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Johanna Jiménez Cortorreal

Johanna Jiménez Cortorreal

Valencia

Summary

With almost 8 years of experience in humanitarian work and psychosocial projects, she has worked on initiatives in Barcelona and supported the Psychosocial Support Unit of MSF Barcelona. In 2020, she expanded her expertise by working as a psychotherapist in the Trauma Project of the Free Yezidi Foundation in Iraq-Kurdistan, focusing on the Yezidi community in Khanke Camp, Duhok. During this time, she's trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to enhance the support of individuals with PTSD and complex PTSD. In 2021, she began a remote work project with HIAS Aruba, providing mental health and psychosocial support to migrants, asylum seekers and refugees registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in more than 10 countries and territories in the Caribbean. Her areas of interest include trauma, anxiety, stress management, grieving, self-care, social integration, the migration process and health promotion.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Officer- Caribbean

HIAS Aruba
11.2021 - Current
  • Conduct MHPSS assessment to refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Caribbean countries and territories (Sint Maarten, The Bahamas, Saint Lucia, Turks and Caicos, Barbados, Haiti, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, British Virgin Island, and Jamaica) to determine mental health and psychosocial needs.
  • Provide remote Psychological First Aid to person of concerns mentioned above.
  • Provide psycho-education on various topics (stress management, sleeping hygiene, Healthy and sustainable copying mechanisms, Problem management, basic trauma signs, self-care, etc)
  • Build local MHPSS referral pathways in the Caribbean.
  • Assess capacity building needs on basic MHPSS skills among local first line service providers for informing future training initiatives
  • Support in the capacity building on basic MHPSS skills among local organizations in the Caribbean.

Trauma Therapist- Bloom Project

Chayn
11.2021 - 05.2023
  • Conduct trauma-informed remote individual session to survivors of sexual assault and abuse
  • Provide psycho-education on reaction of Trauma, stabilization techniques, healthy copying mechanism
  • Support the Bloom project when is needed with translation or documents revision.

Psychologist Volunteer - Psychosocial Support Unit

Doctors without Borders
09.2015 - 08.2021
  • Visit to South Sudan (August- September 2018): Workshops in Secondary Trauma and Self-care to staff
  • Individual and group sessions with MSF staff
  • Collaborate in the analysis of early returns cases
  • Participate in emotional debriefings
  • Internship Psychosocial Support Unit (PSU) (February-August 2015)
  • Elaboration of theGuide: Living in an intercultural environment
  • Managing debriefings (DBF) of returning expatriates
  • Conduct debriefings face to face, telephone, or video calls
  • Provide support to PSU volunteers
  • Manage briefings (BF) of expatriates before departure
  • Update database of DBFs and BFs of PSU
  • Support in organization of monthly volunteers’ meetings of the PSU
  • Organization of Bi-Annual Critical Incident team meeting
  • Support to other activities of the PSU
  • Internship in the Psychosocial Support Unit (December 2013 - May 2014)
  • Conduct debriefings face to face, with telephone or video calls
  • Support in research for the creation of the guide for Grief
  • Support in organizing the PSU meetings.

Psychologist

Free Yezidi Foundation (FYF)
02.2020 - 12.2020
  • Clinical Assessment
  • Individual therapy
  • Supervise and train the Psychosocial Support workers
  • Psychosocial support to local and international staff of FYF: Individual sessions
  • Stress Management Workshop
  • Self-care activities
  • Elaborate audios and videos of mental health exercises.

Psychologist

Associació Apropa’t
01.2013 - 01.2015

Elefant Project of Psychosocial Intervention With Families

  • Design and monitoring the project
  • Facilitator of group’s sessions with mothers and fathers
  • Co-facilitation in kids’ sessions
  • Choose the correct groups dynamics and materials needed for sessions
  • Management of space where the sessions were be held.

Administrative Assistant

Artículos Médicos, S.A
01.2009 - 12.2012
  • Oversight the work of the positions mentioned above.
  • Management of the client portfolio.
  • Management the logistics of receiving and shipping the merchandise.
  • Inventory Control.
  • Register of expenses of the company.
  • Payment management of services (rental of premises, water, electricity, telephone, social security).
  • Employee payroll (8 people).
  • Administer the Social Security of employees.

Education

EMDR Practitioner Certification -

EMDR Association Spain
Madrid, Spain
06.2025

Specialization in Psychopathology, Clinical and Health Intervention -

Universidad Nacional De Educación A Distancia (UNED)
Valencia, Spain
07.2022

Psychology Degree with a minor in Health Psychology -

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
Valencia, Spain
01.2020

Master in Psychosocial Intervention -

University of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
06.2014

Bachelor’s degree of General Psychology -

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
01.2011

Skills

  • Good interpersonal communication
  • Training skills
  • Context adaptation
  • Planning and organization
  • Emotional awareness
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Psychological Assessment
  • Psychological interventions
  • Group therapy facilitation
  • Multicultural Competence
  • Adult psychology
  • Case Management
  • Psychotherapy Techniques
  • EMDR Psychotherapy

Languages

Spanish
English

Publications

  • Personal Agency and Empowerment of young people 11- 19 years, who have been trained with the Citizen Project of the Consortium Civic Education of the PUCMM, D.R., 2012
  • Consequences of Evictions in Spain, Ballester, A., Carmona, M., Fernández, R., González, A., Jiménez, J., Martínez, E., Moulas, I., Peret, L., Viano, C., 2015
  • Guide: Living in an Intercultural Milieu, Jiménez C., J. A., Jácome, M. C., Osorio, Y., 2016

References

  • Yesim Arikut-Treece, Free Yezidi Foundation, yesimarikuttreece@yahoo.co.uk, +34 633 625 221
  • Susana de Val D’Espaux, devalsusana@gmail.com, +34 661 240 154

Timeline

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Officer- Caribbean

HIAS Aruba
11.2021 - Current

Trauma Therapist- Bloom Project

Chayn
11.2021 - 05.2023

Psychologist

Free Yezidi Foundation (FYF)
02.2020 - 12.2020

Psychologist Volunteer - Psychosocial Support Unit

Doctors without Borders
09.2015 - 08.2021

Psychologist

Associació Apropa’t
01.2013 - 01.2015

Administrative Assistant

Artículos Médicos, S.A
01.2009 - 12.2012

EMDR Practitioner Certification -

EMDR Association Spain

Specialization in Psychopathology, Clinical and Health Intervention -

Universidad Nacional De Educación A Distancia (UNED)

Psychology Degree with a minor in Health Psychology -

Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

Master in Psychosocial Intervention -

University of Barcelona

Bachelor’s degree of General Psychology -

Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM)
Johanna Jiménez Cortorreal