Yubaraj Adhikari
Restoring Family Links Delegate
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
Worked over two decades in the humanitarian field and followed various projects to provide services to the people affected by conflicts in Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar. Yubaraj studied counseling and mental health psychology in Nepal, UK, and Cyprus. He holds a doctoral degree in applied psychology. His major contribution to Nepalese psychology remains in addressing the trauma of the conflict-affected population and research in workplace mental health and distress of healthcare professionals.
Best Dissertation Award 2017
Counseling and Psychological Therapies
Economics, Political Science and English Literatures
Restoring Family Links Delegate
International Committee of the Red Cross
Since October 2016
- Served in Sri Lanka and Myanmar
Program Coordinator - MHPSS
ICRC
January 2010
to September 2016
- Coordinated Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programme
Program Officer (Protection and Economic Security)
ICRC
January 2007
to 2009
- Implemented Protection and Assistance Activities
Program Officer (Disaster preparedness and Response)
Lutheran World Federation Nepal
April 2006
to 2007
- Coordinated Disaster Prevention and preparedness activities
Social Mobilisation Officer (Economic Security/Infrastructure Support)
Rural Reconstruction Nepal
Since July 2003
- Implemented Programme and coordinated a team
Assistant Civil Engineer
United Nations Development Programme/ Local Governance Program Nepal
April 2001
to 2003
- Implemented program
Assistant Civil Engineer
Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board (RWSSFDB)
June 2000
to 2001
- Implemented Program
Assistant Civil Engineer (consultant)
WWF/Kangchenjunga Conservation Area Project
April 2000
to 2000
- Provided Technical Support
TWO WHELLERS
FOUR WHELLERS
NEPALI - MOTHER TONGUE
ENGLISH - PROFESSIONAL ADVANCED
HINDI - PROFESSIONAL
MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, email, internet, photoshop, multimedia)
SPSS, AMOS and other data analysis tools
Project Management
Research
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Training design and Facilitation
Staffing
Partnership
Capacity Building
Adhikari, Y. (2020). Prevalence of Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) and Its Influence on the Personal Distress of Doctors in Nepal. (Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, University of Nicosia).
Adhikari, Y. (2020). A comparative study of the Professional Quality of Life Factors in Nepali MHPSS Practitioners. Advanced Research in Psychology, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.46412/001c.13192
Adhikari, Y. (2019). Suicide prevention in Nepal through application of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness techniques. Sukla, A.; Dubey, A.; Thagunna, N.S. (Ed.). Psyche of Asian Society (pp. 266-286). New Delhi, India: Concept Publishing.
Adhikari, Y. (2018). Compassion fatigue into the Nepali counselors: Challenges and recommendations. MOJ Public Health, 7(6), 376‒379. https://doi.org/10.15406/mojph.2018.07.00271
Adhikari, Y. (2018). Effects of Gorkha earthquake: Corporate staff’s psychological well-being and perceived organizational support at Kathmandu valley on the aftermath of earthquake in Nepal. MOJ Public Health, 2(2), 75-81. https://doi.org/10.15406/mojph.2018.07.00209
Adhikari, Y. (2017). A comparative study of professional-quality-of-life factors of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) professionals working with earthquake victims and other trauma victims in Nepal. (Master of Science Dissertation, University of Liverpool): Best Dissertation of the Year, 2017
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
- Mental Health at the Workplace
- Prevention of Burnout and moral distress
