Psychological workshops for children from the Center for Helping Rescued Children of Zaporizhzhia in cooperation with the Department of Psychology

In April, the Department of Psychology co-organized psychological workshops for children from the Center for Assistance to the Rescued (CADA) of Zaporizhzhia.

The partners of the Department – psychologists of the Center – conducted 2 online workshops. The main participants of the event were the pupils of the Youth Movement “Baida” (Cosmic and Shevchenko centers).

On April 3, a psychological workshop on self-knowledge and resource search was successfully held. It was conducted by Viktoriya Verteba, a psychologist at the Center, a stakeholder and a graduate of the Department of Psychology of the Zaporizhia Polytechnic National University, and Tetyana Borodulkina, a psychologist at the Center, an associate professor at the Department of Psychology of the Zaporizhia Polytechnic National University. The workshop was aimed at helping teenagers and young men understand their inner world, strengthen their “I”, and broaden their view of themselves and their lives, which is an important guarantee that a young person will be able to adequately overcome life’s difficulties and cope with the stresses of today. There were many interesting exercises in the class: for getting to know each other and communicating, “I am in the form of a tree: my features and strengths” (working with metaphorical cards), for self-soothing and recovery “My self-help resources”. 

On April 24, Tetyana Borodulkina conducted a workshop on developing creativity “Go beyond the limits!”. The participants analyzed what “creativity” and “creativity” are, what qualities a “creative person” possesses, practiced creative thinking, and performed exercises to develop creativity. 

23 participants aged 12 to 18 joined these classes in April.

We thank the Center for Assistance to the Rescued of Zaporizhzhia for the opportunity to join the psycho-emotional support of children and youth during the war! Thank you all 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/