A life devoted to healing
Majd Kamalmaz, psychotherapist and humanitarian, son, brother, husband, father and grandfather.
His life
Majd was born in Damascus and moved to the United States as a child, where he spent most of his life. He studied at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
In Little Rock he counseled young people through a local organization, Stepping Stone. His family says this is where he found his calling to heal others.
He chose to work with people who had lived through severe trauma, and he traveled across the United States and abroad to reach them. Wherever he went, he trained local professionals to continue the work after he left, and stayed in touch with them for years.
Where he worked
- Bosnia and Kosovo with women who survived wartime violence and children orphaned by war, and training local professionals
- Indonesia after the 2004 tsunami, training local practitioners
- Louisiana with survivors of Hurricane Katrina
- Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon training practitioners and caregivers serving Syrian refugees, and founding the International Institute for Psychosocial Development in Lebanon
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His work for Syrians
The International Institute for Psychosocial Development and the Syrian practitioners who carry his work forward.
His methodHis approach
How he built local capacity for recovery, and why it lasted.
From Little Rock to IndonesiaEarlier work
Bosnia, Kosovo, Indonesia, Hurricane Katrina and his early work with young people.
His family has established the foundation to carry his work forward.