ORCE Ethiopia

Frezgi Gebrekristos, MA, co-founder

Frezgi Gebrekristos is a Psychotherapist/Trainer and MHPSS Expert. As a licensed psychologist in the humanitarian sector, he is dedicated to enhancing the mental health and wellbeing of individuals and communities affected by crisis, conflict, and war trauma. With more than a decade of experience in trauma healing and MHPSS program implementation, development, and leadership, Frezgi specializes in trauma psychotherapy, crisis intervention and other scalable psychosocial and community-based mental health interventions. Frezgi is master trainer and he has provided thousands of clinical supervision sessions to mental health professionals and frontline workers. Additionally, he has developed and adapted mental health guidelines and frameworks to suit diverse and local contexts.

Frezgi is an active member of the Ethiopian Psychologists Association (EPA), the Global Mental Health Community, and MHPSS Reference Groups. His academic background includes BA in Psychology and MA Developmental Psychology.