The room becomes hushed. There are tears. The participants soon grasp a new reality; this week will affect them personally. There is a shift, a change in the atmosphere. More than a training seminar; this week will be life-changing.
The girl was always quiet. In one of the activities in our children’s workshop, the children look at a set of images. The images show several facial expressions, and they are asked to choose which face they feel like most often. This girl picked the sad face. At first, she did not want to talk about the reason.
This summer, a mental health team from Tributaries International trained over 200 service providers in four nations. “This has helped us so much even in this short time," Says one church leader. "People have noticed the change.”
Twenty-seven leaders in Sri Lanka were trained this month as children's trauma healing facilitators. In the week immediately following training, they applied the training in a five-day children's trauma healing workshop for…
How can you help children who are struggling if they won’t talk about it?
Dr. Lyn Westman wrote Baby Finds Grace to help parents and other caregivers bring healing to children who suffer from grief and/or trauma.