Leadership
Meet the team that leads Petra ICS
The academic board is the body responsible for ensuring academic quality and ensuring academic integrity and high standards in teaching, learning and research.
Snežana Andjelić
President of the School Board
Biography
Snežana Anđelić is a highly accomplished professional with an extensive background in trauma and psychology. She completed Training for Trainers in psychological trauma with TENTS In Austria and holds degrees in Gestalt Psychotherapy and Children's Psychoanalytic Therapy from Belgrade, Serbia. Snežana’s educational journey also includes a Master's in Clinical Psychology from Belgrade and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Training) in Italy, specializing in trauma psychotherapy. Snežana has enriched her expertise with various courses at Eastern Mennonite University in the USA, focusing on peacebuilding, trauma, and psychological awareness. In May 2005, she completed the STAR Seminar on Trauma Awareness and Recovery. Throughout her career, Snežana has excelled in training, psychotherapy, and trauma-related work, providing valuable support to individuals and communities in need. She has been actively involved in educational programs and working with traumatized children. Snežana plays a vital role in helping churches and organizations become trauma-aware, supporting traumatized communities, and providing trauma-related training and advisory services.
Jelena Sivulka, Ph.D.
On Faculty since 2021
School Director
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Theology
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Theology
Biography
Jelena was born and raised in Serbia, where she became a Christian 30 years ago and a few years later got involved in ministry with her husband Greg, planting churches, distributing humanitarian aid, and partnering with Joni and Friends, serving people with disabilities. Jelena has also worked as a counselor in Serbia’s schools, social centers, medical clinics. Her Ph.D. research was on the topic of Mental Illness and Suffering. She is the founder and director of the non-profit organization Hana's Hope. She has been blessed with three children: Benjamin, Sara, and Hana, who has autism.
Education
- Ph.D. Theology, University of Bucharest, RO, 2023
- M.A. Theology, Protestant Theological Seminary, Novi Sad, SR, 2012
- M.A. Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad, SR, 2010
- B.A. Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad, SR, 2005
Courses Taught
- Human Development I and II
- Introduction to Psychopatology
Fuad Qaqish, Ph.D.
On Faculty since 2022
Academic Dean
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Child Development
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Child Development
Biography
Fuad, therapist and psychotherapist, was born in Jordan where he has started his career. After a Master's graduation in Psychological Counseling, followed by a specialization in Psychological Counseling at Jordan University, he practiced for 10 years in Jordan with psychiatric clinics in Amman and diverse Mental Health Institutions in Jordan, and private clinics where his main activities were to conduct psychotherapies for university students and adolescents, and their families, supervision.
Since 2014, he provides trainings and conferences in different health and specialized organizations in Jordan, Iraq, and Syria. The aim of these missions is to share his clinical experience in countries in need of family counseling, university students, and adolescents as school counselors. In parallel with his doctoral research on a therapeutic program that assists in treating psychological isolation among university students, fostering emotional intelligence development, he also operates within a master's program addressing various topics for university students and their families. Additionally, he is actively involved in several church initiatives in Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, and Syria. In addition to numerous interviews on various psychological health topics broadcasted on various Jordanian television channels.
Since 2014, he provides trainings and conferences in different health and specialized organizations in Jordan, Iraq, and Syria. The aim of these missions is to share his clinical experience in countries in need of family counseling, university students, and adolescents as school counselors. In parallel with his doctoral research on a therapeutic program that assists in treating psychological isolation among university students, fostering emotional intelligence development, he also operates within a master's program addressing various topics for university students and their families. Additionally, he is actively involved in several church initiatives in Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, and Syria. In addition to numerous interviews on various psychological health topics broadcasted on various Jordanian television channels.
Education
- Doctorate Psychological Counseling, Jordan university - The World and Education University, Amman, Jordan
- Master 2 Professional Psychology, Psychological Counseling, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, 2018
- Master 1 Master of educational Psychology, Balqa University, Jordan, 2014
- Bachelor of management information system, Balqa University, Balqa, Jordan 2018
- Bachelor of Christian counselling - Online Program, South west College, USA, 2017>
- Diploma of clinical phycology, German Jordanian University, 2019
- Diploma of Psychological Evaluation and applied Neuropsychology, British University of Leeds
Courses Taught
- Psychology of development (Human Development I and II)
- Child and adolescent psychopathology
- Family dynamics
- Counseling skills
Younan Tawadros, Ph.D.
On Faculty since 2023
Academic Dean
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Teen Counseling
Professor of Clinical Psychology and Teen Counseling
Biography
Younan, clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, was born in Egypt where he has started his carrier. After a Master graduation in Psychology, followed by a specialization in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology at Paris University, he practiced during 8 years in French psychiatric hospitals, and private clinics where his main activities were to conduct psychotherapies for children adolescents, and their families, supervision, and analysis of practices for health care teams.
Since 2017, he provides trainings and conferences in different health and specialized organizations in France and abroad.The aim of these missions is to share his clinical experience in countries in need of children/adolescent psychology knowledges.In parallel of his doctorate researches on the link between spirituality and psychology, he is also actively involved in several church initiatives in Egypt, France, and Syria.
Since 2017, he provides trainings and conferences in different health and specialized organizations in France and abroad.The aim of these missions is to share his clinical experience in countries in need of children/adolescent psychology knowledges.In parallel of his doctorate researches on the link between spirituality and psychology, he is also actively involved in several church initiatives in Egypt, France, and Syria.
Education
- In Doctorate at the Catholic University of the West, France
- Master 2 Professional Psychology, Psychopathology, University Paris 7, France, 2016
- Master 1 Master of Psychology, University Paris 7, France, 2014
- Bachelor of Psychology, Ain Shams University, Cairo- Egypt, 2010
Courses Taught
- Psychology of development (Human Development I and II)
- Child and adolescent psychopathology
- Introduction to Psychopatology
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