Mr. Abdelfettah Elkchirid is a social worker in private practice with Offices in Saint Hubert and Ottawa. During the last six years, Mr. Elkchirid worked with immigrants, refugees, victims of acts of racism and discrimination and worked with a school based program offering counseling services to immigrant students and they’re families who’ve lived or witnessed traumatic experiences

As a Clinical Social Worker with the Cultural Adjustment and Trauma Services (CATS) at the International Institute of New Jersey, Mr. Elkchirid was trained in and applied Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with trauma victims. He was often solicited as a guest lecturer by numerous Universities such as Saint Peter’s College, Princeton Theological Seminary and Monmouth University in New Jersey, as well as New York University where he offered presentations on the topics of Social Work and Social Work with Ethnic Minorities.

In Addition, and as an Outreach Coordinator with International Institute of New Jersey, he acquired an extensive experience and expertise working with minority communities and more specifically Arab and Muslim communities. Mr Elkchirid also worked with couples on the issues of domestic violence and violence against children and offered psychosocial evaluations to DYFS (New Jersey child protective services).

Mr. Elkchirid holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work and post Master’s Certificates in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Crisis counseling and psychosocial evaluation. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in a joint Social Work Ph.D. program between the Université de Montréal and McGill University. His research interests focus mainly on child rearing and the transmission of cultural and religious values to children.