Hi, I'm

Alya Kassam

Psychology Graduate

Advocating for accessible and quality mental health care

Green Leafy Plant Potted on Clay Pot

Welcome to my portfolio!

I'm a psychology graduate, and I work to provide mental health care services to those in need. With a background in school counselling and working with underprivileged communities, I have a unique perspective on the challenges people face in their daily lives.


Mental health issues come up for everyone. Sometimes it shows up like a cold, which needs extra care and rest for a few days. Other times it is more severe and requires professional support. Regardless of what you struggle with, I believe each person should have access to mental health care.


For this reason, I offer workshops and webinars to educate people from diverse backgrounds and help them manage their mental health challenges. I hope that my portfolio will give you more insight into the work I do and why it is important to me.

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Portfolio

Mental Health Promotion and Psychoeducation are essential to ensuring a community's health needs are met. Pictured above are some of the workshops I have facilitated, from the Aga Khan University to Baraza Media Lab and Mathare Social Club for Adolescent Girls.

“They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was all that defined us, we’d never be able to put up with ourselves. We need to be allowed to convince ourselves that we’re more than the mistakes we made yesterday. That we are all of our next choices, too, all of our tomorrows.”


― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People


Kintsugi

Pictured here is a wooden bowl which was once broken. A talented craftsperson repaired it with molten gold, leaving it even more beautiful than ever. This process is a form of Japanese art called Kintsugi.


Sometimes life hits us hard and leaves cracks in our once functional system. The work that I do holds space for this distress - it is never easy to lose the stability of your mental well-being. I do, however, have complete faith in the light that gets in. Helping people find the gold is what I aim to accomplish with my work.


Kintsugi Japanese antique ceramic bowl
Selective Focus Photography Of Plant

Webinar clips

Coping with Breakups

Full Video

Suicide Prevention

ten minute snippet

Qualifications

Positive Psychology Association of Kenya Membership No.: PPAK/22/122

Bachelor's Degree

B.A. Psychology

United States International University -Africa

Class of 2019

Skills

  • Behaviour Change Techniques
  • Positive Psychology Interventions
  • Emotion Management
  • Group Facilitation
  • Public Speaking
  • Presentation Skills
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Organisational Skills


Certificates

Managing Emotions During Times of Stress and Uncertainty

Yale University

July 2022

Addiction Treatment: Clinical Skills for Healthcare Providers

Yale University

August 2023

Character Coaching

Level 1

Positive Psychology Association of Kenya

March 2023

Foundations of Positive Psychology

University of Pennsylvania

June 2023

Interested?

I am always looking for opportunities to help others while growing in my career.

Connect With Me

Email

alya.kassam@gmail.com

Linkedin

Alya Kassam

ADDRESS

Nairobi, Kenya