Teaching and Training Programs

2015-2016 - Visiting Professor in Clinical Psychology, New School for Social Research Department of Psychology, New York, NY

2015 - Co-Director and Faculty, Teachers College, Columbia University Summer Institute in Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, NYC, NY

2015-2017 - Core Faculty, Center for Narrative Practice, Boston, MA

2012-Present - International Coordinator and Faculty Trauma Studies Program, Department of Clinical Psychology, Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey

2013 - Faculty, European Graduate School Program in the Arts, Peace-building and Conflict Transformation, Saas Fe, Switzerland

2010-2019 - Class Lecturer, Columbia University:

  • Department of Psychiatry, Resident Training Program

  • Program in Narrative Medicine Columbia University Medical Centre

  • Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability – Institute for the Study of Human Rights

  • Human Rights Advocate Program – Institute for the Study of Human Rights

  • Global Mental Health Seminar, Mailman School of Public Health

  • Clinical and Counseling Psychology, Teacher’s College Global Mental Health Seminar

  • Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

2005-2017 - Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

2000-2005- Faculty, Kosovar Family Professional Education Collaborative Family and Community Based Mental Health Services American Family Therapy Academy and University of Pristina, Kosovo

1998-2005 - Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry New York University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

1998 - Faculty, Open Society Institute East Europe Program in Child Abuse, European University, Budapest, Hungary

1997 - Consultant/Faculty US Immigration and Naturalization Services, Interviewing Survivors of Traumatic Human Rights Abuses, Asylum Officers Basic Training Course, Brunswick, GA

1993-1998 - Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Clinical Training and Supervision in Family Therapy New York University Child Studies Center, Family Studies Unit, New York University School of Medicine.

1991-Present - Faculty, Norwegian Institute for the Expressive Arts Therapies, Oslo, Norway