Bernou Melisse

- Establishing English Bachelor of Clinical Psychology. Coordination of a small team of Clinical Psycholigsts.
- Assembling curriculum, development of courses: anxiety disorders, biological psychology, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), depression and psychosis, developmental psychology, eating disorders, marital counseling, medical psychology and rehabilitation, neuropsychology, personality psychology, personality disorders, psychodiagnosis, psychopathology in children and adolescents, neuropsychological assessment, research methodology, bachelor thesis project, scientific writing, medical psychology and rehabilitation
- Providing lectures and practical sessions
- Year-coordination
- Student counseling (CBT)
- Academic advising
- Coordination internship: arranging internships, training and supervision in close contact with hospitals and clinics
- Development of mindfulness project: training students to become a mindfulness trainer and they implement among schoolchildren, teachers, parents, dentists and patients in hospitals
- Research committee
- Tutoring and administration based on problem-based learning.

External thesis supervisor
Fontys applied Bachelor, the Netherlands

- Grading of bachelor theses at the department of Social studies

Supervisor Pediatric Psychology
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian city (hospital), Saudi Arabia

- Supervision and training psychologists of pediatric department.

Psychologist / Psychomotor therapist
MFC Banjaard children with intellectual disabilities and psychiatric disorders (autism, ADHD, attachment, trauma, abuse, etc.) the Netherlands

Psychologist
- initial interviews and consultation
- diagnostic research: intelligence, personality, observations, history taking, assessment, etc.
- play therapy
- individual/ group treatment (CBT)
- family counselling
- case management of children and their parents or caretakers.
- Experience with NVR (Non Violence Resistance) method

Psychomotor therapist
- individual therapy (CBT)
- family therapy
- Provide insight on behavior in daily life and tools to change dysfunctional behavior and regulate emotions are offered by doing sports
- sessions are focused on anger management, emotion regulation, limitation, setting boundaries, secure attachment and security

Psychologist / Psychomotor therapist
PsyQ Eating Disorders department, the Netherlands

Psychologist of adolescents and adults
- Initial interviews and advisory counseling
- Reporting
- conducting psychological research about autism, personality and intelligence
- group therapy
- individual therapy
- emotion regulation training
- resistance/ self- defense training

Psychomotor therapist of adolescents and adults
- psychomotor therapy
- In a program of 20 weeks, patients with (morbid) obesity are introduced to 20 different types of sports. The aim of treatment is to regain confidence in the body, improving the overall condition and find a sport they like to continue after their treatment
- group treatments of clients with anorexia, bulimia, BED which insight in their behavior is offered with the aim to achieve behavioral changes

Psychomotor Therapist
GGZ Noord Holland Noord (Psychiatric hospital/ Mental Health Care)

- In- and outpatients at the intensive care, clinical and part-time treatment units
- group therapy: various sports games are done to highlight behaviors from everyday life
- intention is to provide insight into these behaviors through sports and to offer tools to deal with their behavior
- Topics include anxiety, assertiveness, sociality, structure, boundaries, disinhibition, etc.
- Writing treatment evaluations

Therapist
Sensoor (helpline) and 113 Online, the Netherlands

- conduct telephone interviews with clients on a variety of subjects, such as incest, suicide, health, loneliness, addiction, etc.
- The aim of the talks is to encourage self-reliance
- On a voluntary basis

Scientific research
VU University in collaboration with Dutch Autism Association (NVA)/ Dutch Autism Register (NAR), the Netherlands

- Research into risk factors for criminal behavior in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Article is submit.
- Setting up a survey for NVA / NAR members for research with different purposes.
- Research into the use of diagnostic tools in the diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder.