George Abi khalil, Disaster Management Sector Volunteer, PSS Officer, WASH and RFL Focal Person

George Abi khalil

Disaster Management Sector Volunteer, PSS Officer, WASH and RFL Focal Person

Lebanese Red Cross

Location
Lebanon - Sed Al Bouchrieh
Education
Master's degree, Clinical and Adjustment (Applied) Psychology
Experience
8 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :8 years, 0 Months

Disaster Management Sector Volunteer, PSS Officer, WASH and RFL Focal Person at Lebanese Red Cross
  • Lebanon - Jal Al Dib
  • My current job since April 2018

- Participated in distributing food, hygiene, and PSS kits for families in need of financial help and people in quarantine because of COVID-19.
- Provided PSS and PFA services for people affected by the Beirut explosion and gave psychological instructions to the volunteers to help them better communicate with people affected by the Beirut blast.
- Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene - WASH Focal Person for the Maten area:
Collaborated and supervised the chlorination of the water trucks in the municipalities in the Maten area and trained a focal person in every municipality during the Cholera epidemic. Trained the Lebanese Red Cross Volunteers in the Maten area on the Cholera WASH intervention.
- Restoring Family Links - RFL focal person for the Maten area.
- Conducted door-to-door LVC assessments.

Psychologist, MHPSS officer, Psychology internship & Volunteering programs Coordinator at Nusroto Association Prison Fellowship-Lebanon
  • Lebanon - Jdeideh
  • My current job since March 2022

- Provided Individual and Group Counseling and Mental Health Psycho-Social Support (MHPSS) sessions for prisoners suffering from different psychological issues and disorders.
- Provided Individual Therapy and Counseling sessions for the general population in the Maten office.
- Coordinated the Psychology internship and MHPSS Volunteering Programs in the Maten area.
- Supervised Psychology students providing MHPSS sessions in their Internship and/or Volunteering.
- Represented the NGO in multiple national coordination meetings between NGOs working with Key Populations, coordinated by the MENAHRA to make and implement an Emergency Preparedness Plan for Harm Reduction CSOs & KPs.
- Presented a segment from the Mental Health in the Workplace training launched by the National Mental Health Program & the WHO and coordinated by IDRAAC & the IRC. The training was conducted for professionals in managerial roles at various prestigious Lebanese companies and NGOs.
- Conducting a group-based stress management course for adult beneficiaries. The WHO created this training and then translated it to Lebanese Arabic by IDRAAC and the NMHP.

ABA Therapy Extender at American University of Beirut Medical Center
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • February 2023 to March 2024

- Trained in Applied Behavioral Analysis - ABA (based on the BACB's RBT and Autism Partnership Foundation's RBT trainings).
- Provided ABA Therapy sessions under the supervision of a BCBA for different kids ranging from the age of 3 to the age of 14 in multiple locations (AUBMC’s Special Kids Clinic, Homes, Nurseries, and Schools).
- Documented and analyzed continuous and discontinuous behavioral data collection sheets and graphs.
- Collaborated effectively with a multidisciplinary team of pediatric neurologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, psycho-motor therapists, and BCBAs to adjust therapeutic strategies.

Clinical Psychology Intern at Psychiatric Hospital of the cross
  • Lebanon - Jal Al Dib
  • February 2022 to May 2022

• On-site observations of psychiatric evaluations and sessions with patients suffering from Substance Use Disorder, severe Bipolar Disorder, Severe Depression, personality disorders, and with different severity levels and types of Psychosis.
• Applied multiple psychometric scales and tests.
• Provided psychological assessment and counseling sessions for patients suffering from different psychological and psychiatric disorders.

Clinical Psychology Intern and MHPSS Volunteer at Nusroto Association Prison Fellowship-Lebanon
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • December 2021 to March 2022

- Attended online Training Of Trainers - TOT for two psychosocial and rehabilitation programs for prisoners (Sycamore Tree Project - STP and The Prisoner’s Journey - TPJ).
- Provided a psychosocial and rehabilitation program (STP) to the prisoners in the central prison.
- Applied multiple psychometric scales.
- Provided counseling sessions for prisoners suffering from different psychological issues and disorders.

Clinical Psychology Intern at Bellevue Medical Center
  • Lebanon - Mansourieh
  • October 2021 to November 2021

- On-site observations of therapeutic sessions with patients in the Behavioral (psychiatric) department suffering from Psychosis, Substance Use Disorder, manic episodes of Bipolar Disorder, Geriatric Depression and Personality Disorders.
- Documented multiple sessions in the patient’s file as per the Joint Committee International standards.

MHPSS officer volunteer at "Nehna Haddak" (we're beside you) Initiative
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • March 2021 to November 2021

- Volunteered as a Mental Health Psycho-Social Support - MHPSS officer where I offered Psychological First Aid - PFA and Psycho-Social Support - PSS to Beirut citizens after the Beirut port explosion, and PSS activities for children of families living in one of the affected areas.
- Member of the steering committee of the initiative.

Customer Delight and Operations Associate at Zomato
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • August 2019 to October 2021

- Managed work process via an online dashboard.
- Contacted different teams locally and abroad (UAE and India) by email, Slack, and Microsoft Teams.
- Contacted restaurants and customers for follow-ups, feedback, and problem-solving.
- Updated database on Excel sheets.
- Followed up on all delivery processes with drivers via an online dashboard.
- Been the intermediate party between restaurants-drivers, customers-drivers.
- Contacted teams from 3rd party companies to help solve drivers’ issues.
- Damage Control under pressure for any occurring situations.

Clinical Psychology Intern at Arcenciel
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • April 2021 to June 2021

• On-site observations of therapeutic sessions with patients suffering from anxiety, psychosomatic symptoms, and a child with hyperactivity.
• Applied multiple psychometric scales and tests.
• Provided counseling sessions for parents and beneficiaries.

EMS Volunteer, Ambulance EMT, Hotline Responder, and Ambulance Dispatcher at Lebanese Red Cross
  • Lebanon - Jal Al Dib
  • June 2016 to May 2019

- Emergency Medical Technician - EMT: acted upon emergency missions and posted for events in case of any medical emergency.
- Responder on the LRC hotline 140: Answered calls from people in distress and took the needed information about the emergency in a calm and fast way.
- Dispatcher and collaborator with drivers of ambulances: Conveyed the emergency to the nearest LRC station and coordinated between all parties (station, ambulance, people in distress, hospital, and OR).

Education

Master's degree, Clinical and Adjustment (Applied) Psychology
  • at Lebanese University
  • December 2023
Bachelor's degree, Psychology
  • at Lebanese University
  • August 2020

Specialties & Skills

Psychological Assessment
Management
Teamwork
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Adobe Photoshop
Knowledgeable with the hardware and software of Computers and Smart Phones.
Able to perform medical help in case of any emergency.
Able to work on-site or remotely, in single or multiple locations
Adobe Illustrator
IBM SPSS Statistics
Can provide certificates as a certified trainer by the International Academy for Building Capacity
Oriental singing
Certified in the use of multiple Personality, Projective, Cognitive, and Intelligence tests
Acting (used to work as an Actor in a theater group)
Able to work both individually and with a team
Able to communicate with people from different cultures and with different education levels
Able to work under pressure
Was a member in the Scout of Lebanon

Social Profiles

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Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
French
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Lebanese Psychological Association
  • Clinical Psychologist
  • December 2023
Lebanese Red Cross
  • Disaster Management (DM) Member
  • June 2016
“Nehna Haddak” (we’re beside you) Initiative
  • Member of the steering committee
  • March 2021
Nusroto Association
  • Psychologist, MHPSS officer, and Coordinator of the Psychology internship and Volunteering programs
  • March 2022

Training and Certifications

Restoring Family Links (RFL) (Training)
Training Institute:
Lebanese Red Cross
Water Trucks’ Chlorination (Training)
Training Institute:
Lebanese Red Cross
Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Health Promotion in Crisis (Cholera) (Training)
Training Institute:
Lebanese Red Cross
Safer Access (Training)
Training Institute:
Lebanese Red Cross
Encouraging Volunteers to keep Volunteering (Training)
Training Institute:
Lebanese Red Cross
Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (Training)
Training Institute:
Lebanese Red Cross
Emergency Medical Technician (IMT) - Basic Pre-Hospital Care (Training)
Training Institute:
Lebanese Red Cross
First Responder (Training)
Training Institute:
Lebanese Red Cross
First Aid (Training)
Training Institute:
Lebanese Red Cross
Psychological First Aid (Training)
Training Institute:
Lebanese Red Cross
Psycho-Social Support (PSS) (Training)
Training Institute:
Lebanese Red Cross
Emergency Medical Technician (IMT) - Basic Pre-Hospital Care (Certificate)
First Responder (Certificate)
First Aid (Certificate)
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) - Algorithms – practitioner (Certificate)
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) - Algorithms – practitioner (Training)
Training Institute:
Nafas Center, and Callahan Techniques Ltd
Training Of Trainers – TOT (in general topics, soft skills, and mental health related topics) (Certificate)
Training Of Trainers - TOT (in general topics, soft skills, and mental health related topics) (Training)
Training Institute:
International Academy for Building Capacity -IABC, accredited certificate by two Lebanese ministries
Psychotherapist in the Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (Certificate)
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy - Coach (CBT-C) (Training)
Training Institute:
GLOBAL FOR TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Certified Consulting and Clinical Hypnotherapist (Certificate)
Certified Consulting and Clinical Hypnotherapist (Training)
Training Institute:
Dave Elman Hypnosis Institute, Stress 2 Best, Hypnodontics World, and The Control Alternative
Fundraising for NGOs Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Modern University for Business and Science (MUBS), co-funded by the Erasmus+ Program of the EU
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Group Supervision (Training)
Training Institute:
BRAIN STATION Clinics for Psychotherapy & Professional Training
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Enhanced Certificate in Complex Cases (Training)
Training Institute:
BRAIN STATION Clinics for Psychotherapy & Professional Training
Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Certificate (Training)
Training Institute:
BRAIN STATION Clinics for Psychotherapy & Professional Training
Dialectical and Behavioral Therapy Skills (DBT Skills). (Training)
Training Institute:
DBT MENA and Behavioral Tech Institute
Self Help+ TOT (Training)
Training Institute:
IDRAAC, National Mental Health Program, WHO, and IRC
Mental Health in the Workplace TOT. (Training)
Training Institute:
IDRAAC, National Mental Health Program, WHO, and IRC
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2024