We publish in French and English!

 

Books:

1. Bellehumeur, C. R., Kam, C., Malette, J., & Maisha, B. (Eds.). (2023). Positive Psychology and Spirituality in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Peeters Publishers.

2. Maisha, B., Massicotte, S. & Morin, M. (2021). Fostering Resilience Before, During, and After Experiences of Trauma: Insights to Inform Practice Across the Lifetime, New York: Routledge.

3. Maisha, B, Demasure, K & Malette, J. (2017). Les tabous sexuels transgressés : Viol en temps de guerre, Paris : L’Harmattan.

 

Book chapters:

1. Maisha, B. Morin, M. & Massicotte, S. (2021). Resilience: when, where, why and for who is it relevant? In Maisha, B., Massicotte, S. & Morin, M. Fostering Resilience Before, During, and After Experiences of Trauma: Insights to Inform Practice Across the Lifetime, New York: Routledge.

2. Maisha, B & Benmoussa, G. (2021). Grieving and Resilience Factors for the Widow(er): Role Transition. In Maisha, B. Massicotte, M. & Morin, N. Fostering Resilience Before, During, and After Experiences of Trauma: Insights to Inform Practice Across the Lifetime, New York: Routledge.

3. Maisha, B. (2021). Relationships as resilience and posttraumatic growth factors for war- time survivors with interpretations of rape as sexual taboo: Healing Embrace. In Maisha, B., Massicotte, S. & Morin, M. Fostering Resilience Before, During, and After Experiences of Trauma: Insights to Inform Practice Across the Lifetime, New York: Routledge.

4. Maisha, B. (2021). The lessons we learned on resilience and adversity. In Maisha, B., Massicotte, S. & Morin, M. Fostering Resilience Before, During, and After Experiences of Trauma: Insights to Inform Practice Across the Lifetime, New York: Routledge.

5. Maisha, B., Malette, J. & Bellehumeur, C. (2019). Les liens entre la souillure du viol et le pouvoir guérisseur du plaisir relationnel auprès des victimes congolaises en contexte de guerre, dans Bellehumeur, C & Malette, J. (éd.). Psychologie positive et spiritualité en psychothérapie, Québec : Presses de l’Université Laval.

 

Articles published in Peer Review Journals:

1. Maisha, B.M. (2020). Contextualising therapeutic care for child survivors of sexual violence in situations of war: A reflection on theory, context and practice. Intervention, 18 (1), 45-51.

2. Maisha, B., Malette, J. & Demasure, K. (2017). Survivors’ sociocultural status in Mwenga: A comparison of the issue before and after rape, Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 6, no2, 64.

3. Malette, J. & Maisha, B. (2017). La peur : Ses visages et ses caractéristiques. Prêtre et Pasteur.

4. Demasure, K & Maisha, B. (2015). "Abus sexuel des enfants : péché ou pathologie ? Une réflexion interdisciplinaire sur la question," Studica Canonica, 49, 139-160.

 

PRESENTATION AT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES

1. 2024 -Toyama, Japan: Croyances culturelles et relationnelles, et attribution de sens à la détresse psychologique au sein de la diaspora africaine du Canada; présentation à la conférence internationale organisée par l’Association Internationale pour la Thérapie Familiale

2. 2023 – Bukavu, République Démocratique du Condo (RDC), « La santé mentale comme composante de la conception holistique du bien-être en Afrique subsaharienne : Place de l’approche psychologique dans le modèle de prise en charge holistique », Université Évangélique en Afrique

3. 2022 – Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, « R-STA : Mettre les relations au centre du processus de guérison des survivant-e-s des violences sexuelles » dans le cadre de la conférence sur la Violence et abus sexuels sur les enfants et sur les femmes en Afrique, Institut de Théologie de la Compagnie de Jésus (ITCJ) 

4. 2019 – Kinshasa, I collaborated with a team of scholars from the Université de Montréal, and the Université Catholique in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and presented a conference on « La relation comme moteur de guérison et de croissance posttraumatique chez les survivantes de violences sexuelles: Une analyse basée sur l'approche du Bien Le Plus Recherché (BLPR) du Père Yvon St Arnaud ».

5. 2019- Liège, Belgium, as a member of the scientific committee for the Mukwege International Research Chair : « La violence faite aux femmes et aux filles dans les conflits », I sat on the steering committee for the Chair’s first international conference; Université de Liège.

6. 2018 – Oslo, I attended the Nobel Peace Prize celebrations following an invitation by the laureate, Dr Denis Mukwege’s office. 

7. 2018- Bukavu, (DRC): I attended an international conference on mental health organized by the Université Évangélique en Afrique and the Panzi Foundation; I presented two workshops:

   1. « Le vivre ensemble au-delà des ‘blessures de la guerre’ »

   2. « Contextualisation des soins thérapeutiques pour les enfants victimes de violence sexuelle en situation de guerre: une réflexion sur la théorie et la pratique

   8. 2017  Invited speaker at the international conference on multiculturalism organized

        by the , Namur, Belgium.

        Topic: “Culture, rape and social relationships of survivors in the DRC: Challenges for self-identity rebuilding and              togetherness.

   9. 2017    Speaker at the international conference on Global status of women and girls, hosted by Christopher             

        Newport University, Newport, Virginia.

       Topic: Survivors’ sociocultural status in Mwenga: A comparison of the issue before and after rape.

   10. 2016 Invited speaker at the World Social Forum 2016

        Topic: “Culture, violence and self-image. Challenges for building and liberation of the ‘self’ for rape survivors in the          East of DRC”, Montreal, QC.

   11. 2016 Public Lecture on “Integrating schools of science and Life” to Foster a Holistic Development for the Youth,   

        presented to an interuniversity student association in Bukavu, RDC.

   12. 2016 Speaker at the international conference on positive psychology, Ottawa, ON.

        Topic: Body and Mind: The implications of Rape defilement for survivors’ self-image and image of other in a     

        context of sexual taboos

   13. 2015  Speaker at the 3rd World Conference of Women Shelters, The Hague, Netherlands

        Topic: “Post-War Trauma Rehabilitation for Women and Children Survivors of Violence”

   14. 2014 Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, « Viol, VBG et Tabou : surmonter le dilemme social en thérapie   

        pour le renforcement du ‘soi’ fonctionnel chez les survivant(e)s ». Accelerated regional training with professionals

        from Burundi, RDC and Rwanda. Organized by the hôpital neuropsychiatrique (SOSAME); funded by the DDC,

        (Département Suisse au Développement et à la coopération)

   15. 2013 Speaker at the international conference on « An identity to build, an intimacy to live: Challenges for families,

        Ottawa, ON.

        Topic: “Should Rape survivors be punished? A Psychosocial analysis of Taboo” 

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HOME INSTITUTION/COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS:

1. 2024 Speaker during the Ottawa Black Mental Health Week organized by the Ottawa Black Mental Health Coalition: a) Defining the emotion/experience. Common experiences of joy throughout the lifespan and all in the midst of challenges.  Why positive experiences are essential in building resilience; b) Cultural beliefs, relational ties and the attribution of meaning to psychological distress among the afro-Canadian diaspora

2. 2024 Mental health for black men: a conversation with the University of Ottawa’s black student association

3. 2019 -Ottawa, « Political instability in the DRC and security crisis in the Eastern provinces: Violence and Rape against civilians for political gains? », Saint Paul University, School of conflict studies