Volunteers seeking to aid some of the three million refugees coming across the border from Ukraine will experience anguish themselves, said a Trauma Therapy counselor to The Epoch Times on March 15. “It’s essential that volunteers who have little or no experience dealing with traumatized adults and children get ready for what they are about to see,” said Dr. MaryDale Salston, who has worked for years in Post Traumatic Stress counseling. “Volunteers will be traumatized too, and definitely impacted by the brutality of the stories they hear. They need to be prepared to manage their responses and remain calm, to be effective.” Salston has worked as a Trauma Counselor during the San Francisco earthquake of 1989, the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995, and with hurricane disasters in Florida where people’s homes were destroyed. She also led groups of patients who were survivors of violent crimes, and those who’ve had family …
Aid Volunteers in Ukraine Also Facing Trauma Themselves
March 17, 2022
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