Odelya Gertel KraybillMay 17, 20155 minTraining Not Effective in Mitigating Secondary Traumatic StressFor several years I have been researching stress and the effects of secondary trauma on aid personnel and how to mitigate these. The...
Odelya Gertel KraybillMay 10, 20154 minPsychological Harm Remains Long After the Rescue Teams LeaveIn February I wrote the post below about the necessity of providing psychosocial support to communities prone to be hit by traumatic...
Odelya Gertel KraybillApr 27, 20152 minPsychosocial Support: More Than 30 Minutes Lecture on StressThe UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific concluded that: "The lessons from 2014 clearly show that building...
Odelya Gertel KraybillApr 26, 20152 minGuidelines for Expressive Psychosocial SupportThis post was intended for next week, but due to the terrible disaster that yesterday devastated so many communities in Nepal and...