationship, interdependence, and collective care.

Never above you. Never below you. Always right beside you.

I bring professional knowledge and clear boundaries; you bring authority over your own life. Together, we explore your experience in its cultural and relational context, with respect for what you choose to share and change.

Why I gather women

I focus on women because I believe women are powerful sources of change in families, communities, and the wider world. Your needs also deserve attention in their own right. Collective healing makes room to understand ourselves in relationship, question expectations that leave women carrying too much, and practice asking for support.

My experience includes serving as an expert witness in court and extensive training in trauma and attachment. My Women’s Studies background informs my attention to gender, caregiving, power, and the material support available to women. I bring those questions into our work without assuming that every Balkan woman has the same story.

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Education & professional training

Extensive training.
A relational and cultural lens.

My extensive training in trauma and attachment informs how I understand early relationships, learned responses, and the ways people seek connection. My Eastern lens and Women’s Studies background also inform my attention to collective care, culture, gender, power, and the expectations placed on women.

Master’s in Clinical Mental HealthMinor in Women’s Studies
Licensed Psychotherapist & Florida Qualified SupervisorBehavioral Health Educator · Women’s Space Holder · Gatherer
Clinical experience since 2010Private practice since 2013 · Experience as an expert witness in court

Trained in

  • EMDR
  • Compassionate Inquiry
  • EFT
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Circle of Security Parenting

Each gathering has its own purpose, scope, and format. My training supports my facilitation; participation in a retreat or gathering does not mean receiving every approach listed here.

Your questions

Before you join.

Can I come to a retreat without knowing anyone?

You can express interest as an individual. The Bosnia retreat is by invitation, and the conversation before joining is a chance to ask about the group, the program, and whether the experience fits what you are looking for.

Do I have to share personal things?

You choose what you share. Listening and reflecting are ways of participating. We discuss the purpose, boundaries, and expectations of the particular gathering before you join.

How do I know which offering is right for me?

Start with the format you want: time away, your own private group, an educational event, or a guided healing group. Ask about the purpose, participation, and practical details before deciding. Each offering has its own scope.

How do I enquire?

For the Bosnia retreat, use the invitation form. For other offerings, complete the enquiry form below.

Your next step

Enquire with Selma.

Tell me which experience interests you and what you would like to know. Complete the enquiry form below to take the next step.

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