“Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a

consequence of sexual violence against women and

girls – recognition, counselling and competent

recommendation”2009

Trainers: Eniko Gall Liviu Gaja

Asociatia pentru Libertate si Egalitate de Gen

A.L.E.G.Sibiu/Romania

Target groups

• Institutions- Child Protection- School Inspectorate- Police- Psychiatric Hospital- County Hospital- Public Social Work- NGOs

• Specialists:- Social workers- School counselors- Police workers- Doctors- Nurses- Psychologists

professions & numbers

Categories of participants

28

1921

62

8

1

193

Social Workers Psychologists School Counselors

Doctors Forensic Psychologists Nurses

Legal Counselors Teachers Jurnalists

Adaptation of the concept • presentation of the trainers and participants• presentation of A.L.E.G. & pictures illustrating our main activities (ppt)• presentation of JoinTheNet IV-All Over Europe project (ppt)• warm up- my dreams/whishes (5’)• film: The History of Trauma studies• studies & researches in Romania and Sibiu (ppt)• brainstorming: TRAUMA – word association• film: What is Trauma?• film: P.T.S.D.• practice: the participants were asked to recall a stressful situation - gather

the physical, psychological and psychosomatic reactions• consequences (ppt)• film: Risk group• break• trauma therapy, Intervention, (ppt)• film: What helps? • disconnecting (ppt)• film: Facts and figures• list of support organisations (ppt)• workshop conclusions• feedbacks & awarding ceremony-certificates for participants

Materials• Participation certificate

• Feedback form

Workshop results• All the participants gave us positive feed-backs regarding

the workshops, the way how they were held, the received materials also they appreciated the interactions created among the other participants and the trainers.

• They enjoyed the workshop’s location and atmosphere. • The participants expressed their interest regarding the

P.T.S.D. subject and suggested to continue with this kind of workshops and to make them more specific/concrete, with real examples of intervention (case studies etc.).

• The participants appreciated the List of help organisations, some of them herd for the fist time of some institutions, they were glad to learn that are other institutions where they can refer their cases/beneficiaries.

Suggestions/requests from the participants• more concrete intervention techniques

• case studies, intervention examples and results (from A.L.E.G./participants)

• building a support network

• visiting women’ shelter

• role play

• more information regarding this kind of subjects in different institutions

• what can we do with the aggressors?

• what can we do with the abused children?

• activities for individual counselling

• statistics, surveys

• concrete collaboration opportunities among/between public & private institutions

• support/help for the institutions which are dealing with victims of violence

• recommended other organisations to be added to the List of help organisations

...in the newspaper

Workshop promotion During Workshops

Mass-media

• http://www.sibiu100.ro/index.php?page=articol&sursa=articole&id=1183&titlu=Ateliere_gratuite__pentru_stres

• http://www.sibiu100.ro/index.php?page=articol&sursa=articole&id=1220&titlu=Atelier_%EEmpotriva_violen%FEei_sexuale__asupra_femeilor_

• http://www.evenimentsibiu.ro/index.php?go=page&id=2578• http://www.radiotvsibiu.ro/stire-impotriva-violentei-2236/

PTSD workshop in images