Social assistance and psychological counseling in Ukraine against the backdrop of Russian armed aggression

Iryna Romanova; Vira Syniakova; Maryna Kononova; Maiia Melnychuk; Maryna Reva; Viacheslav Nemesh

doi:10.34069/AI/2022.55.07.28

Iryna Romanova Kharkiv medical academy of postgraduate education, Kharkiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0538-8799
Vira Syniakova National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9750-6942
Maryna Kononova Poltava V.G. Korolenko national pedagogical university, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2994-6866
Maiia Melnychuk Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4111-7849
Maryna Reva Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5478-8855
Viacheslav Nemesh Vlasov O I from the University “University of Modern Knowledge”, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0472-1193

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2022.55.07.28

Keywords: psychological help, social adaptation, counseling, the war in Ukraine.

Abstract

The work aims to analyze the specifics of social assistance and psychological counseling against the background of the spread of the Russian-Ukrainian war. The object of the work is psychological aid to servicemen, children, internally displaced persons, and general peculiarities of psychological counseling development in Ukraine against the background of Russian aggression. The work uses general scientific methods of research: axiological, comparative, historical, systematic, and others. The results consider the structural changes in relation to psychology and the organization of psychological help that took place in Ukraine after 2014. Particular attention is paid to the coverage of the peculiarities of assistance to children affected by war. Active hostilities affect the disruption of children's habitual life: they begin to experience fear, anxiety, and despair at the level of adults. Such conditions need correction by specialists. The paper also considers the problem of support for servicemen - veterans of the Russian-Ukrainian war. It is concluded that since the beginning of the full-scale Russian offensive (February 2022) there has been an urgent need for psychological help for many categories of the population: internally displaced persons, children, servicemen. It is noted that Russian aggression has changed the system of psychological assistance, in particular, due to the involvement of certain American models of psychological rehabilitation.

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Author Biographies

Iryna Romanova, Kharkiv medical academy of postgraduate education, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Associate professor, docent department of sexology, psychotherapy and medical psychology, therapeutic faculty, Kharkiv medical academy of postgraduate education, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Vira Syniakova, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Laboratory of psychology of socially maladjusted juveniles G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Maryna Kononova, Poltava V.G. Korolenko national pedagogical university, Ukraine.

Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology Poltava V.G. Korolenko national pedagogical university, Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogy, Department of Psychology, Ukraine.

Maiia Melnychuk, Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Ukraine.

PhD, Associated Professor at Psychology Department Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Ukraine.

Maryna Reva, Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

She received PhD in Kyiv Institute of Social and Political Psychology National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine. She is currently an Associated Professor at Psychology Department of Poltava V. G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University. Her research interests span the areas of General and Social Psychology, Ukraine.

Viacheslav Nemesh, Vlasov O I from the University “University of Modern Knowledge”, Ukraine.

Postgraduate Modern Knowledge Ukraine, Kyiv. Theme of dissertation research Emotional transformation of adolescence Passing of assistant pedagogical practice under the guidance of Vlasov O I from the University “University of Modern Knowledge”, Ukraine.

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