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Iva Žegura
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Iva Žegura (she/her) graduated from and specialized in clinical psychology at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, in Zagreb and is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Austria. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and is educated in gestalt integrative therapy, cybernetic psychotherapy, and sexual therapy. She works at the University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapce in Zagreb, and collaborates with several national universities and departments of psychology. She is a member of the national list of experts for transgender health care at the Croatian Ministry of Health. She is the president of the Section for Clinical Psychology and Section for Psychology and Human Rights, and vice president of the Section for Psychology of Sexuality and Psychology of Gender. She is president-elect of the board of directors of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH). In 2022, she received the APA Division 52 International Psychology Global Citizen Psychologist Citation Award and in 2024, she received the highest professional award in Croatia “Ramiro Bujas” from the Croatian Psychological Association. Contributors Christine Aramburu Alegría, Frances Aranda, A. Lee Beckstead, Eric Boromisa, Don L. Braegger, João Carvalho, Jacks Cheng, Jeannie DiClementi, Stefano Eleuteri, Alison Feit, Darren J. FreemanCoppadge, Susanna M. Gallor, Alejandro Gepp-Torres, Sulaimon Giwa, Iraklis Grigoropoulos, Nathalie Huitema, Jay Jacobsen, Erin S. Lavender-Stott, Tyler Lefevor, Isabel Lima, Paul Linden, Julia Mackaronis, Mani B. Mitchell, Eduardo Morales, Brie Radis, Alex Rivera, Christopher H. Rosik, Jordan Rullo, Walter R. Schumm, Samuel Skidmore, Lauren Smithee, Kersti Spjut, Denise Steers, Jim Struve, Tim van Wanrooij, Moshe-Mordechai (Maurits) van Zuiden, Amanda Veldorale-Griffin, Jeni Wahlig, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, Mark A. Yarhouse, Iva Žegura