Results of psychological rehabilitation workshops conducted by the Center for Assistance to the Rescued in Zaporizhzhia in cooperation with the Department of Psychology

In January, the Department of Psychology co-organized the psychological recovery workshops «A Journey That Changes and Heals…» from the Center for Assistance to the Rescued (CADA) of Zaporizhzhia.

A total of 4 workshops were held: 2 for all interested adults; 2 for high school students and youth. 2 workshops were held online, and 2 at the Center for Assistance to the Rescued in Zaporizhzhia, where everyone was welcomed by the Center’s team, and coordinator Kateryna Rakytyanska briefly spoke about the Center’s work.

The recovery classes were conducted by Tetiana Borodulkina, a psychologist at the Center for Assistance to the Rescued, an associate professor at the Department of Psychology at Zaporizhzhia Polytechnic National University, author of the MAK, author and psychologist of the project «Psychological Space »Entelechy of Meaning«».

36 participants took part in the classes. Participants from different parts of Ukraine (Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Zhytomyr, Uzhgorod, Samar, Marganets) and from abroad (Germany, England) joined the online formats.

Residents of our front-line city participated in the offline format. In particular, members of the «Baida» Youth Movement (Kosmichny District), whose students, together with their mentor, actively participated in the lesson planned for high school students.

During the workshops, participants explored themselves and the key meanings of their lives, tracked the dynamics of their psychological state, told others about themselves in various ways, sought their uniqueness, and supported each other in the group. Using metaphorical associative cards «Reflections on the Carpathian Trail» (author – Tetyana Borodulkina), they made two parallel «journeys»: one – to the winter Carpathian forest; and the second – took place in the landscape of the inner world.

A team game-quest «Treasure in the Cave» was held at a lesson with the pupils of the «Baida» Youth Movement. The participants were divided into teams, each of which had its own task: to decipher one of the fragments of a philosophical parable about life values. They also played the game «Who am I?» together to cheer each other up.

Thank you to the Center for Assistance to the Survivors of Zaporizhzhia for the opportunity to join the psycho-emotional support of adults and children during the war! Thank you to everyone for your active participation!

The Center for Assistance to Rescued Persons in Zaporizhzhia was created on the initiative of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, with the assistance of the Government Commissioner for Gender Policy, in partnership with UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund in Ukraine, thanks to the financial support of the governments of Austria, Belgium, Spain, and Sweden in cooperation with local authorities and the NGO «Association of Women Ambassadors of Ukraine».

You can read more about the CDF here: https://zp.edu.ua/zustrichi-komandy-tsentru-dopomohy-vriatovanym-zi-studentamy-psykholohamy/