Psychological support

SUPPORT OF PSYCHOLOGISTS

Improving the potential of practicing psychologists in Ukraine who faced new professional challenges related to the war.

SUPPORT OF PSYCHOLOGISTS

Improving the potential of practicing psychologists in Ukraine who faced new professional challenges related to the war.

The project supports practicing psychologists, in particular, who work in public educational institutions, social and volunteer centers.
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What do project participants (s) get?

Trainings for professional support from experts from Israel, Ukraine, Norway, Rwanda, Poland, Great Britain.

Up-to-date skills and practical tools for the work of a psychologist in war conditions.

Individual consultations and supervisions.

Materials for practical work with children.

The opportunity to communicate and share experiences in the community of psychologists.

Project participants apply new tools and techniques in working with clients, as well as teach children, parents and educators in their communities techniques of independent work with stress, fear, anxiety, loss.
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This project mechanism was chosen to help as many people as possible restore and maintain their mental health amidst the war.

The project supports practicing psychologists, in particular, who work in public educational institutions, social and volunteer centers.

What do project participants (s) get?

Trainings for professional support from experts from Israel, Ukraine, Norway, Rwanda, Poland, Great Britain.

Up-to-date skills and practical tools for the work of a psychologist in war conditions.

Individual consultations and supervisions.

Materials for practical work with children.

The opportunity to communicate and share experiences in the community of psychologists.

Project participants apply new tools and techniques in working with clients, as well as teach children, parents and educators in their communities techniques of independent work with stress, fear, anxiety, loss.

Such project mechanics were chosen to help as many people as possible improve their psychological health in the face of war.

Mechanics of the project

Stage 1.Group classes in the format of trainings and live discussions. Speakers are qualified experts who work with topics of anxiety, stress, loss and have many years of experience working with victims of war.

Stage 2. Supervision group sessions. Collaboration of all participants on current professional challenges with an expert supervisor who provides recommendations.

Stage 3. Individual consultations and/or supervisions for participants. They are received by each participant to support professional activity and restore their own emotional state.

Stage 4. Trainings for educators and parents. The project participants develop a program of classes and conduct a series of trainings for teachers and parents of children. The purpose of these trainings is to provide practical knowledge on how to work with trauma and stress, to teach tools of non-violent communication, trauma-sensitive communication, pre-psychological support. Conducting such trainings, project participants apply the knowledge gained in practice.

Stage 5. After the trainings, participants receive a certificate and boxes with materials for working with children. In this way, the project supports not only individual participants, but also the institutions in which they work. Participants also join the community of psychologists for professional communication and exchange of experiences. Permanent collections of useful information and additional training courses from project experts are available for community members.

Mechanics of the project

Stage 1.Group classes in the format of trainings and live discussions.

Speakers are qualified experts who work with topics of anxiety, stress, loss and have many years of experience working with victims of war.

Stage 2. Supervision group sessions.

Collaboration of all participants on current professional challenges with an expert supervisor who provides recommendations.

Stage 3. Individual consultations and/or supervisions for participants.

They are received by each participant to support professional activity and restore their own emotional state.

Stage 4. Trainings for educators and parents. The project participants develop a program of classes and conduct a series of trainings for teachers and parents of children. The purpose of these trainings is to provide practical knowledge on how to work with trauma and stress, to teach tools of non-violent communication, trauma-sensitive communication, pre-psychological support. Conducting such trainings, project participants apply the knowledge gained in practice.

Stage 5.After the trainings, participants receive a certificate and boxes with materials for working with children. In this way, the project supports not only individual participants, but also the institutions in which they work. Participants also join the community of psychologists for professional communication and exchange of experiences. Permanent collections of useful information and additional training courses from project experts are available for community members.

RESULTS

484

Psychologists participated in the project.

10,215

parents, educators, social workers took part in the trainings conducted by the project participants.

218

support groups were held for the families of military personnel.

18

veterans who trained in the project created support groups for their fellow soldiers and continue to lead them.

Organized 9 waves of training for psychologists from 23 regions of Ukraine.17 training cohorts for psychologists from 23 regions of Ukraine.

Conducted 117 webinars and 58 supervisions.

Organized 1017 individual consultations and supervisions to restore internal resources and analyze complex cases. 274 professional kits to strengthen psychological support in educational institutions and equip specialists with the necessary materials for working with children, parents, and educators.

We created an interactive map with a database of psychologists for finding partners.

We issued 170 sets for the work of psychologists in educational institutions.

We attracted experts from Ukraine, Poland, Israel, Great Britain, Norway and Rwanda.

Created a community of specialists for development and professional support.

Organized 9 waves of training for psychologists from 23 regions of Ukraine.

Conducted 117 webinars and 58 supervisions.

Organized 1017 individual consultations and supervisions to restore internal resources and analyze complex cases.

We created an interactive map with a database of psychologists for finding partners.

We issued 170 sets for the work of psychologists in educational institutions.

We attracted experts from Ukraine, Poland, Israel, Great Britain, Norway and Rwanda.

Created a community of specialists for development and professional support.

Tatiana Velichko, psychologist, m. Poltava

The project to support psychologists was the best of all in which I participated. Very good organization, experienced coaches and supervisors were selected. Such projects are very necessary now for psychologists, because the subject of client appeals has changed a lot, psychologists constantly need educational support, updating knowledge and skills.

In addition, psychologists very often have their own experiences, anxieties, constant stress. Personally, I have a brother who protects us and I worry about him all the time. Therefore, the project of support of psychologists helped me a lot, I gained new knowledge, experience, was among like-minded colleagues, which was very inspiring and empowering in this difficult time.

Julia Tikhonova, psychologist, m. Pidhorodne, Dnipropetrovsk region

In the project to support psychologists, I received not only unique techniques, but also supervisionary support, which Ukrainian crisis specialists lack so much. Thanks to my studies, I organized psychological support groups for adolescents, which until now had no analogues in our Pidhorodne community. Children come to me with their stories, fears and questions.

After that, as part of the project, I took an additional course on working with people who had returned from the war. At that time, I talked a lot with the military and their families, and the course became part of the puzzle that I needed. I gained skills in dealing with trauma, mastered protocols and techniques of support, understood how to bypass trigger topics, track the reactions of my client. Using the knowledge gained, I ventured into a new project to organize psychological support groups for families of servicemen. Sincerely grateful to everyone who made efforts to organize the course, because you not only teach, but inspire, support, motivate to go further in your profession.

Irina Khanenko, psychologist, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Moscow Kyiv

Throughout my professional path, I am constantly evolving and have different work experiences. I worked as a psychologist in the police, and now I advise the military and victims of war.

With the full-scale war, there was a great deal of inquiry and work with people who had experienced serious psychological upheavals. And with so many requests, you forget to find the time and opportunities for your own recovery. A project to support psychologists gave me that.

The project involves specialists who have tremendous psychotherapeutic experience and to whom it is an honor to get to study. Thanks to them, I gained practical knowledge to help victims of war, passed supervisions and consultations and generally opened new horizons in professional development.

By the way, many participants changed their place of work after the project, including myself. Because every experience in the trainings helped us to better understand our own values and professional skills.

Svetlana Veselkova, psychologist, m. Zaporozhye

I am not only a psychologist, I am from temporarily occupied Donetsk, and I personally know what the people I work with feel. Therefore, this project, which provides participants with so much practical material, is very valuable and helpful during the war period.

Working in kindergarten, I have the opportunity to immediately apply the knowledge taught by the project coaches. And the constant support of experts, professional supervisors helps to remember how important it is to find time for your emotional and psychological recovery.

Julia Tikhonova, psychologist,
m. Pidhorodne, Dnipropetrovsk region

In the project to support psychologists, I received not only unique techniques, but also supervisionary support, which Ukrainian crisis specialists lack so much. Thanks to my studies, I organized psychological support groups for adolescents, which until now had no analogues in our Pidhorodne community. Children come to me with their stories, fears and questions.

After that, as part of the project, I took an additional course on working with people who had returned from the war. At that time, I talked a lot with the military and their families, and the course became part of the puzzle that I needed. I gained skills in dealing with trauma, mastered protocols and techniques of support, understood how to bypass trigger topics, track the reactions of my client. Using the knowledge gained, I ventured into a new project to organize psychological support groups for the families of the military. Sincerely grateful to everyone who made efforts to organize the course, because you not only teach, but inspire, support, motivate to go further in your profession.

Irina Khanenko, psychologist,
Candidate of Psychological Sciences, m. Kyiv

Throughout my professional path, I am constantly evolving and have different work experiences. I worked as a psychologist in the police, and now I advise the military and victims of war.

With the full-scale war, there was a great deal of inquiry and work with people who had experienced serious psychological upheavals. And with so many requests, you forget to find the time and opportunities for your own recovery. A project to support psychologists gave me that.

The project involves specialists who have tremendous psychotherapeutic experience and to whom it is an honor to get to study. Thanks to them, I gained practical knowledge to help victims of war, passed supervisions and consultations and generally opened new horizons in professional development.

By the way, many participants changed their place of work after the project, including myself. Because every experience in the trainings helped us to better understand our own values and professional skills.

Tatiana Velichko, psychologist,
m. Poltava

The project to support psychologists was the best of all in which I participated. Very good organization, experienced coaches and supervisors were selected. Such projects are very necessary now for psychologists, because the subject of client appeals has changed a lot, psychologists constantly need educational support, updating knowledge and skills.

In addition, psychologists very often have their own experiences, anxieties, constant stress. Personally, I have a brother who protects us and I worry about him all the time. Therefore, the project of support of psychologists helped me a lot, I gained new knowledge, experience, was among like-minded colleagues, which was very inspiring and empowering in this difficult time.

Svetlana Veselkova,
psychologist, m. Zaporozhye

I am not only a psychologist, I am from temporarily occupied Donetsk, and I personally know what the people I work with feel. Therefore, this project, which provides participants with so much practical material, is very valuable and helpful during the war period.

Working in kindergarten, I have the opportunity to immediately apply the knowledge taught by the project coaches. And the constant support of experts, professional supervisors helps to remember how important it is to find time for your emotional and psychological recovery.