Biography
Dr Beth Hedva, has been called by United Nations ambassadors and national associations to assist in a variety of humanitarian missions across the globe. She has trained and upgraded psychologists and volunteer recovery workers in the two deadliest natural disasters of the century – the 2004/5 tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia and the 2010 Haitian earthquake; supported post-civil war healing in Sierra Leone; developed and lead multigenerational-genocide trauma recovery in post-Vietnam Cambodia; facilitated recovery from colonisation, and tackled racism between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians. A licensed psychologist and marriage and family therapist, international lecturer, and trainer of helping professionals, Dr Hedva is a former Director of the International Council of Psychologists and Canadian Chair of the Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention.
Dr Hedva's reputation grew from blending emerging and contemporary clinical psychological practices with ancient and indigenous cultural healing and spiritual approaches to develop a uniquely flexible integrative strategy for individual and community health and wellness. Award-winning author of Betrayal, Trust and Forgiveness: A Guide to Emotional Healing and Self Renewal, she is listed in the 12th Edition of The World Who’s Who of Women, Marquis Who’s Who in America; and the American Biographical Institute’s Hall of Fame for Humanitarian Contributions in Cross-Cultural Psychology.
