Dr. Kendi Ashitiva is the co-founder of Niskize Counseling Company located in Nairobi, Kenya. She has a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and a doctorate in Clinical
Psychology. She has worked extensively with individuals of all ages to help them navigate through difficult seasons of their lives.

Among her key areas of practice are interventions on traumatic experiences such as divorce, separation, romantic break ups, childhood trauma, death of a loved one, identity crisis among teens and adolescents etc. She employs cutting edge tried and tested methodologies to help clients resolve conscious and unconscious pain and challenges.

Dr. Kendi Ashitiva is frequently called upon by corporate organizations to offer regular talks and trainings on mental health. She is supervised by Senior Psychologist Dr. Frida Kameti of the African Mental Health Foundation.

Participation in National Emergency Trauma Interventions and Psychosocial Support

• Dr. Kendi worked closely with the victims of the Garissa terror attack that happened on the 2nd of April 2015. She worked with the survivors of the terror attack in conjunction with Kenyatta National Hospital Youth Center for 4 months conducting weekly group sessions.

• In 2019, Dr. Kendi led a team of psychologists as they took a company of 200 staff members through debriefing, group, and individual sessions following the Dusit Terror Attack. These sessions ran collectively for a period of one year and culminated with an anniversary in January 2020.

• In 2022, Dr. Kendi supported the European Union team of election observers during the 2022 disputed elections that led to a contested court battle. She offered psychosocial support to close to 100 persons during their mission to Kenya.

Dr. Kendi did her doctoral dissertation on the impact of adverse childhood trauma (ACE’s) on the quality of marriages, focusing on a study of married couples in Nairobi County. She hopes to use the findings of her study to improve her practice with couples looking to get married or those already married, aiming to help increase their level of marital satisfaction.

Among professionals and entrepreneurs, Dr. Kendi offers regular training and workshops at both individual and corporate levels to help them manage the pressures and realities of managing people, erratic cash flows, ruthless competition, and changing global, regional, and local markets. With the drastically changing micro and macro business conditions, business owners and professionals require regular psychosocial support to effectively, mentally, and emotionally weather the rough terrain of business.

Dr. Kendi is an EMDR Level 1 and 2 trained practitioner (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing practitioner that deals with trauma), a trained mediator, a trained woman in leadership, and an EFT (Emotion-Focused Therapy) practitioner psychodynamic therapist. She is a registered psychologist and is licensed by the Counselors and Psychologists Board.

Dr. Kendi Ashitiva is a recipient of the I Change Nations Regional Voice of Change Award, which she received in 2021 for her efforts in providing mental health services to minorities and segregated people. She is married and has two children.