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Hello

My name is Melissa

I am a multi national residing in Denmark since 2019. American and Italian by passport, I lived 10 years in London, U.K., 14 years in the United States of America, 15 years in Turkey and 5 plus years in Denmark. I speak English, French, Turkish, a little Italian and Spanish. I am a psychotherapist based in Aarhus.


My Background

Academic Background

Psychology, Bachelor of Science (4 years), Tulane University, USA

Service Work at Touro Hospital, Brain Traumatology Inpatient Department, 4 months


Master of Arts, (2 years), School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, USA

Master Thesis: Capacity Building for Effective Humanitarian Aid and Management 


Master of Liberal Arts, (2 years), Management, Harvard University, USA

 

Career Highlights

  • First female psychologist in the history of Turkish Red Crescent Society
  • Worked at the Iraqi Border in 2003 as a refugee camp psychologist
  • Worked at various disaster sites following earthquakes, terrorist attacks, hurricanes 
  • Worked as a consultant for various United Nations organizations; UNICEF, UNHCR, UNDP in Turkey and in the USA
  • Authored the first Oxfam America USA Contingency Plan
  • Worked as a Humanitarian Coordinator in 6 Gulf Coast states following Hurricane Katrina 
  • Provided psychological first aid to hundreds of emergency workers and media personnel following major disasters
  • Founder and CEO of a small mental health charity in London that served the population affected by the Grenfell Tower disaster, including the emergency personnel and the NHS
  • Served as a member of the Regional Leadership Council for Homelessness Prevention in Boston, USA  


Working with children outside a collapsed primary school dorm immediately after an Earthquake , 2003

AWARDS


  • 2022 Award for Best Early Intervention 'Psychotherapists for Grenfell Support', Grenfell Trust, London, UK 
  • Derek Bok Public Service Prize, Harvard University, USA   
  • Dean's List Academic Achievement Award, Harvard University, USA
  • Young Alumna Award for ongoing achievements, Tulane University, USA
  • Scholarship, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, USA


SELECTED TRAINING


  • Psychological First Aid, Trainer's Training, IFRC
  • Mental Health First Aid, MHFA England 
  • Mental Health First Aid for Veterans, MHFA England
  • Positive Psychiatry and Mental Health, Online, University of Sydney
  • Psychosocial emergency and immediate care, IFRC
  • Intro to International Refugee Law, SPHERE standards, UNHCR
  • Public Affairs in Disasters Certificate, American Red Cross
  • Disaster Action Team, American Red Cross
  • Abnormal Psychology, Bosphorus University


PUBLICATIONS

Columns written for various Turkish National Newspapers

  • "New Orleans 6 months after Katrina"
  • "Do you have a month for sustainable development?"
  • "On Reviving Ophelia/Psychology of Contemporary Woman"
  • "The purple hair anti-hero", on the suicide of Kurt Cobain


SELECTED TALKS


  •  Lightning talks – Boye Aarhus 24 – The 20th annual digital leadership conference 
  •   Mental Wealth - Mind the Gap, Feed the Mind! - Session at the UX Nordic 2023 Conference  
  •  Melissa Brigante - Speaker at the UX Nordic Conference 
  •  Coffee Morning (internationalcommunity.dk) 
  • British Psychological Society 'Community Psychology Festival', The University of Hertfordshire 
  • Grenfell Mental Health Coordination Seminar, Organiser and Speaker, London 
  • Mental Health Awareness, Gallo Huset, Aarhus, Denmark
  • Psychological First Aid, Tulane University, Graduate Psychology Programme 
  • Forum Istanbul Conference, Istanbul, Turkey


As a practising Psychotherapist in Denmark, I receive regular Supervision and self therapy and I follow Danish Psychotherapist Association Ethics Rules. I am also a member of the American Psychological Association.

         June 2022, London, United Kingdom

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