Today, January 13, a space opened in Kyiv for restoring the mental health of police officers, veterans, and their families.
This was reported by the press service of the National Police of Ukraine.
It is noted that the center has locations for teamwork, training, educational sessions, master classes, group work. This space is also suitable for working with children and conducting canister therapy. A treatment and rehabilitation method that uses specially trained dogs to assist people with various physical, psychological, and social needs, improving their emotional state, reducing anxiety, and promoting adaptation.
The facility also has a relaxation and meditation area designed to restore emotional balance, a sense of comfort, reduce stress levels, and improve overall well-being. This is the fourth such space in Ukraine.
“The project includes training specialists who will receive modern tools for working with traumatic stress and other psychological consequences of war, as well as developing a special infrastructure necessary to provide quality assistance. Our goal is to build a network of psychosocial support for wounded police officers, veterans and their family members,” said Ivan Vyhivsky, Head of the National Police of Ukraine.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Ukraine Alle Dornhout noted that only half a year has passed since the first mental recovery center for police officers opened its doors in Lviv.
“The Dutch model has been adapted and is being expanded in Ukraine. Representatives of the Dutch police, as well as their psychosocial support center, played an important role. It is very important to provide psychological assistance to police officers, protection, as well as support on a “Peer-to-Peer” basis. We want to expand the scale of this socio-psychological assistance in Ukraine so that it is a sustainable model and accessible to many,” said Dornhout.