Online training, “What Is ‘Normal’ In Extreme And Rapidly-Changing Conditions”, for specialists providing psychological and psychosocial assistance in the program “Helping those who help”
Today, more than ever, victims of war need support from specialists, but our specialists are also experiencing these terrible events themselves. It is important not to forget about yourself while helping others, to make sure you are able to continue your important work.
Human Rights Vector organized a training and supervision program for specialists in the helping professions: Helping those who help. The program has already registered 348 specialists who provide psychological and psychosocial assistance. This once again confirms the need for these trainings and events, to create a space for exchanging experience and mutual support in the community.
On June 2nd-3rd, 2023, we held an online training:“What Is ‘Normal’ In Extreme And Rapidly-Changing Conditions”. Our ultimate goal for the future is to better help other people who have experienced the traumatic events of the war.
Over 2 days, the event was attended by 76 people from various professional communities, including: psychologists, psychotherapists, doctors, and social workers, including military personnel and volunteers, working in both state and public organizations. Ukrainian specialists both in Ukraine (83%) and abroad (17%) took part in the online event.
The participants of the event have all provided psychological assistance to victims of the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, from 1 person to over 100 people. During the event, most participants noted the threat of professional burnout, loss of emotional resources, and the need to share experiences and communicate with colleagues. The participants also emphasized the importance of creating communities for obtaining new knowledge, adapted to modern events, and for support in professional activities.
The trainers of the event were:
Iryna Ratzke-Rybak(Ukraine/Germany): psychoanalyst; group analysis trainer; family therapist; supervisor; Head of the Department of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for Couples and Families at the Academy of Medical Sciences; EFRR delegate; full member of GASI.
Natalya Pidkalyuk(Ukraine): psychiatrist; trauma-focus trainer (Institute of Neuropsychotherapy, Austria); head of IPSI NGO; participant in educational projects on group psychoanalysis (APPU), clinical hypnosis (APPU), reconsolidation of traumatic memories (randrproject), and programs of crisis leadership (Center for Humanitarian leadership).
Ruslana Rudenko(Ukraine): psychoanalysis-oriented psychologist working with children, adolescents, adults and families, with additional specialization in work with trauma and Jungian Sand Play therapy; supervisor and teaching analyst at the Odesa Psychoanalytic Society; teacher at Odesa Psychoanalytic Institute of Postgraduate Education.
In the training, participants listened to lectures on the following topics:
The event was opened and moderated by Valeriia Rybak, director of the Human Rights Vector NGO.
After the lectures, the participants had the opportunity to work in groups to discuss the topics of the event in more detail, and work through the proposed methods of helping clients and supporting themselves.
We would like to thank the trainers and participants for such a productive and friendly meeting.
For reference: this training is conducted within the framework of the «Helping those who help» Program and the project of the same name, which is implemented by the NGO «Human Rights Vector» with financial assistance from the European Union within the framework of the «Sustainability» Program. The Resilience Program is a 30-month project funded by the European Union and implemented by ERIM in partnership with the Black Sea Trust, the Eastern Europe Foundation, the Human Rights Houses Foundation and the Human Rights House in Tbilisi. The project is aimed at strengthening the resilience and effectiveness of war-affected CSOs and civil society participants affected by the war in Ukraine, including independent media and human rights defenders.
Human Rights Vector organized a training and supervision program for specialists in the helping professions: Helping those who help. The program has already registered 348 specialists who provide psychological and psychosocial assistance. This once again confirms the need for these trainings and events, to create a space for exchanging experience and mutual support in the community.
On June 2nd-3rd, 2023, we held an online training:“What Is ‘Normal’ In Extreme And Rapidly-Changing Conditions”. Our ultimate goal for the future is to better help other people who have experienced the traumatic events of the war.
Over 2 days, the event was attended by 76 people from various professional communities, including: psychologists, psychotherapists, doctors, and social workers, including military personnel and volunteers, working in both state and public organizations. Ukrainian specialists both in Ukraine (83%) and abroad (17%) took part in the online event.
The participants of the event have all provided psychological assistance to victims of the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, from 1 person to over 100 people. During the event, most participants noted the threat of professional burnout, loss of emotional resources, and the need to share experiences and communicate with colleagues. The participants also emphasized the importance of creating communities for obtaining new knowledge, adapted to modern events, and for support in professional activities.
The trainers of the event were:
Iryna Ratzke-Rybak(Ukraine/Germany): psychoanalyst; group analysis trainer; family therapist; supervisor; Head of the Department of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy for Couples and Families at the Academy of Medical Sciences; EFRR delegate; full member of GASI.
Natalya Pidkalyuk(Ukraine): psychiatrist; trauma-focus trainer (Institute of Neuropsychotherapy, Austria); head of IPSI NGO; participant in educational projects on group psychoanalysis (APPU), clinical hypnosis (APPU), reconsolidation of traumatic memories (randrproject), and programs of crisis leadership (Center for Humanitarian leadership).
Ruslana Rudenko(Ukraine): psychoanalysis-oriented psychologist working with children, adolescents, adults and families, with additional specialization in work with trauma and Jungian Sand Play therapy; supervisor and teaching analyst at the Odesa Psychoanalytic Society; teacher at Odesa Psychoanalytic Institute of Postgraduate Education.
In the training, participants listened to lectures on the following topics:
- “Crisis/traumatic situations and personal coping resources. The principle of continuity and ‘living with the unknown’” by Iryna Ratzke-Rybak;
- “Cross-sectoral interaction of psychological- and psychosocial-assistance specialists and psychiatrists to identify the need for various types of assistance” by Nataliia Pidkalyuk.
The event was opened and moderated by Valeriia Rybak, director of the Human Rights Vector NGO.
After the lectures, the participants had the opportunity to work in groups to discuss the topics of the event in more detail, and work through the proposed methods of helping clients and supporting themselves.
We would like to thank the trainers and participants for such a productive and friendly meeting.
For reference: this training is conducted within the framework of the «Helping those who help» Program and the project of the same name, which is implemented by the NGO «Human Rights Vector» with financial assistance from the European Union within the framework of the «Sustainability» Program. The Resilience Program is a 30-month project funded by the European Union and implemented by ERIM in partnership with the Black Sea Trust, the Eastern Europe Foundation, the Human Rights Houses Foundation and the Human Rights House in Tbilisi. The project is aimed at strengthening the resilience and effectiveness of war-affected CSOs and civil society participants affected by the war in Ukraine, including independent media and human rights defenders.
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