Clinical Work
I have developed and implemented evidence-based, and practice based, culturally informed individual and group therapeutic interventions to provide mental health services to survivors of armed conflict, trauma, and human rights abuses.
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Bellevue Program for Survivors of Torture (PSOT)
I have developed and used evidence-based individual and group therapeutic interventions to provide treatment to forced migrants who are survivors of armed conflict, trauma, and human rights abuses. My participation in this unique program has been invaluable in terms of guiding my research, teaching, community service, clinical work, and social activism. PSOT challenged me as a clinician, forcing me to search for and learn about appropriate approaches to culturally and contextually
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Nah We Yone (NWY)
In 1997, we co-founded Nah We Yone (NWY), an organization that provided culturally sensitive, multifaceted, and supportive psychological and social services to Sierra Leonean war survivors in the New York City metropolitan area. For 10 years, NWY provided legal, social and clinical services, and became a major presence in the African immigrant community. Our annual camp for displaced children—Di Fambul Camp—and the Women’s Wellness Group were just two of the exceptional services offered to this underserved population.
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Presentations
As a recognized leader in the field of refugee/forced migrant mental health and trauma, I have received invitations to give presentations at local, national, and international conferences in Bulgaria, Canada, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and the United Kingdom regarding my research and clinical work.