Beate M.E. Ebert

Beate M. E. Ebert is a distinguished behavioral clinical psychologist with a private practice in her hometown of Aschaffenburg, Germany. She is a fellow and peer-reviewed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainer of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS), and a founding member of the German-speaking ACBS Chapter, where she served as a first chairperson. In 2010, she founded Commit and Act Germany (CAA-G), a non-profit providing psychosocial support in conflict zones such as Sierra Leone in West Africa. Ebert, along with her team, trained local health workers using methods like ACT and PROSOCIAL, adapted to local culture and challenges. She helped establish Commit and Act Foundation Sierra Leone (CAF-SL), aiding thousands of violence victims and educating villagers on violence prevention; today it has become one of the most influential local NGOs in the region.

Ebert has received awards from the Bo District Ebola Task Force for outstanding leadership in fighting the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, and from Aschaffenburg's Agenda 21 for CAA-G's extraordinary engagement in providing sustainable and culturally sensitive social, economic, and environmental support in Sierra Leone. Through her efforts, she initiated a fruitful communal development partnership between Aschaffenburg and Bo, Sierra Leone.