Academic history
MSU “G.R. Derzhavin”
2012 - 2018
- Bachelor in Psychology
- Assistant to the Dean at the Faculty of Psychology
- Assistant Educator / Musical Support to Professor Dr. Diana Belevska at UNICEF-supported workshops for parents of children with special needs
EAGT Certified Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Course
2017 – ongoing
- 183 hours of education
- 14 individual sessions
- 1 international workshop
Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
(2012–2013)
- German Language Course
- DSH-1 Certificate
Clinical Experience, Volunteering and Internships
- 2017: Assistant Educator to Professor Dr Diana Belevska at UNICEF-supported workshops for training parents of children with special needs (Skopje, Bitola, Gevgelija, Dojran, Macedonia)
- 2017–2019: Assistant at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy “Prof. Dr Diana Belevska”, assisting in work with clients with various learning disabilities and ASD, actively incorporating music as a therapeutic and communicative tool
- 2012–ongoing: Facilitator of musical improvisation workshops for diverse groups, including adolescents, students, individuals with learning disabilities, autistic individuals, and participants in day-care centres for people with special needs. This includes research and the implementation of music as a tool in psychotherapy at the Dr Diana Belevska Psychotherapy Centre. Workshops held in Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Skopje (Macedonia), Belgrade (Serbia), Kocani (Macedonia), and Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- November 2025– ongoing External Expert in the project “Strengthening Human Rights and Services for Children and Vulnerable Individuals at Risk in Closed Institutions,” funded by the European Union and implemented by the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (North Macedonia).
Music Workshops, Music Therapy?
From public rehearsals with a full band to solo sessions in geriatric hospitals in Skopje, and from daycare centres for people with special needs to clubs and arenas, Luka’s music workshops have evolved significantly over the years. What began as performing carefully curated music for elders in terminal care has developed into spontaneous choir arrangements in daycare settings, and later into full-scale workshops with youth and vulnerable groups across the region.
Selected Workshop and Performance Venues:
- Geriatric Hospital Gjorche Petrov, Skopje, North Macedonia
- “Kuća plamena mira” Community Centre, Tuzla, Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Youth Cultural Centre (MKC), Skopje, North Macedonia
- Music School “Risto Jurukov”, Kochani, North Macedonia
- SAE, Belgrade – Songwriting & Band Production Workshop
- Home for Children, Tetovo, North Macedonia
- Engaging audiences at every show across Europe with Funk Shui
-Since I was around 12 or 13, I discovered the origins of what would later grow into my deep fascination and aspiration for psychology. My unmodeled child’s mind found fertile ground to explore, driving me to consistently dig deeper into the outskirts of the science and, almost unconsciously, become a source of psychological support and an amateur analyst of my immediate surroundings, a path that naturally led me to pursue my bachelor’s degree in psychology.
Returning to my home country after securing one of only three student slots for the psychology bachelor at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg felt both daunting and necessary. I hoped, and later confirmed through my work, I hoped-and eventually confirmed my own speculations—that I could contribute far more to the development of my own country’s communities, the ones I felt compelled to engage with, rather than by devoting my
