Psychosocial Support and Community Wellness

How We Work: Community Wellness Focusing in Response to the Earthquake in Turkey

Psychosocial Support and Community Wellness | Posted on August 5, 2023 | Author mJD7649

Someone calls us and asks for help with a local community project. Usually this person has worked with us previously or has taken our webinars or participated in one of our psychosocial support classes. The project may be already existing or it may be no […]

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Listening Works

Psychosocial Support and Community Wellness | Posted on June 5, 2023 | Author Pat Omidian

In two posts on our new Psychosocial Support website, Wajid describes two important events that impacted him, as a social worker in Pakistan.  In “12 Years Later, PSS Training Continues to Support Change” he describes the time in 2010 when residents of the region were […]

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Lessons from a Group Facilitator

Psychosocial Support and Community Wellness | Posted on April 17, 2023 | Author mJD7649

An Interview with Anna Willman, in conversation with Dana Hercbergs I met Anna in 2021 through the Focusing community and occasionally attended her weekly Saturday Listening Space, an online peer support group.  Her facilitation style melds her own grounded attention with her wonderful sense of […]

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Creating Space for Community

Personal storiesPsychosocial Support and Community Wellness | Posted on March 2, 2023 | Author mJD7649

Each of us lives in community. Our family is our first one. In Focusing, we learn to create a space of radical acceptance for our inner community. FII is now offering a series of bi-monthly gatherings “Creating Space for Community”, to explore concepts around inner/outer community […]

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My Fear is My Friend

Personal storiesPsychosocial Support and Community Wellness | Posted on January 18, 2023 | Author mJD7649

We have learned a lot about fear these past few years.  It’s a very powerful reaction that comes from many different directions and in many forms. The pandemic, storms, droughts, climate change, political unrest, wars… Of course we are justified in being afraid. Fear is […]

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Our Psychosocial Support Courses are now Self-paced and Online

Psychosocial Support and Community Wellness | Posted on November 25, 2022 | Author Pat Omidian

Finally, we did it!  We converted our in-person and online webinar coursesfor Psychosocial Support and Community Wellness (PSSCW) and Psychological First Aid into self-paced (work at your own speed) courses that you can access from any device.  These courses bring together many of my favorite […]

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