Bilha Akinyi

Educational psychologist | well being expert | Mental health advocate |

Private Counselor

January 2023- Present

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provides client centered counselling sessions to students
• Accurately documents sessions outcomes
• Develops and delivers individual and group session plans
• Establish a comfortable and positive relationship.
• Explaining the counseling process and mutual responsibilities to the client.
• Facilitate communication.
• Identify and verify the client’s concern
• Plan with the client to obtain assessment data needed to proceed with the counseling process.
• provides therapeutic crisis intervention and emergency services as required.

Trainee counsellor- Boston High School, May 2022- December 2022

• Undertook 180 hours of supervised counselling practice as part of placement year
• Prepared counselling contracts
• Assisted senior counsellors with record- keeping during one to one and group sessions
• Conducted diagnostic assessments
• Developed treatment plans 
• Provided ongoing individual psychotherapy to adolescents, adults in school

Teacher of English and Literature; 

Al-Iqlas secondary school, November 2016-June 2019

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Teaching English and literature
• Preparing English and literature lessons.
• Set examination, administer, and grade examinations.
• Guiding and counseling on life skills and career.
• Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.

PROFFESIONAL COURSES

Global Mental Health - University of Washington (Ongoing)

Mental Health Studies- Suicide. Violent Behavior and Substance Abuse. Alison (January 2023- March 2023) 

Fundamentals of Educational Psychology and Development Alison (January 2023-April 2023) EDUCATION

Master of Counseling Psychology, University of Nairobi (September 2020 – December 2022) 

Bachelor of Education Arts (English and literature), Kisii University (January 2013- December 2016)