Personal information

Bahir Dar University

Tel:+251-(0) 588-20- 96-76

Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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  Coordinator, University Counseling Center (UCC)
  
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  Course Chair for the Module of Clinical and Health Psychology
  
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  Coordinator and supervisor of internship
  
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  Mentoring university counselors
  
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  Teaching commonly: Psychopathology/Abnormal Psychology/; Psychology of Gender and Human Sexuality; Health Psychology; Clinical Psychology, Rehabilitation Counseling, Statistics for Psychology I and Statistics for Psychology II Courses
  

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  Emmanuel Specialized Psychiatric Hospital, for four months
  

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  St. Paul Millennium Medical College, Psychiatry Unit, for four months
  

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  Gefferssa Rehabilitation Center, for four months.
  

Gerji, Bole Sub-City

Tel:+251-(0) 116 29 33 44

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

P. O. Box: 5565

Tel:+251-(0)-11-124-32-68/70

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Education

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   Certificate in Higher Diploma Programme (HDP)
   

Thesis:

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   M.A. degree in Clinical Psychology
   

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  Introduction to clinical psychology
  
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  Neuropsychology
  
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  Psycho-Pharmacology
  
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  Developmental and family psychology and psychopathology
  
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  Cultural and Cross-cultural issues in Clinical Psychology
  
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  Psychological Assessment, diagnosis and clinical practice
  
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  Pedagogy for clinical psychologists
  
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  Advanced statistics for behavioral sciences and Research methods in
  

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   Education
   

2007 - 2010

Senior Essay

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  “The Effect of Iodized Salt on Child Development”: Trained to Administered the Bayley Scales of Child Development and Collected data on Child Mental Development from January3^rd to January 10^th, 2014 (organized by McGill University).
  

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  “IEC-BCC Message Material Development and Dissemination Focusing on Youth SRH”, from October12^th to October 17^th, 2015, Organized by; Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, Bahir Dar.
  

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  Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), for ten days. Organized by School of Psychology Addis Ababa University
  
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  Basic Courses in Ethiopian Sign Language and Deaf Culture for two semesters organized by the Department of Linguistics and Philology, Addis Ababa University
  

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  Good listener
  
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  Good decision maker
  
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  Sensitive to disadvantaged group of the society
  
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  Highly initiative
  

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  Good communication skills gained through experience as a peer educator and Gender activist in AAII for three years.
  
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  Good communication skills gained through experience as a teacher and school Counsellor
  

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  Good command of the basics of computer skills gained by short-term training from Computers Knowledge Center(CKC)
  
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  Excellent skills in using SPSS software gained through short-term training from Bahir Dar University
  
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  Enhancing Teacher Education for Bridging the Education Quality Gap in Ethiopia. Training on ICT use in Education for Teacher Educators. February12-14,2015, Bahir Dar Univeristy, Bahir dar, Ethiopia.
  

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  Ethiopian Driving license (License No. 017641)
  

Presentations

1. Mental Health Status of Returnee Ethiopian Women from the Middle East vis -a- vis Women in the Process of Migration: Implications for Intervention. Presented at The 1^stAnnual Research Conference of Amhara National Regional State Health Bureau, August2-4, 2014

2. Mental Health Status of Returnee Ethiopian Women from the Middle East vis -a- vis Women in the Process of Migration: Implications for Intervention. In the first IGAD International Health Conference held from December 03-06/2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

3. Peer Led Learning: Preparation, Implementation, Achievement and Challenges at Bahir Dar University, Axum University, and Wollo University. Presented at the 32^ndInternational May Educational Conference; Organized by Faculty of Educational and Behavioral Sciences at Bahir Dar University, 29-31 may, 2014. (Team work)

4. The Role of Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy in Improving Psychological Distress of MDR-TB Patients. Presented at the 26^th EPHA Annual Conference held from February 25-28, 2015, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia (Team work)

Researches done but not presented yet

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   Intergroup Conflict among University Students: Implication for Diplomatic Edification and constructing Positive Academic Atmosphere ( ongoing project, team Work)
   
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   The Prevalence, Trends and Consequences of Substance Abuse among University Students: Implication for Quality Education (team Work).
   

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  Enhancing the Life skills and Psycho-Social Wellbeing of BDU Communities
  

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  Providing Reintegration Training for Returnees from Domestic Work in the Middle Eastern Countries: In West Gojjam Zone, Finote-Selam(Team Work).
  
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  Enhancing the Academic Potentials, Psycho-Social and Health Wellbeing of Infected and Affected Children and Youths with HIV/AIDS, in Bahir Dar (Team Work).
  
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  University Counselling Center (UCC): A Guideline for the Establishment, Organization and Administration of the Center, Bahir Dar University.
  

Seminars

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  The Study of Stress and Competence in Children: A building block for developmental psychopathology. Presented at Friday seminar of College of Education and Behavioural Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Article review.
  
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  Causes, Consequences and Remedial Techniques of Sexual dysfunction. . Presented at Friday seminar of College of Education and Behavioural Sciences, Bahir Dar University
  

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  Ethiopian Psychologists’ Association (EPA)
  
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  Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA)
  
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  Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE)
  

References

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   Matebe Tafere (PhD), Associate Professor
   

e-mail:matebetafere@yahoo.com

Mob:+251-(0) 9 18 34 01 63

2. 
   Dawit Asrat(PhD)
   

Bahir dar University

e-mail: dawitas@yahoo.com

Mob:+251-(0) 9 18 76 62 32

3. 
   Moshe landsman (PhD)
   

Lecturer, Clinical psychology track

e-mail: moshel@hotmail.com

Yerucham 80552 ISRAEL