Tofa Hakim
“To find your own inner peace Through helping others find their own.”
Tofa Hakim is a dedicated person and try to make remarkable contributions in Mental Health Sector in our country from 2011. She started her journey as Psychologist from 2011 after completing her graduation from University of Dhaka. In 2012, After achieving her post-graduation degree on Clinical Psychology from DU. Now She is involve with her M. Phil research in DU. She has rigorous trainings on different issues related to Mental Health & research. She has remarkable job experience in Mental Health field. She is more focused in private practice as an Assistant Clinical psychologist form 2012 to till now.
She is very interested in research and program development. She want to be a change maker, a activist as well as a writer.
Now-a-day, she is a co-founder, Managing Partner, Consultant Psychologist of Serenity.
Shahrina Ferdous
Shahrina Ferdous has been working as a mental health professional from 2012. She completed her B.Sc (Hon’s) in Psychology in 2010 and M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology in 2013 from the University of Dhaka. At present she has been serving as a Managing Partner and Consultant Psychologist at Serenity: A Psychosocial Support Center, Chattogram. Serenity started it’s journey on 4th September, 2018. From the very beginning of this organization she dreamt to contribute the society through mental health services that’s why she choose the platform for serving at different levels.
Internship & Working Experiences: She did her clinical internship and training from Bangabndhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Dhaka. She has been carrying her working experiences of eight years in providing counseling services. She served as Lecturer and Psychosocial Counselor at Green University Center of Excellence for Teaching and Learning, Green University of Bangladesh. She also worked as a psychologist with an International institution for about three years named Asian University for Women, Chattogram. From 2019 to till present she has been working as Mental Health Counselor in the Cantonment English Schoool & College, Chattogram.
She achieved several clinical training on CBT, Art therapy and Hypnotherapy from Indian Institute of Mother and Child Welfare, Mind’s Eye- A Center for Psychological Wellbeing & Rejuvenation and the organization of Anubhab – A Positive Psychology Clinic, India.
Research Interest: Her research interests mainly in adult mental health issues especially on youth group. Her two research articles were published in the International Journal of Science & Research. www.ijsr.com First one is ‘Comparative Study on Exploring General Mental Health of University Learners’. Second one is ‘Mental Health Among Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain.’
She is also interested to do research in the field of clinical psychology especially vulnerable community like displaced people, psychiatric illness, chronic physical illness etc.
Abdullah Md Shad
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Serenity
Role: Finance, Marketing & Program Organizing.We the peoples of corporates, passing our times with full stress (Both personal and work load stress). As a result fall in deep depression but never think we should care about our mental health. As a result mental fatigue converted to trauma! We are trying to create awareness in our society to care about mental health along with physical health. We should escape from our mind that only “Mentally Disordered” people’s takes mental health treatment! To keep our body sound and healthy we also need regular nursing to our mind!
Career Highlight: Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Serenity (From Start - Present), Manager (Accounts & Finance in a Large Group of Company in Chittagong) (2017-Present). Previous attachments Kabir Group of Industries (KSRM), SA Group of Industries, KPMG Rahman Rahman Huq (RRH).
Other Affiliation: Asst. Treasurer & Life Member – Chandanaish Samity, Chattogram… Ex- Secretary & Sr. Vice President – Chandanaish Students’ Association, University of Chittagong… Ex- President – PROTTOY (A Social Welfare Organization)…Life Member – Hisab Biggan Samity – CU.
Professional Qualification: Diploma in Advance Accounting – Oxford Brookes. University Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) – Finalist.
Education: BBA & MBA (Accounting & Information Systems- AIS), University of Chittagong.
Personal: Born 1989, Chandanaish, Chattogram… Married.