We believe that all people have the innate ability to heal, even from the most horrific experiences. We believe all are interwoven and interconnected, and deserve to experience joy and healing.

Kelly McBride, MA, LPC is a licensed professional mental health counselor who specialises in providing counseling support, supervision and trainings. She has over a decade of experience working in mental health globally.

CONTACT

McBride Wellness

kelly@mcbride-wellness.com

Education

Kelly has a passion for learning. Her educational background includes:

  • Masters in Clinical Mental Health Health Couseling, Webster University (USA)

  • Masters in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University in Cairo (Egypt)

  • Bachelors in International Studies and French, Saint Louis University (USA)

Support 

Organisations and Institutions supported:

World Health Organisation

International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent

International Committee of the Red Cross

International Rescue Committee

University of New South Whales

International Medical Corps

(non exhaustive list)

Selected publications

 

Guidance >

Integrated Model for Supervision Handbook (2021) and accompanying training tools and guidance on Cultural Adaptation and Monitoring and Evaluation. IFRC Reference Centre on Psychosocial Support and Trinity College Dublin.

Suicide Prevention (2021). IFRC Reference Centre on Psychosocial Support

Suicide Prevention during COVID-19 (2020) IFRC Reference Centre on Psychosocial Support

Supportive Supervision during Covid-19 (2020) IFRC Reference Centre on Psychosocial Support

 

Peer Review>

Travers, Á., Abujaber, N., McBride, K.A. et al. Identifying best practice for the supervision of mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian emergencies: a Delphi study. Int J Ment Health Syst 16, 11 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-022-00515-0

McBride KA, Harrison S, Mahata S, Pfeffer K, Cardamone F, Ngigi T, Kohrt BA, Pedersen GA, Greene C, Viljoen D, Muneghina O, Brown AD. Building Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Capacity During a Pandemic: The Process of Adapting Problem Management Plus for Remote Training and Implementation During COVID-19 in New York City, Europe and East Africa. Intervention 2021;19:37-47

Perera C, McBride KA, Travers Á, Tingsted Blum P, Wiedemann N, Dinesen C, et al. (2021) Towards an integrated model for supervision for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian emergencies: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE 16(10): e0256077. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256077

McBride, K.A. (August 2018). Creating a Trauma Sensitive Environment in Human Rights Education. Palgrave.

Pease, K., McBride, K.A. (May 2015). Human Rights Diplomacy (1856-). Oxford Bibliographies.  Oxford University Press.

McBride, K.A. Kingston, L.N (November 2013). Legal Invisibility and the Revolution: Statelessness in Egypt. Human Rights Review.

 

Assessment and reports:

 

Five years of fear and loss: The devastating impact of war on mental health of Yemen’s children. (2020) Save the Children

 A Decade of Distress: The harsh and unchanging reality for children living in the Gaza Strip (2019). Save the Children