Alice Behrendt, MA Psychology
Alice Behrendt is a clinical psychologist specialising in strategy development, programme design, monitoring, evaluation and research in international development and humanitarian assistance. She brings more than 20 years of professional experience and has lived and worked extensively across Africa.
Alice has particularly strong expertise in mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), alongside gender equality, health systems strengthening, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender based violence including harmful traditional practices, and child and youth participation. Her mental health experience combines clinical, programmatic and evaluative perspectives: she has worked as a mental health clinician, including with torture survivors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; managed psychosocial support programmes for vulnerable children and young people in West and Central Africa; and led complex evaluations of mental health and related social sector programmes.
Her recent work includes the developmental mid-term evaluation of the Being Initiative, a global youth mental health initiative, as well as the mid-term evaluation of the FCDO Research Programme Consortium on Mental Health. More broadly, she has led and contributed to complex single-country, multi-country, regional and global evaluations for UN agencies, bilateral donors and international NGOs, using a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods, including theory-based, participatory, counterfactual and non-counterfactual approaches.
Alice is particularly valued for combining analytical rigour with strong facilitation skills and a collaborative style. She is adept at bringing together diverse stakeholders, synthesising complex evidence, and translating findings into clear, practical recommendations and strategic direction. She is fluent in English, French and German.
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