Structure of the Organisation

EMDR Africa is run by the Executive Committee, which meets on a regular basis. The Executive Committee chairs regular meetings with representatives from member country National Associations. Each member country has two representatives from each National EMDR Association who form part of the EMDR Africa Membership Council.

Sub-committees are made up of representatives from the Executive Committee, as well as representatives from each member country.

Associations work together and report back to the EMDR Africa Executive Committee and the EMDR Africa Membership Council.

The sub-committees are:

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Meet the EMDR Africa Executive Committee Members

Dr Gisela Roth, DTM&H, MABC

Kenya

Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist

EMDR Trainer (EMDR Europe)

Works part-time in a Child and Adolescent Day and Outpatient Clinic in Detmold, Germany

Works part-time at Tumaini Counseling Centre in Nairobi, Kenya

Rev Dismas Eddie Bwesigye

Uganda

Counselling Psychologist

Consultant in Training

Retired/Private Practice – Butabika National Mental Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda

Reyhana Seedat

South Africa

Clinical Social Worker

EMDR Consultant and EMDR Institute Trainer

Certified Play Therapist and Trainer of the Association of Play Therapists

President of EMDR South Africa

Anne Dewailly

Uganda

Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist

EMDR Europe and EMDR Africa Consultant

Vice-President of Trauma Aid France

Private Practice in Braine l’Alleud, Belgium

Alice Blanchard, MSc

Kenya

Psychotherapist and EMDR Consultant

Co-Chair of EMDR Kenya Association

Director of The Courtyard Wellness Centre

Suki Jaffe,
MA Clin. Psych

South Africa

Clinical Psychologist

EMDRIA and EMDR Africa Consultant

Vice-President of EMDR South Africa

Private Practice in Cape Town, South Africa

Meet the EMDR Africa Executive Sub-Committees

Dr Gisela Roth, DTM&H, MABC

Chair of Standards and Training Sub-Committee

Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist

EMDR Trainer (EMDR Europe)

Works part-time in a Child and Adolescent Day and Outpatient Clinic in Detmold, Germany

Works part-time at Tumaini Counseling Centre in Nairobi, Kenya

Femke Bannink Mbazzi

Chair of Research Sub-Committee

Clinical and Educational Psychologist

Head of Disability Research Group, MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

Psychology Practice in Kampala, Uganda

Alice Blanchard,
MSc

Chair of Conference and Seminar Sub-Committee

Psychotherapist and EMDR Consultant

Co-Chair of EMDR Kenya Association

Director of The Courtyard Wellness Centre

Meet the Representatives from the EMDR Africa National Associations

Representatives of EMDR BOTSWANA

Opelo Petunia Mogotsi, MA Clin. Psych

Botswana

Clinical Psychologist

Works at Debswana Mine

Lulu Tlale

Botswana

Clinical Psychologist

EMDR Practitioner in Botswana

Co-Founder of MindsThatMatter Group Practice

Clinical Director of Thuso

Psychotherapy and The Blossoming Child Center

Representatives of EMDR CAMEROON

Christine Pola Nghoguem Kenmgne

Cameroon

Clinical Psychologist

EMDR Europe Consultant

Director of the Centre de Psychothérapie EMDR l’Espérance

Member of the EMDR Africa Training and Standards Committee

Reine Flore Bouyap

Cameroon

Clinical Psychologist

EMDR Practitioner

Director of the Professional Institute of Training and Rehabilitation “FADHY PSY”

Representatives of EMDR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Yvonne Duagani Masika, Ph.D

DRC

Clinical Psychologist and Psychotraumatologist

EMDR Practitioner

Associate Professor at the University of Kinshasa, DRC

Consultant in Workplace Wellbeing across DRC

Working with victims of violence related to armed conflict

Robert Muzuri Rugoheza

DRC

Clinical Psychologist

Working within Handicap International as MHPSS Manager in North Kivu, DRC

Private Consulting within Congolese Psychological Expert Office in Goma, DRC

Representatives of EMDR ETHIOPIA

Kal-Kidan Admasu

Ethiopia

Clinical Psychologist

Private Practice in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Selamawit Tesfaye,
MSW

Ethiopia

Social Worker

Certified EMDR Practitioner

Kerta Counselling Services, Bole, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Representatives of EMDR KENYA

Alice Blanchard, MSc

Kenya

Psychotherapist and EMDR Consultant

Co-Chair of EMDR Kenya Association

Director of The Courtyard Wellness Centre

Beatrice Murunga,
MA Couns. Psych, PhD Clin. Psych Candidate

Kenya

EMDR Certified Practitioner & Approved Consultant

EMDR Kenya Executive Committee Member

Lecturer at Daystar University

Private Practice in Nairobi, Kenya

Representatives of EMDR MADAGASCAR

Hasina Andrianarivony Bakohariliva

Madagascar

Psychiatrist

Certified EMDR Practitioner

Approved EMDR Africa Consultant

Vice-President of EMDR Madagascar Association

Esther Odile Rahanitrandrasana

Madagascar

Psychiatrist

Certified EMDR Practitioner

EMDR Consultant in training

President of EMDR Madagascar Association

University Hospital Centre of Mental Health, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Representatives of EMDR NIGERIA

Ibrahim M. Jidda, BSc Nursing, MSc Public Health

Nigeria

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Africa Mental Health Awareness and Care Initiative (AMHACI), Nigeria

Capt. Aroh Malachy Onyeneke, MSc Clin. Psych

Nigeria

Clinical Psychologist

Working in Nigerian Army – currently deployed to Nigerian Defence Academy Hospital

Representatives of EMDR RWANDA

Jamuel Muhayimana, achelor in Demography, MSc Couns. Psych.

Rwanda

Psychiatric Nurse (Advanced Diploma) and Psychotherapist

EMDR Practitioner in Kigali, Rwanda

Working for TRAUMA HELP, Rwanda

Jeanine Umulisa, BSc in Education, MSc in Counseling Psych

Rwanda

EMDR Practitioner in Kigali, Rwanda

Representatives of EMDR SOUTH AFRICA

Suki Jaffe, MA Clin. Psych

South Africa

Clinical Psychologist

EMDRIA and EMDR Africa Consultant

Vice-President of EMDR South Africa

Private Practice in Cape Town, South Africa

Reyhana Seedat

South Africa

Clinical Social Worker

EMDR Consultant and EMDR Institute Trainer

Certified Play Therapist and Trainer of the Association of Play Therapists

President of EMDR South Africa

Representatives of EMDR UGANDA

Rev Dismas Eddie Bwesigye

Uganda

Counselling Psychologist

Consultant in Training

Retired/Private Practice – Butabika National Mental Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda

Lois Achieng Ochieng, B.A. (SWSA) Hons. (MUK), MA Counseling (MUK)

Uganda

Counseling Psychologist

Certified EMDR Practitioner

Director of Healing Talk Counseling Services in Kampala, Uganda

Representatives of EMDR ZAMBIA

Mwendalubi Kwendakwema, MA Clin. Psych (UCT)

Zambia

Clinical Psychologist

Certified EMDR Practitioner

MNK Psychotherapy & Wellness Centre

Representatives of EMDR ZIMBABWE

Hazvinei Aquila Vera

Zimbabwe

Licenced Clinical Social Worker

Mazvita Machinga, MA Theology, CPE, MSc Psychology, Ph.D Psychotherapy

Zimbabwe

Psychotherapist and Mental Health Consultant

Psychotherapy, Care and Counseling Services in Mutare, Zimbabwe