Psychological First Aid for natural disaster situations
The IAGP Social & Collective Traumas Committee created a document for First Aid in Natural Disaster situations. The document has been prepared to provide a road map support for emergency interventions in natural traumas.
East Europe Support Group for Russian Colleagues – Healing Together
IAGP invites our professional colleagues around the world to a solidarity and support meeti
This group has the goals of reach out and hear each other. To communicate the challenges of our work as professionals in Russia and us as human beings in the current climate.
We hope to see you, hear each other, connect and heal together.
Light, Hope
on the third Wednesday of every month 17:30-19:00 CET
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 876 0375 8268Best wishes,
Ekaterina Dorofeeva
Dear IAGP Friends and Members,
Supporting our members in times of need has always been a core priority for IAGP. In today’s world, where the shadow of war looms, economic and social crises deepen, and countless traumas occur everywhere, unity is what we need most. All trauma work highlights the importance of cohesion and its connection to feeling safe.
With the mandate bestowed upon me and Nicola Policicchio by the Board of Directors, we have established the new “Social and Collective Traumas Committee.” Please find the committee’s composition below. With our esteemed consultants and expert committee members, we will strive to do our best. Existing support groups will be brought under this umbrella.
As group therapists, we are concerned with, value, share the pain of, and, if possible, provide assistance to the effects of traumas experienced by individuals and groups, beyond political debates and who is right or wrong. With this aim in mind, we also aim to establish an Emergency Response Sub-Team within the committee. We will strive to have a flowchart in place.
I am confident that with the support of IAGP President Heloisa Fleury, the committee will carry out its duties effectively. Our consultants empower us and are highly respected experts in their respective fields. Trauma workers are highly susceptible to trauma themselves, and therefore protecting our members is another priority for us.
We hope that this committee will lead us to live in a world where it is rarely needed.
We would like to express our gratitude to all the chairs and contributors of formerly known as the “Trauma and Disasters Committee”, which has been serving for a long time. We will continue to carry the flag from where they left off.
Committee Co-Chairs:
Deniz Altınay and Nicola Policicchio
Committee Members:
Kostantinos Liolios,
Rebecca Walters,
Ayşe Naz Hazal Sezen (committee secretary,)
Abdelrahman Shaaban,
Adriana Piterbarg,
Scott Giacomucci
Committee Consultants:
Earl Hopper,
Haim Weinberg,
Elizabeth Rohr,
Robi Friedman
Keep connected by [email protected] and discussion group for IAGP members [email protected]