Experience

OVERVIEW

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SKILLS & ABILITIES

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CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST	Extensive professional background in Clinical Psychology, Clinical Child&Adolescent Psychology, Behaviour Therapy, Counseling, Training and Supervision
MHPSS EXPERT	Extensive field experience in MHPSS Humanitarian Emergency Response, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Programming, Assessments and Evaluations
STAFF CARE EXPERT	Extensive professional experience in the delivery of Psychological Staff Care and Stress Management Skills for Humanitarian Aid Workers, Psychological First Aid and Trauma Counseling
ANALYTICAL SKILLS	Experienced researcher, skilled in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, experienced in programme design and conceptualization
COMMUNICATIVE AND INTERPERSONAL COMPETENCE, STRESS TOLERANCE	High ability to reflect and adapt own behaviours, able to analyze and work with interpersonal dynamics, highly motivated and able to work in teams, able to work under stressful and extraordinary conditions

KEY ACTIVITIES

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MHPSS CONSULTANCIES	+ MHPSS Programme Conceptualization, Needs Assessments, Trainings, Monitoring&Evaluation, Supervision + Focus Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Gender, Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV), Children&Adolescents, Refugees&Migrants + Training of Psychosocial Lay Counselors/Peer Counselors
STAFF SUPPORT	+ Self Care and Stress Management for Humanitarian Aid Workers + Staff Care, Team Supervision & Coaching
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY	+ Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents + Lecturer and Supervisor for Psychotherapy

EXPERIENCE

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MHPSS TRAINING CONSULTANCY	GERMAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION (GIZ) Trainer/Facilitator of the training course ‘Working with refugees and people affected by violence – Introduction Course Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)’ • Gaziantep/Bursa/Ankara, Turkey • Rabat, Marocco • Frankfurt/Mannheim/Bonn, Germany • Arua, Uganda • Sanaa, Yemen (Online Format) • Banjul, Gambia Participants: Turkish teachers and school principals, actors of Civil Society and Members of the Moroccan Ministry for Asylum and Migration, employees of GIZ Migrants Reception Centres worldwide, employees of Ziviler Friedensdienst e.V. worldwide, GIZ ‚RISE‘ project staff (‚Response to Increased Demand on Government Service and Creation of Economic Opportunities‘ Uganda), Career Guidance Counselors • Online and Live Course Formats June 2018- ongoing
MHPSS TRAINING	SAVE THE CHILDREN GERMANY Between Flight and Arrival – Training in Psychosocial Support for Helpers of Refugee Children and Families April 2023 – Dec 2023
MHPSS CONSULTANCY	CARITAS INTERNATIONAL ETHIOPIA Saving Lives and Restoring Dignity of War Affected Households in Abergele District – Tigray Region March 2022
MHPSS ONLINE TRAINING CONSULTANCY	GERMAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION (GIZ) Trainer/Facilitator of the training course ‘Working with refugees and people affected by violence – Introductory online-course on Mental Health and Psychoso-cial Support (MHPSS) for staff working in the context of forced migration and/or (post) conflict settings Participants: GIZ national staff Yemen Sept-Oct 2021
MHPSS CONSULTANCY	CARITAS INTERNATIONAL JORDAN In-depth analysis and further development of the Monitoring and Evaluation System of the MHPSS Programme Component Jan 2021 – June 2021
MHPSS CONSULTANCY	GERMAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION (GIZ) Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in Western Balkans – (PaCT) Project Assessment, Capacity Building and Development of Context Specific Toolbox for Monitoring and Evaluation of Project Success and Psychosocial Wellbeing Nov 2020 – May 2021
MHPSS ONLINE TRAINING	MAX PLANCK FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND THE RULE OF LAW Online Security Training for Project Managers facilitated by PLAN4RISK Training Modules ‚Stress Basics‘ and ‚Dealing with Stress after Critical Incidents‘ Sept 2020
TECHNICAL BACKSTOPPING	CARITAS INTERNATIONAL NIGERIA Psychosocial Support and Strengthening Resilience for Victims of Boko Haram Insurgency in Borno State, Nigeria Sept 2020 – Oct 2022
MHPSS TRAINING	TERRE DES FEMMES Project ‚Men Standing Up for Gender Equality’/Dpt. Female Genital Mutilation Training ‚Trauma, Healing & Self-Care‘ Sept 2020
MHPSS CONSULTANCY	CARITAS INTERNATIONAL JORDAN Development of the Monitoring and Evaluation System for the MHPSS Programme Component July 2020
MHPSS TRAINING	ANDREAS HERMES AKADEMIE ‚Stressmanagement and Safe Behaviour in Critical Situations on Mission‘ Webinar for Project Coordinators June 2020
SUPERVISION & COACHING	HELLO BETTER Supervision and Coaching for Hotline Staff (Hotline for Psychologically Affected Individuals by the Corona-Crisis) April-June 2020
WEBINAR SERIES	CHAMBER OF PSYCHOTHERAPISTS RHINELAND-PALATINATE Webinar-Series ‚The Corona-Crisis – How to Deal with those Affected and the Own Burdens‘ April-June 2020
MHPSS CONSULTANCY	HEBREW SHELTERING & IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY (HIAS) Conceptualization of a Community Based Approach to Psychosocial Support (CB-PSS) Site visit and needs assessment in Panama City & Gualaca/Panama Dec 2019-June 2020
MHPSS FIELD RESEARCH	GERMAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION (GIZ) Online Research Project ‚Measuring the effectiveness of MHPSS projects – measuring Psychosocial Wellbeing in Beneficiaries‘ (comparison of GIZ MHPSS programmes in Rwanda, Gaza, Yemen, El Salvador & Sri Lanka) Dec 2019/Jan 2020
PSS PROJECT EVALUATION AND CONSULTANCY	TEARFUND UK Project Evaluation ‚Psychosocial Support for Refugees, IDP`s and Local Population of Kirku, Dohuk & Ninewa District, Northern Iraq Review and Revision of PSS Curricula June/July 2019
PSS CONSULTANCY	GERMAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION (GIZ) Design of PSS Project Component and Elaboration of Orientation Note for Psychosocial Support for Returnees, IDPs and the Local Population of Kismayo, Somalia May/June 2019
MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTANCY	UNICEF Practical Guide for Minimum Standards for the Protection of Refugees and Migrants in Refugee Accomodation Centres (Standard #4: Prevention of and dealing with situations of violence and suspected violence/risk) Oct-Dec 2018
MHPSS APPRAISAL MISSION CONSULTANCY	GERMAN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION (GIZ) Appraisal Mission ‘Promoting Employment in the Health Sector and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Syria’ July 2018
MHPSS TRAINING CONSULTANCY	ST. JOSEF KRANKENHAUS SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY Trainer/Facilitator of the inauguration training of psychosocial lay counselors for the Doctors Without Borders Germany Model Project ‘Low-threshold psychosocial care for refugees in Germany’ in Schweinfurt, Germany Sept 2018- Oct 2021
REFUGEE MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON OFFICER	MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF) Mental Health Care Assessment in Germany; Project Coordination, technical Supervision and Evaluation of MSF Germany Model Project for Mental Health Care for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Schweinfurt; Public Relations and Advocacy Feb 2016-Jun 2018
MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER & ADVISOR	MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF) Domeez&Gawilan Refugee Camps, Northern Iraq; Supervision and Training of Lay Counselors; Mental Health Assessment and Mental Health Project Coordination in Domeez and Gawilan Refugee Camp, Northern Iraq Sept-Nov 2013
MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER	MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF) Quetta/Kuchlak/Chaman, Pakistan; Supervision and Training of Lay Counselors and Health Educators; Mental Health Assessment and Mental Health Project Coordination in Kuchlak and Chaman (Refugee Settings) in Baluchistan/Pakistani-Afghan Border Region Jul 2010-Mar 2011
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST	CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF WUERZBURG, GERMANY Psychological Counseling & Behavior Therapy with Children, Adolescents and their Parents; Lecturer for Medical Students & Students of Psychology; Scientific Collaboration 2003-2010
MENTAL HEALTH OFFICER & STAFF CARE CONSULTANCY	MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (MSF) Eboal Treatment Centre in Foya, Liberia; Supervision and Training of Lay Counselors in a Medical Emergency Setting (Ebola), Mental Health Project Coordination; Psychological Staff Care of Expat and National Staff Sept-Oct 2014
PROJECT EVALUATION	MEDICA MONDIALE COLOGNE Women`s Treatment Centre in Gjakova, Kosovo; Evaluation of the Psychosocial Treatment Component with Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods Feb/Mar 2003
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST	PRIVATE PRACTICE OEHLER, KLEIN & KREIENKAMP IN WUERZBURG, GERMANY Psychological Counseling & Behavior Therapy with Children, Adolescents and their Parents 2011-2016
CLINICAL RESEARCHER	MEDICAL STUDY CENTRE WUERZBURG, GERMANY Scientific Expert Advice and Research Fellowship 2011- 2016 (part time)
CLINICAL RESEARCHER	MEDICAL STUDY CENTRE WUERZBURG, GERMANY Scientific Expert Advice and Research Fellowship 2011-2016, part-time

EDUCATION

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LICENCE SUPERVISOR	Institut für Gesundheitsförderung (IFT) Munich, Germany 2022
LICENCE TO PRACTICE PSYCHOTRAUMATHERAPY	Institut fuer Traumabewaeltigung (ITB) Marburg, Germany 2017
MEDICAL SCHOOL	Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany (2 semesters) Courses in Anatomy, Clinical Medicine, Chemistry, Physics, Medical Terminology 2011
Ph.D. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY	Psychologische Fakultaet Otto-Friedrich University Bamberg, Germany The Course of Obesessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents 2009
MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGY	Psychologische Fakultaet Julius-Maximilians University Wuerzburg, Germany 2002
LICENCE TO PRACTICE PSYCHOTHERAPY	Institut fuer Verhaltensmedizin und Verhaltenstherapie (IVV) Philipps University Marburg, Germany (focus Children&Adolescents) 2009
MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE	Institute of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany Master of International Humanitarian Assistance of the European Union in the Network of Humanitarian Assistance NOHA Courses in project management, anthropology, tropical medicine, international humanitarian law, geopolitics 2003

LECTURING & SUPERVISION

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Ruhr University Bochum	Mentor in ‚Movement‘ – Mentoring for Students and Young Scientists
Federal Chamber of Behaviour Psychotherapists & German Professional Association for Nursing Professions	Live Talk ‚On the psychological strain on medical staff in the Corona Crisis‘ May 2020 Link
Justus-Liebig University Gießen	Webinar ‚Low-threshold psychosocial support for refugees and migrants & Trauma Basics‘ for participants of the training for behaviour therapists and child and adolescents behaviour therapists May 2020
Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV)	Lecturer at the IFHV of the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Masterprogramme Network of Humanitarian Assistance (NOHA) of the European Union Module Mental Health & Staff Care 2014-ongoing
International Social Work for Migrants and Refugees	Lecturer in the Master Programme International Social Work for Migrants and Refugees of the University of Wuerzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany Module Mental Health & Psychotraumatology 2016-ongoing
Tropical Medical Institute Wuerzburg	Lecturer in the Ebola Preparation Course for Relief Units, Mental Health & Health Education Module 2014-ongoing
German Red Cross	Lecturer in the Ebola Preparation Course for Relief Units, Mental Health & Health Education Module 2014-ongoing
Supervisor and Lecturer of Psychotherapy	1.) Arbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Verhaltensmodifikation (AVM) Wuerzburg, Bamberg, Regensburg, Muenchen, Germany 2.) Institute Verhaltenstherapie, Verhaltensmedizin und Sexuologie (IVS) Nuernberg, Germany 3.) Akademie fuer Psychotherapie (AfP) Erfurt, Germany 4.) Jugendhilfe Creglingen, Wuerzburg, Germany 5.) Trauma Working Group Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Kempten, Germany 6.) Pilot Project Low-Threshold Psychosocial Care for Refugees in Germany, Hospital St. Josef, Reception Centre Schweinfurt, Germany 7.) German Professional Association of Behaviour Therapy (DGVT)

PUBLICATIONS

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Guerrero, V. & Zellmann, H. (2019)	Mindeststandards zum Schutz von geflüchteten Menschen in Flüchtlingsunterkünften. Praxisleitfaden. Mindeststandard 4: Prävention und Umgang mit Gewalt- und Gefährdungssituationen/Risikomanagement. UNICEF, Genf, Oktober 2019, published online. Link
Zellmann, H. (2017)	Zellmann, H. (2017). Easy Access Psychosocial Care for Refugees – A Project Manual. Médecins Sans Frontières, published online. Link
Bajbouj et al., (2017)	Bajbouj, M., Alabdullah, J., Ahmad, S., Schidem, S., Zellmann, H., Schneider, F., & Heuser, I. (2017). Psychosoziale Versorgung von Flüchtlingen in Deutschland. Erkenntnisse aus der Not- und Entwicklungshilfe. Der Nervenarzt, erschienen online. Link
Walitza et al. (2011)	Walitza, S., Melfsen, S., Jans, T., Zellmann, H., Wewetzer, C., Warnke, A. (2011). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Deutsches Aerzteblatt international. 108 (11), 173-179. Link
Zellmann et al. (2009)	Zellmann, H., Jans. T., Irblich, B., Hemminger, U., Reinecker, H., Sauer, C., Lange, K., Tucha, O., Wewetzer, C., Warnke, A., Walitza. S. (2009). Kinder und Jugendliche mit Zwangsstörungen. Eine prospektive Verlaufsstudie. Zeitschrift fuer Kinder und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie. 37, 173-182. Link

SELECTED TRAININGS & COURSES, PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

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GERMAN ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOTHERAPISTS (DPTV)	Member since 2020
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (MSF)	Methods for Evaluation and Assessments in Medical Humanitarian Programmes Vienna, Austria, 2014
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS (MSF)	Mental Health Training Course Bakkum, Holland, 2010
GERMAN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (DGVT)	Member since 2005
GERMAN RED CROSS (DRK)	First Aid, Security, Safety and Survival in the Field Training Course Bochum, Germany, 2003
GERMAN FEDERAL ASSOCIATION FOR CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT (SBE)	Psychological First Aid & Critical Incident Stress Management Training Bochum, Germany, 2003

LANGUAGES

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GERMAN	mother tongue
ENGLISH	fluent (C1)
FRENCH	advanced (B1)
SPANISH	advanced (B1)

REFERENCES

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CHRISTIAN KATZER	Head of Operational Unit Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Berlin, Germany Christian.Katzer@berlin.msf.org
DOMINIQUE SCHMITT	Head of Psychological Department Private Practice Oehler, Klein & Kreienkamp Wuerzburg, Germany D. Schmitt@klein-kreienkamp-oehler.de
CATERINA MONTI	Public Health Advisor Humanitarian Capacity (HUMCAP), Freelance Public Health Consultant, Castiglioncello, Italy catermon@gmail.com