Email: Amanda@terminallyforgetful.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/leeamanda
Nationality: NL & US dual citizenship
Critical Incident, Staff Care & Psychosocial Integration Expert 2002 - Present
International Consultant
12 years of expertise providing psychosocial & staff care program creation, evaluation, training & delivery utilizing IASC and PRA MHPSS guidelines. Extensive global, volatile, humanitarian, natural disaster & medical emergency experience. Past field missions include: Sudan, Chad, Uganda, Somalia, Kenya, CAR,
Nigeria, UAE, India, Kashmir, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia, Western Europe, & North America. Liaising
& consulting with NGOs & UN agencies providing support to HQ, National Directors, line management, expat, national staff, & beneficiaries through evaluation, training development, individual & group psychosocial support & intervention.
Projects Manager
Mouvement International ATD Quart Monde
2000 - 2002
Responsibilities Included: INGO/UN liaising, managing international MHPSS, tailoring training methodologies, international recruitment and training (ToT), projects accountability, media research and analysis, book and publication editing.
Independent Researcher/UN Representative
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom/ World YWCA
1999 - 2000
Responsibilities Included: Representation and reporting on UN conferences and meetings; collaborated with international INGOs; edited materials.
Program Manager
Småskolen på Christianshede
1999
Responsibilities Included: Managed international psychosocial programs targeting urban youth, within a team, in Denmark. Facilitated group art therapy, led construction/maintenance projects; trained youth in conflict resolution; coordinated student-centered curriculum.
Coordinator 1997 - 1999
Austin Free School Initiative
Founded a liberatory education/psychosocial program, in urban areas, servicing a multi-generational population. Facilitated case management, volunteer coordination, I&R, group and individual counseling.
Program Specialist
Austin Tenants’ Council
1998 - 1999
Responsibilities Included: Conflict mediation; case/crisis management; community outreach; residential council organizing for up to 300 members; fair housing/discrimination assessment; counseling in landlord and tenant law; public presentation.
Transitional Case Manager
Travis County Community Justice Center
1998
Responsibilities Included: Comprehensive case management in a team care-continuum, counseling and community outreach for a rehabilitation minimum/maximum security prison for men and women.
Community Organizer 1997
National Literacy Coalition
Responsibilities Included: Advocacy and research on literacy - focusing on populations affected by welfare

reform in Louisiana; grant research.
Crisis Counselor
Crisis Services
1994 - 1997
Responsibilities Included: Counseling in CI, suicidology, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, abuser and victim counseling, disability, SGBV advocacy, and homeless outreach. Targeting children, youth, men, and women.
Field Manager
Citizen’s Action
1993 - 1994
Responsibilities Included: Outreach and public education on various environmental campaigns pertinent to
Louisiana. Crew training, management, accounting.
Preceptorship/Intern 1990 - 1993
Baylor College of Medicine
Responsibilities Included: Neurological patient care, phlebotomy, med-tech, histology, assisting in clinical/surgical pathology.
CEUs: EMDR, CISM, Somatic Integration, Conflict Mediation, PTSD, ToT, Eclectic Therapy, Strengthening
Families, Education in Development, Gender Identity Disorder
Licensed Psychodynamic and Integral Hypnotherapist, Double Masters, Atma Institute - 2010
Certified ESL Teacher Cambridge University - 2001
Certified Crisis Counselor, Crisis Services, Buffalo - 1997
Pre-Med Major, Louisiana State University - 1994
Graduated Baylor College of Medicine High School Program, Pathology major (HSHP), Houston - 1993
MSF(Doctors without Borders), Solidarite, Samaritan’s Purse, American Red Cross, KonTerra:
Psychosocial Consultant and PSC Emergency Responder
NBVH (National Association of Hypnotherapists): Member
ISTSS (International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies) : Member
NtVP (Dutch Psychotrauma Society) : Member
Psychologists for Social Responsibility : Member
Nfm: Board Member and producer of talk program 2005-2009
International Peace Bureau: International Peace Education Campaign 2000/01
Taking Action Inc.: Board Member 1998-99
KO.OP 91.7 Radio (community/cooperative radio): Producer of women's talk program 1998-99
Languages: Mother tongue: English; Advanced: Dutch & French; Rudimentary exposure to: Russian,
Hebrew, Latin, Arabic and Spanish
Additional Skills: Web Research, database interfacing, exceptional typing skills, grant research/writing, funds development, extensive professional editing experience, author, speaker, spoken word performance and production, mixed media artist, dancer.
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