Najlaa Abdallah

I am a twenty one year-old Lebanese graduate who finished her studies at the Lebanese American University in Beirut. I am a psychology major, in hopes of pursuing higher educational degrees. I earned my BA In Psychology since this Christmas, during my educational experience I have enrolled in different Communication, English, Social Sciences in addition to many other courses, and was able to flourish beyond my major’s requirements. 

I attended Saint Mary’s Orthodox College in Beirut, Hamra, it is an English system school. After I graduated, I spent my last four years studying at LAU, where I have endured good and bad times, coming back stronger, and recently i finished my exams and assignments with high grades and completed my years in full. 

 I am working towards earning three master's degrees, starting with the first to be a master's in Human Resources, and the second to be a master's in Forensic Science, and hopefully my third in Clinical Psychology. I have a dream of building a facility for individuals who feel tired and in need of support can reach out to and get the required professional help, where people with different problems or possible mental health issues can find peace and move forward.  

Mental Health can be damaged without notice and interpreted normally by others. Personally, no problem is too small; there is not a level of importance for the problems or feelings individuals live. Mental health touches all. It effects an individual’s behavior, lifestyle, mood, sleep and even physical health. It is important to overcome all kinds of struggles and inner negativity in order to function properly in life. Many people see mental health as the last concern and do not care that much about it, some people do not even know about common mental health problems and symptoms which can make it hard for them to understand others or even themselves.

I have written and submitted articles to my university concerning several topics; Study; College Students Perceptions of the Relation Between Social Media and Body Image in Lebanon. Another study is, CBT Therapy Treatment Plan for Social Anxiety (based on trial video). Another study is a character analysis of the main character in the movie SPLIT, and i have also submitted a paper concerning a case i tended to during my internship at a respectful school in Lebanon, it talks about the obstacles i faced and the ways we worked through to solve the dilemma with student X. I have a lot of work experiences including:

1. Member and Administrative at JANNAT BILADI NGO ( four years). Jannat Biladi is a non-governmental organization that seeks to help Lebanon maintain its lovely environment. I was responsible for the enrollment of new members, guiding them, ensuring their integration as well as helping with events concerning the environment and child literacy.
2. Life-guard and Hostess (four years). Sands Rock is a known beach and resort which welcomes respectable guests and ensure a lovely and smooth outing. I ensured the guests were greeted accordingly, wrote reports about any kind of incident or dilemma, wrote document about action plans that can be taken in order to improve the process.
3. HR Receptionist at the Lebanese American University where i studied (two years). I had the job as part of my financial aid program. I was responsible for organization of files, delivering documents and office-work.
4. Student-Teacher/Internship at SAINT MARY'S ORTHODOX COLLEGE (five months). SMOC, is a school, with an English Language basis. I worked as an observer, who studied specific cases, and provided a plan of action.Filing observation reports and gathering information about abnormal activity between young students was one of my tasks. I Worked to find a plan of action, and worked towards solving the problem with the students. I also filed individual documents for each student and incident that has happened and created an action plan for them individually.
5. I was an assistant for a Pre-school teacher. i aided her with her art projects and reports.