Canadian organizations offering trauma support for Ukrainian newcomers, families
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Mental-health professionals are volunteering their services to provide trauma support for Ukrainian Canadians and newcomers fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Mental-health professionals are volunteering their services to provide trauma support for Ukrainian Canadians and newcomers fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Shortly after the war started in late February, Alexandra Froese started hearing from Ukrainian Canadians who were looking for support as they watched and grieved their homeland under siege.
“They’re experiencing tremendous distress and helplessness at watching the events that unfold or … supporting their family members coming here, or grieving the loss of their family members,” said Froese.
“Ukrainian people that are in Canada could be in as much need of support as the Ukrainian people who are coming here.”
Froese, who was born and grew up in Ukraine, is a registered psychologist based in Saskatoon. She said while her parents still in Ukraine are physically unharmed, she is not immune to the grief Ukrainian Canadians are feeling.
She wanted to use her experience in the fields of trauma and grief to help her people.
“I feel empowered by what I can do or at least what I can try and do here.”
Froese started volunteering. She said she created a self-help workbook, written in Ukrainian, and supplied it to organizations helping people fleeing the eastern European country. She is also working with a volunteer group to build a website with mental-health resources that can be easily reached.
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