2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
Once we rode horses and, as expected, were given helmets. My friend's helmet did not fasten.
- Change! I asked.
“I'm not going to fall,” he said.
- NOBODY IS GATHERING! - I yelled, amazed that even the most intelligent and rational representatives of the human race are so illogical.
Nobody's going to fall. Nobody expects war, shelling, catastrophe, fire. Traumatic events in our lives always happen suddenly. And we are not ready for them. Often because of the fact that a child's magical thinking is preserved in us, "everything bad does not happen to us," but often because it is simply hard to think about it. Even for professionals - psychologists and psychotherapists.
My colleagues in Kemerovo were not ready. Not because they are bad specialists. Psychotherapist and emergency expert Alexander Gershanov consulted a volunteer group of specialists in Kemerovo and claims that they did everything they could. But the fact is that the branch of mental work called "trauma therapy" is poorly developed in the world. This direction arose mainly due to the experience and research of Israeli specialists. Here we are, unfortunately, "ahead of the rest of the planet." On the other hand, according to the WHO, Israeli society has a high mental health quotient despite living in war.
"Nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition." None of us professionals know when life will confront him with a traumatic event. In an office where the client's story will suddenly reveal an unlived tragedy or a catastrophe will overtake us "in the field" - a fire, a terrorist attack, an airplane crash, a collapsed building.
At this moment, people look at us with hope. And if I do not have special skills to work with "acute pain" in such a situation, I am like a doctor without the necessary medicines near the wounded. As professionals, we understand that dealing with an injury requires a lot of strength, both personal and professional. Today, Israel has developed modern directions for helping people who have experienced traumatic events. Work with trauma is in many ways a system of methods, protocols and tools that make it possible to provide professional assistance in the most effective way. And, no less important, to preserve yourself, not to burn out completely in this situation.
It became clear that not only colleagues in Kemerovo needed help. Help is also needed by those of our colleagues who have not encountered such events (and God forbid they will). All professionals in helping professions need basic knowledge about the specifics of working with acute trauma and its consequences and the tools for this work. Like a fire extinguisher in the trunk of a car. In order not to get confused at the right time. Help where you can help, or refer you to the right specialists for help.
Sasha and I almost immediately held a free webinar "First psychological aid for traumatic events." Here is the complete webinar recording that colleagues ask my assistant all the time about:
More than a thousand people registered for the webinar. We assumed that the topic was necessary, because we planned a course on it even before the tragedy in Kemerovo happened. That is why it turned out so quickly to organize a webinar. But they did not think that the need for this knowledge is so great and the course should be released as soon as possible.
The course is ready. The webinar program is built on the developments and practical experience of Israeli specialists. The peculiarities of the training program require intensity and focus, therefore the dates of the webinars are tightly scheduled. A detailed course program and prices can be found at this link.
Schedule:
Monday 16 April 20:00 UTC
What is trauma? Definition, features, types of reactions, secondary traumatization, the boundaries of the psychologist's competence
Thursday 19 April 20:00 UTC
Trauma treatment. Types of approaches to work with trauma. Multimodal models. Resource approach. Relaxation techniques
Monday 23 April 20:00 UTC
Working with groups. Accompanying families when dealing with trauma. Types of interventions. Criteria for working with groups.
Wednesday April 25th 20:00 UTC
Work patterns with loss and grief
course link:
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