Refugee Therapy Centre

Aida Alayarian - Clinical Director

Aida Alayarian is a Co-Founder and the Clinical Director of the Refugee Therapy Centre, as well as Company Secretary. She has been a Clinical Psychologist and Child Psychotherapist since 1986, and adult psychotherapist since 1998, working with families and children in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural settings.

Prior to becoming Clinical Director of the Centre, she worked for seven years at London's Intercultural Therapy Centre, NAFSIYAT, was Head of Therapy Services and Chair of the Panel of Foster Carers at the Childcare Co-operative. She also worked at the Brixton Community Mental Health, South London & Maudsley NHS Trust and at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trusts.

She is the winner of the 2009 Women in Public Life award for Voluntary Sector Achiever of the Year.

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