Comments on: The myths of ‘post-disaster counselling’

By: gloria gaetano

gloria gaetano — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:16:24 +0000

it’s so. Each of us is differente. But each uf us have stress in condition of war. It’s a non human condition. the war is a ilness of humanity,shameful of civili people. Youg people die, and fall ill. All to mantai the state of power politic and economic eager. The peace is without war, and ther is not freedom without the life of young people, of all .

By: Miss Sara

Miss Sara — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:27:00 +0000

instead of continuing to play the victim, why not seek out help by a professional that you can trust & that can help you? Not all mental health prof. are the same…. & this article wasn’t about your OR your trauma. So, yes, I think you should continue to seek help.

By: Miss Sara

Miss Sara — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:25:04 +0000

Notice how this post reads “probably” a lot? Each person is different. Each person needs different treatment. PTSD is HIGHLY expected after any type of trauma or disaster & does need treated accordingly.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:58:18 +0000

This seems parallel to the grief and bereavement industry. encouraging people to ruminate by calling it “processing”, or “working through”.
Validation as a comodity.

Foolish to mistake your divorce lawyer for your therapist, and foolish to mistake your therapist for a friend

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Critical Incident Stress Debriefing is old stuff | Mindfulness for NGOs — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:50:33 +0000

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By: Harbo

Harbo — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:53:31 +0000

An old joke:
Q What’s the definition of a Trauma counsellor?
A someone who makes sure you’re traumatised.

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Psihobrlog preporučuje 17/03/2011 « PsihoBrlog — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:13:06 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:29:13 +0000

The counsellors do have a job in keeping the teams together and landing emotions after confronting horrific scenes.

No, first hand I’ve seen chocked aid-personnel and third-person people needing more help to break down what they’ve seen, and that help they received from the counsellors. Everyone else were too busy carrying body parts.

/Mike

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By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:06:31 +0000

I think it’s also important to highlight that while the majority of people may not need such counseling, there is a not insignificant minority who do. So, broad generalizations about no one needing it (or appeals to a profit motive on the part of counselors) oversimplifies the matter.

Of course, more research is needed to uncover why it is that some people find it necessary while others don’t.