Mrs. Wahida Chishti Valiante This is Me

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1. 1. canada.mediamonitors.net

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   Mrs. Wahida C. Valiante is a family counselor and national vice-president of the Canadian Islamic Congress.She contributed this article to Media Monitors Network (MMN) from Canada.
   
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2. 2. Canadian Islamic Congress | Wahida Chishti Valiante

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   Mrs. Wahida Valiante
   
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   Wahida Chishti Valiante
   
   Wahida Chishti Valiante is a social worker specializing in family therapy.She holds a BSW (Hon) from York University and an MSW from the University of Toronto, as well as a diploma in Family Mediation.She is trained in Brief Solution Focused Therapy; Trauma, Loss, Grief and Post Traumatic Stress Disorders; and Race Relations Leadership.She is the recipient of several awards, including from the Rubina Willis Counseling Centre for her outstanding work in the field of violence against women and children. Wahida has presented major academic papers at several national and international conferences, focusing on contemporary theories of family therapy and on the development of alternative treatment models based on the Qur'anic concept of human personality, relationships and emotions.She is a pioneer in the field of further developing therapeutic interventions for treating family conflict, domestic violence and intergenerational issues, particularly for integrating Qur'anic teachings, Muslim traditions and contemporary practices in psychotherapy.She has also made numerous presentations and given training seminars to national and international academic institutions and professionals, on the role of religion in therapy and in the development of human personality. Wahida is a published author of South Asian Family, Domestic Violence and Social Work Interventions; and Muslim Families and Brief Solution Focused Therapy from an Islamic Perspective.She has also published several papers on the methodology of providing culturally, racially and religiously appropriate social work intervention to families who have experienced domestic violence, child abuse, intergenerational conflict and sexual abuse. Through out her career,Valiante has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to many levels of health, social and community issues, and has initiated many health-related counseling programs for women and children.She is a founding member of the Social Club for Muslim Women and a longtime political and social activist who sits on several organizational committees whose focus includes the alleviation of child poverty and implementation of social reform. She regularly writes articles and editorials for several international publications -- including the World Media Monitor and the Canadian Islamic Congress Friday Magazine -- on social and religious issues, including gender equality, social justice, family and domestic violence, politics and issues of national and global importance. For several years she has been a regular television panelist helping to promote interfaith dialogue on ethical, moral and social issues from an Islamic perspective.She is regularly invited to speak at Mosques, Islamic centres and Muslim conferences, as well as on television, radio, and for the print media. She is past chairperson of the communications committee of Al-Shura, the Consultative Committee of Greater Toronto, and a past member of the South Asian Consultative Committee of Metro Police in Toronto.She is a past board member of Griffin Centre and the Coalition of Agencies serving South Asians; a founding member of the task force on Shirly Samaroo House for Battered Women; and past member of the advisory committee of the Barbra Schlifer Clinic for the training of Cultural Interpreters for victims of domestic violence. Mrs. Valiante is a founding member and past president of the Ontario School of Islamic Studies in North York, which was that region's first Islamic school.She is a founding member and current national vice-president of Canadian Islamic Congress, as well as a cyber-counselor with Islam on Line and member of the Christian Muslim Liaison Committee.

3. 3. www.islamonline.net

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   Dr. Wahida Chisti Valiante
   
   Wahida C. Valiante (BSW, MSW, OASW)is a social worker and therapist who specializes in couple and family therapy, family mediation, domestic violence, and post traumatic stress disorder.She obtained her BA (Psychology) and BSW (Hons) from York University, and her MSW from the University of Toronto.She also has a diploma in Family Mediation, and specialized training in Brief Solution Focused Therapy as well as in Trauma, Loss, Grief and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.She received her Clinical and Counseling training from two Toronto hospitals specializing in Psychosocial Assessment and Family Interventions from Multi-theoretical and Multi-Model approaches with Psychiatric Patients, Families and Groups.She has extensive experience in working with refugees from war torn countries: especially with women and children, who were victim of Rape, Trauma, and Psychological Violence.She has made numerous presentations and training to academic institutions and professionals, both nationally and internationally, on the development of human personality and the role of religion and family.She has presented several major papers on contemporary theories of family therapy and towards the development of an alternative model of treatment based on the Qur'anic concept of human personality and human relationships.She is a pioneer in the field of developing therapeutic interventions for treating family conflict and intergenerational issues, from an Islamic concept integrating both the contemporary and the Muslim traditions in psychotherapy.She is a published author on South Asian family, South Asian Women, Domestic Violence and Social Work interventions.Has also published several papers on the methodology of providing culturally, racially and religiously appropriate social work intervention to families who have experienced domestic violence, child abuse, intergenerational conflict and sexual abuse.In 1999 she was the recipient of an award for her outstanding work in the field of violence against women and children.Wahida Valiante has demonstrated a long outstanding commitment on many levels to health, social and community issues and has initiated many health related counseling programs for women and children since 1993 as a well as a Social Club for Muslim Women and the Ontario School of Islamic Studies.She is the national Vice-President of the Canadian Islamic Congress, and is a longtime political and social activist.She sits on several organizational committees whose focus includes the alleviation of child poverty and implementation of social reform.She also maintains a private cross-cultural consulting, training and counseling practice in Toronto, Ontario.