Benedictus Junior - THERAPY HUB KE

Psychologist, Counselor & Mental Health Advocate.

Healthcare

Embu

Services offered

An enthusiastic, skilled and well- experienced Psychologist & Counselor, Mental Health Advocate, Youth Mentor & Life coach with over four (4) years’ experience working with youths and special/marginal groups in areas of Guidance & Counselling, Mental Health & Psychosocial support (MHPSS) Advocacy, Youth Mentorship & Leadership, Community Empowerment, Inclusion, participation and Re-integration advocacy for marginal groups and Research; passionate about making a great impact to society through transforming the lives of individuals in Mental health & Psycho-social Pillar, Counselling and Research through daily work experiences.

Youth mentor

Life coach

Counselor

Psychologist

Mental health advocate

Approximate rate: KSh 1,500 per hour

Experience

NOV, 2021- OCT, 2022: STUDENT COUNSELOR INTERN,

Students Affairs Department, LAIKIPIA UNIVERSITY,

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS;

Guidance & Counselling to students on Trauma, depression, Relationships, addictions, Adverse Childhood Experiences (Aces), Loss & Grief, career & academic matters, personal growth and empowerment among other related issues.
Students Outreach, Awareness on Mental Health within university.
Designing of Counselling Section Flyers, posters and related materials.
Individual and group facilitation, peer groups counselling and mentorship,
Preparation of Monthly & Quarterly reports.
Organizing and Facilitation of students Sexual Reproductive Health, Mental Health, Drug & Substance Use and Life Adjustments Awareness training/Talks.
Coordination of Peer counselors& Peer Educators group, Activities and Team Meetings.
Section Documentation, Admin Support roles among others.

APRIL, 2021-JUNE, 2022: FIELD RESEARCH MANAGER,

Digital Divide Data (Family Search on Oral Genealogies (DDD-FSOG-Kenya)),

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS;

Supervision of field research agents in Mbeere South Constituency, Embu County on Family histories search project.
Village entries, recruitment, training and deployment of field research team of agents to work.
Data collection, Quality Check and submission to the office for verification and keying in.
Bridged the team with the DDD office on matters of payments, communication and related tasks.
Reported to county manager and attended to any other task assigned.

MAY-JULY, 2019: PSYCHOLOGY/ COUNSELLING PRACTICUM

Inmates Welfare Department, NAKURU MAIN PRISON

KEY CONTRIBUTIONS;

Guidance & counselling to inmates on stress management, Pre & post- HIV/AIDS Counselling services, Anger management, legal help, paralegal matters.
Rehabilitation and re-integration back to society matters,
Welfare of inmates
Empowerment and Psycho-education