Psychological First Aid is uniquely applicable to helping others through COVID-19, mass trauma, and disasters. Keep in mind Psychological First Aid is not psychotherapy. Rather, it is a short-term ...
Psychological first aid is the idea that interventions that can be done in the wake of a traumatic event to promote resilience and healing. Psychiatrist Robin Gurwitch helped develop the protocol.
Survivors of the floods of Hurricane Helene and the wildfires of Los Angeles have something in common: Some got help from frontline workers trained in a practice called Psychological First Aid. It's a ...