title: [Spreading hope: therapeutic teams with war-traumatized children and adolescents in Bosnia].
abstract: During a year (from August 1997 until July 1998) I worked as a psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer in Bosnia. Even though it was sometimes really difficult, looking back it seems to me that it has been a very meaningful and helpful work in the service of children and adults in order to provide new hope and to help them to cope with their war trauma. Because we really had good results, I would like to encourage other psychotherapists and psychiatrists to dare to contribute their skills in similar work. The main topics are: general conditions and building up, with local partners, a therapeutic and training project in a poor, neglected and remote area; setting and therapeutic procedure; methods and techniques (without the standard therapeutic material!); build up trust; work on trauma; training for local professionals; results, evaluation and continuation of the project.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wintsch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017522:Bosnia and Herzegovina; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019018:Imagery, Psychotherapy; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014857:Warfare