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 for Assistance to the Rescued, and the coordinator Kateryna Rakytyanska briefly spoke about the work of the Center.

The recovery sessions were conducted by Tatyana Borodulkina — psychologist of the Center for Assistance to the Rescued, associate professor of the Department of Psychology of the 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 sessions. Participants from different parts of Ukraine (Zaporizhia, Dnipro, Zhytomyr, Uzhhorod, Samar, Marganets) and from abroad (Germany, England) joined the online formats.

Residents of our front-line city took part 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, the participants explored themselves and the key meanings of their lives, tracked the dynamics of their psychological state, told others about themselves in various ways, looked for 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 during a lesson with the pupils of the Youth Movement “Baida”. 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 raise each other’s spirits.

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

The Center for Assistance to the Rescued in Zaporizhia 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, Sweden in cooperation with local authorities and the NGO “Association of Women Ambassadors of Ukraine”.

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