Maral Boyadjian

Maral Boyadjian
Maral Boyadjian
Born	22 May 1974(1974-05-22) Achrafieh; Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanese ; Canadian
Fields	Psychology Counselling Spirituality Literature Education
Institutions	Notre Dame University - Louaize American University of Beirut Middle-East University

Maral Dikran Boyadjian (Armenian: Մարալ Տիգրան Պոյաճեան ) (22 May 1974) is a psychologist, author and university educator of Armenian descent born in Lebanon. She is also a Canadian citizen by immigration due to the Lebanese Civil War. She is a member of the Lebanese Psychological Association and a prominent authority in counseling and spiritual psychology.^[1]

Life & Education

Maral was the firstborn of two children to Dikran Boyadjian, an aerospace engineer and Artemis (né Emiyan), a prominent piano professor who comes from a family of achieved musicians. Boyadjian was born just one year before the Lebanese Civil War broke out in 1975. As such, her family decided to leave Lebanon and head for Canada because of the severity of the civil war and the challenges it posed for Maral's and her younger brother's education. In Canada, Maral continued her High-School education at Don Mills Collegiate Institute of Toronto. At graduation, she enlisted at the University of Toronto where she received her B.A. in French Language and Linguistics with honors. She later returned to Lebanon where she got her Teaching Diploma at Haigazian University and her Masters in Educational Psychology with an emphasis on Counseling Psychology at the American University of Beirut. Parallel to her academic education she was involved in many esoteric studies and spiritual education where she has received the level of psychotherapist in Pranic Healing and she is also a Shambala Master both therapies based on nurture, kindness and love. As a strong believer of the humanistic perspective and as an eclectic therapist in her approach using techniques like Freedom Emotive Therapy EFT, her interest in the field of esoteric studies continued where she is currently in the process of becoming an Internationally EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Certified Therapist. She also has a Doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from S.L.U. St. Louis University in Missouri where she will be receiving her degree in December of 2011.

Publications

Boyadjian has been the author of many articles in magazines and co-author of many publications most important of which is the article of "Validation of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure Among Ethnic Armenian Adolescents in Lebanon” published in Identity, An International Journal of Theory and Research.^[2] Her first book titled: "The Armenian Diaspora: Ethnicity and Psychological Wellbeing"^[3] is about the psychological effects of the Armenian Diaspora resulting from the Armenian Genocide that took place in 1915 on third-generation Armenians.

Reference

1. ^ "AUB UNESCO Club". http://www.aub.edu.lb/bulletin/106882.html. 
2. ^ Maral D. Boyadjian; Shahe S. Kazarian (2009-10-04). "Validation of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure Among Ethnic Armenian Adolescents in Lebanon". Identity. http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a904264386~db=all~jumptype=rss. 
3. ^ Maral D. Boyadjian (2009-05-19). "The Armenian Diaspora: Ethnicity and Psychological Wellbeing: Ethnic Identity and Psychological Wellbeing Among Fourth Generation Armenian High School Students in Lebanon (Paperback)". VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Armenian-Diaspora-Ethnicity-Psychological-Generation/dp/3639139380/ref=sr_1_4/280-2416500-5098407?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273068626&sr=1-4. 

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Name	Boyadjian, Maral
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Date of birth	22 May 1974
Place of birth	Achrafieh; Lebanon
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