Psychosocial Support and Community Wellness

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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Focusing and Art Club Changed My Life

Psychosocial Support and Community Wellness | Posted on August 13, 2022 | Author mJD7649

Focusing showed me how to process my emotions and my experience in the world in a way that I had not done before. I wanted to share Focusing with my friends so that we could grow alongside each other and support each other. At the […]

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Introducing a new project: Better World for Kids

Psychosocial Support and Community WellnessWorking with Children | Posted on November 5, 2021 | Author Pat Omidian

Nine-year-old Joseph has been living on his own since he was seven, when his parents were killed by soldiers in an attack on his village.  He recently came to live in a refugee camp in Uganda, where he is fed and educated by community workers, […]

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Why would a family put a child to work?

Psychosocial Support and Community WellnessWorking with Children | Posted on October 2, 2021 | Author mJD7649

Asad’s father is a daily wage laborer without any skills. Every morning he goes to the city center after dropping his seven-year old son off at the machine shop where Asad works. The city center is the spot from where people hire unskilled and semi-skilled […]

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