Earlier work
Before the Syrian crisis, Majd brought the same approach to communities recovering from war and disaster.
- Little Rock, Arkansas
Where it began
Majd began his career counseling adolescents at Stepping Stone in Little Rock, and went on to work with young people in behavioral health treatment.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
After the war of 1992 to 1995
The war killed some 100,000 people and displaced around two million. Majd helped women who had survived wartime violence and children orphaned by the conflict to recover from trauma without medication.
- Kosovo
After the conflict of 1998 to 1999
Majd worked with survivors of wartime violence and with orphaned children, and trained local mental health and social work professionals in his methods. He continued to support them for more than fifteen years, and was still in contact with them in 2016.
- Indonesia
After the tsunami of 26 December 2004
The tsunami killed more than 160,000 people in Indonesia. Majd led a psychosocial response focused on acute stress, grief and community recovery, training local practitioners in the HeartMath self-regulation model and his group-based approach. He remained in contact with them in 2015 and 2016.
- Louisiana
After Hurricane Katrina, August 2005
Katrina killed more than 1,800 people and displaced hundreds of thousands along the Gulf Coast. Majd supported survivors in Louisiana through displacement, loss and bereavement.
From 2013 his work turned to Syrians displaced by war.