Work Experience

Residential Youth Worker & Relief (PT)

360Kids| Richmond Hill, On, Canada,  Jan 4 2023- Present

Shelter Worker (Shelter support staff)

Inn From The Cold | Newmarket, On, Canada, Apr 2022- Jan 2023 Support homeless

• people in  (40 hours a week, full time job).
•  Ensuring the safety and well-being of clients

• Informal counselling, crisis prevention and intervention

•  Client intakes and transfers

• Ensuring the smooth operation of the shelter program in collaboration with the Shift Supervisor, other IFTC staff and volunteers

Assistant  (Volunteer)

Inn From The Cold | Newmarket, On, Canada, Dec 2022- Mar 2022

– Working in the kitchen of shelter to prepare and serve food, help and support  homeless people. 

Counselor  Assistant   (Community Placement)

TACT clinic| North York, On, Canada, Jan 2022 – Mar 2022

• Doing office jobs
• Searching novel scientific articles to post on TACT website/Instagram
• Contacting with clients, sending consent forms to clients, and collecting client’s intake records
• Designed the digital intake assessment form of TACT Clinic

Counsellor and Psychotherapist

Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Clinic of Dr. Arshia Kiani | Iran , 2017-2021

– Counselling and psychotherapy services such as individual, couple, family and group therapy

Counsellor and Psychotherapist (Part-time)

Palliative Care Department of Firoozgar Hospital | Iran, 2014-2021

– Counselling and psychotherapy services to client’s with infertility issues

Counsellor  ( observed by Supervision)

Alzahra Clinic | Iran, 2012- 2014

– Individual, couple, family ang group counselling therapy for different communities – Intake assessment by standard tests and interviews

Counsellor  (Part time)

Counselling and Psychological Center of Parseh Clinic | Iran, 2011- 2014

 – Individual, couple, family and group counselling

Counsellor (full time)

Hasti clinic of Azar Ziamanesh | Iran, 2006- 2012

• Individual, couple, Family and group counselling

Counsellor

Valiasr Rehabilitation Institute | Iran, Dec 2005–Mar 2006

• Counselling services like group therapy of families having children with different mental and physical disabilities.

 Counsellor, Social worker (Part time) 

Mozhdeh Avaran Parvaz Mehr | Iran, Aug 2006 – Nov 2010

• Individual, couple, Family and group counselling

Teaching Experience

Lecturer (Volunteer)

Kharazmi University & Tehran Municipality | Iran Nov 2018 – Feb 2019

Teaching life style skills like emotion regulation, problem solving, to adolescences, youth and family

University Lecturer

Payam- e-Nour University | Iran,  2005 – 2012 Teaching different courses including:

• Research Project
• Principles and Techniques of Guidance and Counselling
• Educational Psychology
• General Psychology 1, 2
• Developmental Psychology 1, 2
• Introduction to Guidance and Counselling
• Problems of Adolescences and Youth
• Personality Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Supervised Practicum
• Practical Work Project

Administrative and other experiences

Coach and Consultant of the Head

Women’s Affairs Swimming Board of Mazandaran | Iran, 2017 – 2020

• Providing group counselling sessions for female athletes and their families
• Taught life skills to different age groups of sportswomen
• Held various workshops and seminars in the field of self-development

Editor in Chief, Managing Editor

Alzahra University |  Iran, 2002- 2006

 

Academic History

Diploma

Addiction Recovery Support for Youth & Families at CDI College | Canada, Oct 2020-Feb 2022,

Doctor of Philosophy

Educational Psychology at Kharazmi University | Iran, Feb 2013 – Sep 2019 GPA: 18.33/20, A+

Master

Master’s Degree of Counseling and Guidance at Alzahra University | Iran,  Sep 2002 – Mar 2006  GPA: 19.49/20,  A+

Bachelor

Bachelor’s Degree of Midwifery at Medical Sciences University | Iran, Sep 1993 – Feb 1997

Master Thesis:

The Study of the Effects of  Cognitive Emotion Behavioral Group Counselling  on the Mental Health of  Infertile Women.

Ph.D. Thesis:

The Link between Cognitive Load Theory and Emotions: The Effect of Training of Reappraisal and Labeling on Nursing Students’ Anxiety, Cognitive Load and Learning

Publications

• Manouchehri, K; Hassanabadi, H; Aghabarary. (2020), Linkage between Cognitive Load Theory and Academic Emotions: Effects of Emotion Induction on Anxiety, Cognitive Load and Learning in Nursing Students, Vol 14, No, 2
• Manouchehri, K; Zandipour, T;  Poushahriari, T; Mirdamadi, S. R. (2007), The Study of Effectiveness of Cognitive, Emotive, and Behavioral Group Counseling on Mental Health ofInfertile Women, Counseling Research and Development, Vol 5, No 20
• Hosseinian, S; Manouchehri, K; Alavi, K. ( 2005). Study and comparison of the relationship between mental health and sense of meaning in female dormitory students of undergraduate and graduate courses of Al-Zahra University, SID.ir, No. 2. https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/JournalList.aspx?ID=3714