The graduation of trainees under the new program “Psychological rehabilitation of military personnel, veterans and their family members” took place

On March 22, 2024, the NNINO examination and certification center held the graduation of trainees under the new program “Psychological rehabilitation of military personnel, veterans and their family members.”

Due to the active military actions on the territory of Ukraine, this program has gained special relevance and needs to rethink the basic concepts, taking into account modern methods of rehabilitation and new psychotherapeutic interventions (interventions). The proposed program was formed not only as an author’s program, but was also previously implemented in practice. The teacher of the course is Vyshnichenko Serhiy Ivanovych, candidate of medicine. of Sciences, an experienced practitioner and high-class specialist in the field of psychotherapy and psychiatry, actively participates in the brigade form of work with the military, provides psychological and psychotherapeutic assistance to the military and their family members in the international project “Recovery during the war”.

The classes were attended by students from different regions of Ukraine (Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk Region, Kyiv and Kyiv Region, Ivano-Frankivsk).

In their reviews, students express the following impressions from training:

– “The work of your institution and team is very valuable! I want to thank all the organizers, teachers and participants for creating this course! I liked the professional level of the teacher, he is able to convey information in an accessible manner, plus he spends a lot of time on practical classes. During the course, I received a lot of presentation material, books, etc. for further study of the topic.”

– “Many thanks to the teacher for meaningful and informative lectures and for what motivates to study and shares the invaluable experience of the rehabilitation of our military.”

– “In the course of training, educational presentations, additional materials, questionnaires, tests, scientific sources, printed and electronic editions, analyzed practical tasks that reflected real life situations, events and facts, etc. were processed”

– Listener Eduard Abashia noted: “The program is very valuable, because today Ukraine needs qualified specialists in the field of psychology and psychotherapy, who have undergone specialized training in mastering the skills of primary psychological help and support, because tens of millions of citizens will need psychological help after the war of Ukraine, the most diverse categories of the population, such as veterans, participants in hostilities, military personnel and their families, children and adolescents who were in captivity, suffered torture, abuse, violence of various kinds, etc.

At the end of the program, the listeners were in for a surprise, together with the NAU state certificate and an appendix to it, they received a book by a graduate of the courses and our partner – it is a collection of fairy tales by Natalia OksaNich, a practical psychologist, fairy tale therapist, volunteer, called “Extraordinary stories about babies” and recommended by the Ukrainian Association of Art Therapists in overcoming stress and trauma in children.

All recordings of online meetings, presentations, additional materials, questionnaires, tests, and literature that were provided during the training process remained for the students in the general chat of the courses.

We are planning to recruit a new group in May!