Single session psychotherapy for humanitarian missions

摘要

The course is designed to train Humanitarian field staff in providing single-session psychotherapy in context of humanitarian situations. The participants of the course are expected to have basic background knowledge in mental health and psychotherapy. The course is typically focused on training of healthcare professionals providing counseling services in the field during humanitarian missions. Participants may include psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, and clinical social workers. The course includes presentations of didactic material, clinical simulations and discussion based workshop. The course participants will acquire skills necessary to be able to do as follows: Identify individuals that are eligible for single session therapy; provide single-session psychotherapy in humanitarian situations; refer Individuals for additional help with appropriate tool kit. The theoretical part of the course (didactic presentation) requires around 45 min presentation followed by 30 min of question time. Clinical simulation requires two hours for each part. Discussion-based workshop requires two hours. Trainees will be evaluated based on their performance during the final clinical simulation part of the course. They will be certified upon successful completion of both didactic and clinical simulation exercises.