Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2013 Jun 6;4. doi: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.21258. Print 2013.
Living amidst war and mass suffering while grasping the opportunity for professional growth, intertwined into my life perspective. Along the years, ESTSS provided a backdrop for my contacts with mental health colleagues from whom I learned, and among whom many became my friends. These rich experiences guided me towards promoting awareness within ESTSS of the importance of social context in which healing of traumatized populations is expected to progress. Each incident of organized violence leaves behind new scores of traumatized individuals and family members, among whom many will need support that may stretch their resources beyond reasonable limits. We need to acknowledge the hindering effects of living in such a social context and that many people that we meet as professionals may carry the burden of unresolved trauma, which should not go by unattended.
生活在战争和大规模苦难之中，同时抓住专业成长的机会，这交织成了我的人生视角。多年来，ESTSS 为我与心理健康同行的接触提供了背景，我从他们那里学习，并与其中许多人成为了朋友。这些丰富的经验引导我在 ESTSS 内部推动认识到社会背景在创伤人群的治疗过程中的重要性。每一次有组织的暴力事件都会留下新的一大批创伤患者和家庭成员，其中许多人将需要超出合理范围的支持。我们需要认识到生活在这样的社会环境中的阻碍作用，并且我们作为专业人士遇到的许多人可能都背负着未解决的创伤的负担，而这些负担不应被忽视。
