DTEK's corporate psychologists and the Oplich Hub community center team, which will soon open in Zaporizhzhia, have completed a 5-day training on first aid psychological support from experts from the Israel Trauma Coalition, UCLA, and the University of Denver.
The psychologists were trained for five days using a unique methodology based on the best international practices. At the invitation of the UN Global Compact Network Ukraine, they shared their experience of working with trauma:
- Israel Trauma Coalition, an Israeli and international center that provides expertise in psychological assistance during emergencies and crises;
- UCLA is an American public research university whose mission is to create, disseminate, preserve, and apply knowledge to make positive change in society;
- According to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the University of Denver is an American private educational institution with the status of a research university ("R1").
In addition to the invited experts, specialists from the Mental Help project of the UN Global Compact Network Ukraine shared their knowledge with the Oplich Hub team and DTEK Group's corporate psychologists:
In addition to the invited experts, specialists from the Mental Help project of the UN Global Compact Network Ukraine shared their knowledge with the Oplich Hab team and DTEK Group's corporate psychologists:
- Yegor Topolov, Doctor of Psychology, researcher at the Kostiuk Institute of Psychology, supervisor and consultant of the Mental Help project;
- Yulia Zoriy, psychologist, host of the TV program Morning in the Big City;
- Yuriy Nagornyak, crisis psychologist, hypnologist;
- Ivan Formanyuk, trainer in the organizational and activity approach;
- Maryna Zabolotna, clinical psychologist;
- Natalia Hrynko, Ph.D., psychologist.
The participants of the 5-day training studied the peculiarities of working with different types of psychological trauma, the principles of self-help during stress, learned to provide first aid to adults and children, and strengthened their skills in conducting group sessions for people living under constant pressure.
Tetyana Sakharuk, Chief Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Network Ukraine:
"To rebuild the country, we need to preserve the mental health of Ukrainians. Our psychologists work with many people who have had traumatic experiences or live under constant stress. As long as russian aggression continues, our living conditions will not change. What we can change is to train Ukrainian specialists to provide psychological assistance to those who need it as effectively as possible. For this purpose, the UN Global Compact Network Ukraine has engaged the best experts from Israel and the United States to share their valuable experiences with Ukrainian specialists. We all have to learn quickly to be useful to our country. The team of Oplich Hub in Zaporizhzhia is ready to learn, and we have created the best conditions for this."
DTEK Group's corporate psychologists also took part in the training to provide better psychological support to the company's employees. Olena Semich, DTEK Group's Director of Sustainable Development:
"A full-scale war has become a challenge not only for the country and business as a whole but also for every person. That is why providing psychological support to employees is a priority task that we are working on systematically. Our programs are aimed both at those currently holding the energy front at enterprises and at our employees who are returning from the ranks of the Armed Forces to their jobs and need adaptation and support. Ukrainian psychologists are now developing a unique experience of working in a war zone and therefore need new knowledge and methodologies developed based on the best international practices."
