Twelfth Psychological Seminar-Training Held for Ukrainian Refugees
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On December 6–7, the twelfth psychological seminar-training for Ukrainian women refugees took place in Germany. The event was organized as part of the project “Psychological Support for Victims of the War in Ukraine”, implemented by the married couple of doctors and Russian political exiles Alexander and Galina Goncharenko in cooperation with Ukrainian psychologists.
The program aims to provide professional psychological assistance to Ukrainian women who have experienced the impacts of war, as well as to support them in overcoming post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and challenges related to refugee adaptation.
The two-day seminar-training was led by psychologist Alla Danilich. Women from six regions of Ukraine took part in the event — Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Luhansk, Sumy, and Kharkiv.
The seminar took place in Hamburg at the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) and was supported by branch director Günter Arndt and Martina Baeurle, Managing Director of the Hamburg Foundation for Politically Persecuted Persons.
The first day focused on introducing the participants, learning their personal stories, and discussing theoretical foundations for working with traumatic experiences. The second day was dedicated to practicing various psychological self-help techniques aimed at restoring inner resources, stabilizing emotional well-being, and strengthening the sense of safety.
Over the course of the twelve seminar-trainings, a total of 149 Ukrainian women received psychological assistance, including 28 women who attended more than once.
Photos:
- Group photo of the seminar-training
- At the beginning of the two-day seminar
- Alexander Goncharenko, Project Leader
- Psychologist Alla Danilich
- Lunch as a “psychological method” of gaining energy
- Technique “The Barrel”
- Technique “The Rain”
- Technique “Brushes and Glass”
- Laughter therapy
- Technique “The Stream of Support”
- Working on the final technique of the second day
- This is not creativity — this is a state of soul
- Beauty will save the world!
- Method using candlelight













