March 13, 2023

Transgenerational family therapy in the conditions of war: how to live in the new reality and find the sense of life

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What is the difference between usual therapy and the therapy in the time of war?
Can the people without prior experience of psychotherapeutic groups take this course?
What are going to be the demands to the participants?
What consequences in life and in emotional state should be expected during working with the Course and after its completion?
Is the work at the Course going to influence your relatives and close people?
How can you take care of them?
Are there any limitations for the participants during the Course?

During the war a person undergoes various destructive influences. Not only the physical body is ruined but also the mind, emotional and spiritual spheres. But the strongest blow probably falls at the psychic condition: a person can get lost, loose self-controle and inner orientation marks, they don’t know how to go on living, what to do, how to return the feeling of safety to one’s life. In such situations an experienced psychologist is needed who can help structure your thoughts and overcome worries.

In the time of peace people solve collective and individual tasks during therapeutic work. When everything is calm people have stability in both material and social spheres of life. They clearly understand their plans for the future, they make lists of desires, get ready for vacations, etc. Sometimes moments of doubt happen but those are current issues which can be solved during several sessions with a specialist. Of course there are also hard emotional experience, discomforts that can be treated not only at consultations but also during therapeutic sessions. But still the overall clear understanding of life perspectives gives the sense of calm and stability.

During military actions it is extremely hard for a person to adjust oneself to the turbulent conditions of life, there is no understanding how to live in new realities, what is expecting them tomorrow, where they will be in the nearest future. The shock and the absence of at least any confidence about the future, the loss of what used to be important… It can all cause deep depression against which noone is insured.

Spiritual attunements are ruined during the war, the worry about one’s own life and the lives of the close people increases each day, the thoughts about shootings and bombings, the ruination of your home – it all derails you and can cause sufficient destabilization. Many people react with panic to the consequences of military actions, ruinations, explosions and other accompanying events which deprive one from sleep and tranquillity and cause nervous disorders. In such cases therapy and help of qualified specialists in the sphere of psychology may be extremely necessary.

Specialists can help find ways of accepting what is going on and finding new motivation in life. Therapy during wartime is a wonderful chance to find like-minded people and get moral support. Such difficult emotion as «the survivor guilt» can be worked through and can step back to the background, because any problems in life are better solved in the community circle. Working in a team of the similar people who have suffered from military actions, the psychologists tune you into the necessity to live and be happy here and now without waiting for any special opportunities.

The opportunity to share your feelings, emotions and be heard in it – is frequently the salvation for those who have suffered from the military conflict.

Anybody who desires it can find the sense of their lives, when a lot has been lost, with the help of a course of therapy. Those who have already attended such group sessions will also get new opportunities and find support for the future life. The course has been adapted for our current conditions and takes place online. It gives its participants an opportunity to stay in comfort and safety during therapy. You can receive help of a psychologist being either abroad or in Ukraine.

There is also an opportunity to join online. If there are any obstacles hindering you from joining the group online, you can watch the missed Course stage in recording. But of course ii is better to find opportunities for live communication.

It is the most important to go through therapy to such groups of people as:

- Those whose dwellings have been ruined due to the military invasion;
- Internally displaced persons who have to live in other cities or even countres because of the danger of staying in one’s own home;
- People who live in the cities where active military actions are taking place;
- People who have lost their close people in the war;
- People who are filled with anger, rage and desperations and are not able to controle their emotional states.

In general, everyone in our country should receive psychological therapy. It will help lower the stress level and get the hope that everything would be alright. Noone can predict it for sure, how the events are going to develop in the future. That is why even for the people who are now in safe and quiet places should be emotionally prepared to various life scenarios.

The main thing is that the participants should be aimed at diligent work over themselves. It will help them overcome the feelings of anxiety and fear and return to normal life as far as it is possible in current realities. The participants should fulfil a number of demands.

Go through all the learning stages.
Find pivotal points for yourself in this process.
Find motivation and prepare yourself optimistically for the result.
Overcome inner contradictions and accept changes.
Support and motivate your relatives.

If you follow these recommendations, the therapeutic Course will bring you good results.

The completion of the Course will help you improve your current living conditions. Psychological therapy is directed at such changes as:

A step-by-step recovery of psychic and emotional condition;
A search of «life programs» for yourself;
Self-realization of a person after the received psychological trauma;
The exclusion of toxic attitudes towards yourself and the performance increase in your work;
The change of quality of life.

These are the main advantages which those who go through the full Course of therapeutic work receive.

One of the family members taking the Course is likely to influence the relatives and the close people. The participant of the group can share new practices, thoughts and insights with their relatives. But it is not advisable to convey the full scale information to your close ones. It might mislead them. The instructor acts stage-by-stage during the Course, paying attention to the assimilation of the materials and the feedback. That is why it is better to help your relatives join the Course so that they get the full-scale therapy for themselves.

It is necessary to support your close people in all possible ways during the war. It includes:

Taking care of their health;
Be in contact and communicate with them;
Help them with the household and daily routines.

These three things are enough for the parents or other relatives to feel that they are needed.

There are no particular limitations, but you should pay attention to your physical and emotional recovery, saving your resource and also be moderate in alcohol consumption. It will help you to direct maximum effort to healing and recovery of your life forces.

Our Course will help those affected by the military actions to find the sense of life anew and do enjoy the new day even in difficult conditions.

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Transgenerational family therapy in the conditions of war: how to live in the new reality and find the sense of life

What is the difference between usual therapy and the therapy in the time of war?

Can the people without prior experience of psychotherapeutic groups take this course?

What are going to be the demands to the participants?

What consequences in life and in emotional state should be expected during working with the Course and after its completion?

Is the work at the Course going to influence your relatives and close people?

How can you take care of them?

Are there any limitations for the participants during the Course?

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