In response to increasing demand from humanitarians in various crisis countries around the world, we are pleased to launch the ONLINE version of the training " Confronting Trauma and Administering Self-Care for Humanitarian Personnel”. This is course is a virtual class (webinar) conducted on Zoom.
"Self-mastery is about taking whatever life throws at you and using it to change yourself, making yourself stronger and more resilient to life’s challenges."
Strategic Edge is a social enterprise (non-profit company) that cares about your safety and security as humanitarian staff and NGO workers, particularly in hostile environments. Part of staff safety is embedded in the ability for self-care and stress management. When staff is affected by a traumatic or life-changing incident, in addition to their own coping mechanisms, they must also have access to psychological first aid, counselling, and healing resources within the organization, family, and close social ties. This course aims to help you build up those resources, starting from within yourself and seeking them from supportive structures around. The course is delivered using presentations, discussions, dilemma exercises, and case studies.
This course is endorsed by the Center for Education and Research on Humanitarian Action (CERAH-Genevé) of the University of Geneva, Switzerland. The contents are guided by the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The instructor is a security professional and certified Trauma and Healing Counsellor. Her background includes trauma counselling and frontline psychological first aid to vulnerable populations during the 2017-2018 military operations in Mosul. She is currently trainer and trauma supervisor at the Mosul Support Center for Women and Children, operated by AMALNA Foundation, an NGO she co-founded in Iraq. She also lectured at CERAH-University of Geneva.
Topics:
- Sources of stress that can be anticipated in humanitarian work at individual, team, and organizational levels;
- Why psychological self-care for humanitarians?
- Stress Indicators: how to recognize the signs and effects of stress on yourself, your colleagues, and your teams;
- How to manage and cope with stress within the NGO setting;
- Working through dilemmas in the course of humanitarian response work;
- Balancing community needs with personal capacity and sacrifice;
- Managing expectations and confronting frustrations;
- Relationship with Self: acknowledging doubts, uncertainties and fears within;
- The Stages of Healing / Recovery;
- Psychological first aid for yourself and your team.
Time: 11.00 - 18.00
Time Zone: (GMT+03:00 Baghdad)
Other dates to choose from:
November 21, 2020
December 5, 2020
How to register:
To reserve your place, please email us at:
team@strategic-edge.ch
Class size will be limited to 30 participants in order to ensure effective participation. So please register early.
The Zoom link and meeting Passcode will be sent upon receipt of your payment.