As part of the project ‘Restoring Lives and Expanding Service Opportunities in War-Affected Ukraine,’ the team of the Luhansk Association of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities continues its working visits to communities in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions. The project is being implemented in partnership with Solidar Suisse Ukraine with the support of Swiss Solidarity.

This time, the focus is on psychological support for residents. Qualified psychologists travelled to the communities and conducted individual and group sessions. The main topics were first psychological aid, self-help skills and self-regulation in stressful situations.

During the sessions, participants:

• learned breathing techniques to stabilise their emotional state;
• mastered exercises to reduce anxiety and tension;
• gained access to tools for self-regulation in crisis situations.

Community members actively participated in the work and shared their own stories. Such support is an important part of the recovery process — not only physical, but also internal.

The LAOPD team thanks the communities for their trust and openness to change. The work continues — together with the people for whom this knowledge becomes a support in difficult times.