Human-centered design for mental health and psychosocial care.
I work with teams and organizations to design services, systems, and programs that reflect the real needs of the people they serve.
Below are the three ways we can work together.
Facilitation
Design thinking workshops
for mental health and psychosocial support teams.
A learning by doing experience where your team works through a real problem using human-centered design as a thinking tool for innovation.
The process is hands-on and transferable: participants don't just solve one problem, they learn a way of thinking they can keep using.
You leave with: a solution prototype ready to test in the real world, and a team that knows how to think differently about the problems they face.
Good fit for: teams with a concrete challenge. Organizations introducing design thinking to MHPSS staff. Programs at a turning point.
Format: offline — 2 or 4 days.
Co-creation
Project-based partnership for organizations building or reforming MHPSS programs, systems, and services.
We start by mapping everyone involved — service users, providers, decision-makers — and go deep into their real needs and the jobs they're trying to do. From there we design together, prototype, test, draw conclusions, and decide on next steps. The process is iterative and grounded in what's actually happening, not what's assumed.
You leave with: a solution, that reflects the real needs of the people it's meant to serve — and a clear picture of where to go next.
Good fit for: organizations ready to move beyond problem description and into redesign. Best when there's genuine openness to what the research might reveal.
Format: project-based — scope and timeline defined together.
International organizations bring expertise, resources, and good intentions — but local context and mentality are hard to read from the outside. I help teams go deep into how people actually think about mental health, how systems work, and what approaches land and what doesn't. That understanding becomes the foundation for programs that are designed for the people they're meant to serve.
You leave with: local perspective, actionable insights, and a map for implementation that actually fits.
Good fit for: international organizations designing or adapting MHPSS programs for Ukraine. Teams who want a local expert perspective before making strategic decisions.
Format: one-time consultation or project-based — defined together.