Instructor

Dr. Paul Orieny, Ph.D., LMFT Dr. Paul Orieny works as a senior clinical advisor for mental health at the Center for Victims of Torture, where he is lead for the International Services Clinical Advisor team. He supervises field psychotherapists and provides clinical oversight to CVT’s international clinical programs operations in Kenya and Ethiopia, as well as serving in this role previously to programs in Jordan, Uganda and Zimbabwe. He has been in this role since 2011, and prior to this worked for over five years as a psychotherapist at CVT’s U.S. clinic, working with torture survivors from Africa, Asia, Europe and Middle East. Dr. Orieny holds a Ph.D. in Family Social Science with Marriage & Family Therapy specialization from the University of Minnesota.