• Associate Director of Counseling/ Clinical Psychologist, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2016-to date

Providing individual and group counseling/psychotherapy for undergraduate and graduate students at Student Health Center as well as providing mental health crisis interventions when required.

Managing and supervising Counseling Team. Facilitating trainings, lectures and workshops for students on various mental health topics.

Contributing with mental health related content on behalf of the University in local media outlets.

• UAE Country Chapter Director, Middle East Psychological Association (MEPA), 2021-2023

Representing MEPA in UAE and organizing networking events for mental health professionals and MEPA members. Participating in MEPA Board meetings and coordinating activities with other country chapter directors.

• Course Director, NYU Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Department of Health, 2022

Coordinating, creating content, and teaching the first ever Behavioral Medicine Upskilling Course for Primary Care Nurses in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. This is part of the wider Department of Health and SEHA initiative to integrate mental health services into primary care.

• Associate Victims Expert, International Criminal Court, 2004-2016

Conducting psycho-social pre-interview assessments of victim witnesses (primarily victims of sexual crimes and child soldiers) worldwide (DR Congo, Uganda, Chad, Tanzania, Egypt, Ivory Coast etc.); monitoring of victim's mental health throughout the interview; advising investigators on the most appropriate strategies for questioning; organizing, facilitating and/or delivering trainings for investigators on psycho-social issues (stress management, trauma and memory, interviewing children, interviewing victims of sexual crimes etc.); co-organising expert meetings; supervising the external network of 10 psychologists/psychiatrists; liaising with other international tribunals/courts and NGOs; attending and presenting at international conferences.

• Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice (Owner), 2013-2016

Providing clinical assessment and therapy (CBT and solution-focused approach) for adults with focus on Depression and Anxiety Disorders, Adjustment Disorders, Work related Burn-out and Stress, PTSD etc. to members of The Hague Expat community in English, German, Dutch, French and Serbo-Croat

• Senior Faculty, Webster University Leiden, Netherlands, 2008-2016

Teaching (on undergraduate level) following subjects over the years:  Physiological Psychology, Forensic and Criminal Psychology, Lifespan Development, Psychological Reporting, Clinical Psychology and supervising clinical internships.

On graduate level (MA in Counselling Psychology) supervising masters theses and teaching Psychodiagnostics.

• Trainer/Consultant, UN Women, 2013-2016

Creating and delivering a module on psychosocial aspects of interviewing victims of Sexual and Gender Based Violence for female UN peacekeepers worldwide.

• Trainer/lecturer, Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI), 2008-2016

Creating and delivering a module on psycho-social aspects of interviewing witnesses on bi-annual basis since 2008 as a part of the International Investigator Course. Since 2011, the module has been broadened by adding secondary traumatization and burnout topics to the existing ones.

Creating and delivering a module on self-care for practitioners and psychology of conflict-related sexual violence in the framework of specialized training for investigating sexual and gender based crimes in armed conflicts co-organized by IICI, Justice Rapid Response and UN Women.

• Witness Assistant, International Criminal Tribunal for Ex-Yugoslavia, 2001-2004

Providing care for victims and witnesses during their stay in The Hague - providing them with psycho-social support prior, during and after the testimony.

Co-organizing conferences between ICTY and local mental health facilities in order to ensure post-trial support for witnesses in the region.

• Psychologist/Project Manager, Omega Health Care Centre, Austria, 2000-2001

In charge of individual and group therapy/ psychological support for refugees and asylum seekers either at the Omega premises or in refugee centers in the area; assisting in rolling out of EU Daphne Program (promotion of Children’s Rights); project manager of the multicultural catering project involving refugee women and giving them the opportunity to interact in joint activity of cooking that provided them with income- occupational therapy combined with self-sustainability.