Meet our EPPP Tutoring Team

Dr. Jelena Djurovic is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Illinois. She completed her doctoral degree (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2020 with multiple awards and honors. Dr. Djurovic completed her postdoctoral training in a private practice outside of Chicago, where she continues to see patients with a wide array of mental health issues and socioeconomic backgrounds. Her interests include health psychology topics, primarily the effects of mindfulness and self-compassion based interventions on depression, anxiety, somatic symptoms and body image. Dr. Djurovic is also starting her own private practice which will concentrate on immigration evaluations. As an immigrant, Dr. Djurovic understands the struggles of these individuals and is passionate in helping them. Dr. Djurovic also understands the struggles one might face when trying to study advanced materials in a language that is not their native language. Dr. Djurovic is fluent in Serbian, English and Spanish.

Dr. Djurovic has served as a teacher, instructor, coach and tutor across multiple settings and organizations, including serving as a teaching assistant in many graduate courses while completing her program. Dr. Djurovic has a unique point of view that helps her understand topics that many individuals often find challenging (such as Statistics, Research Methods, Test Design, Learning Theory, Biological Psychology and Psychopharmacology amongst others) and transfer that understanding onto others in ways that they often describe as eye-opening. Dr. Djurovic successfully passed the EPPP exam on her first try while juggling many personal challenges, including raising two children under the age of 2. Dr. Djurovic has a unique passion for knowledge and academia which helps her constantly keep up with new topics, find new effective ways to solve problems, and help others achieve their personal goals regardless of the obstacles.

Dr. Leah Hecht is a Behavioral Scientist at Weight Watchers/WW. A trained clinical health psychologist, Dr. Hecht earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois, and completed post-doctoral fellowships in Health Psychology and Behavioral Health Services Research at Henry Ford Health System. She successfully passed the EPPP and is a licensed clinical psychologist in Michigan. Although she has worked with those at all stages of their EPPP journey, Dr. Hecht specializes in working with repeat test takers and especially enjoys focusing on test taking strategies. She also provides tutoring on EPPP content, especially statistics and test construction. She is passionate about helping emerging psychologists pass the EPPP through her empathic, supportive, and empowering approach. She has been providing EPPP tutoring and coaching since 2021.