Mental support of Ukrainian women in the "Regeneration" project
The Olena Pinchuk Foundation attracts the best world experience for the free training of Ukrainian psychologists who will help women affected by the war.
The Olena Pinchuk Foundation together with the non-governmental organization "Hryhoriy Skovoroda Institute of Process-Oriented Work in Ukraine" are launching a unique Ukraine training project for psychological support specialists "Regeneration". International specialists from nine countries will train Ukrainian specialists free of charge for psychological support and recovery of the mental health of Ukrainian women during and after the war.
The goal of the project is to help as many women as possible who suffered from the war and witnessed difficult events.
"We have always helped women become stronger, achieve their goals, and be more confident in the future. With the beginning of a full-scale war, psychological support is needed by almost every Ukrainian woman who made a difficult decision, who stayed or left, who witnessed terrible events, and who does not know how to cope with the experience. Our task is to restore the resources of women and take care of their mental health, which will affect the opportunity to realize their potential. Because in the future it will help Ukraine in its reconstruction," says Olena Pinchuk.
The main mentor of the project is Alan Richardson, Ph.D. psychologist, Australia, member of the Board of Directors, coordinator of research and training programs, mentor of diploma programs, and former President of IAPOP, who has more than 40 years of psychological counseling practice. On behalf of the Ukrainian team, the mentor is Oksana Korolovich, Ph.D. psychologist, psychotherapist in a systemic approach, trauma therapist (Peter Levin method, DPDG, ITP), mediator, training coach, and supervisor with 25 years of experience.
"World therapeutic practice shows that work with the consequences of trauma usually begins after the acute phase of a military conflict is over. But in Ukraine, for the first time in the world, thanks to the modern approach and the development of technologies, a unique format is practiced, which already works directly during the war," said Alan Richardson.
The first phase of the project will involve 20 therapists and about 600 beneficiary participants of the project, who will help to transform the consequences of the trauma received during the war. New psychological recovery skills will allow the participants to stabilize and improve their emotional state, and increase creativity and work capacity to participate in the active socio-economic life and reconstruction of Ukraine.