Nadia in Kyiv

Saints and Humans

We talk with our colleague and friend in Ukraine, psychologist Nadiia Aleksina. She shares her experience of the war and the attack on Kyiv. We talk about psychological first aid, trauma, and dissociation. She does reference bombs and explosions because of the context of our discussion, but does not discuss explicit or graphic details.

You can follow Nadia’s story and our work for Ukraine on the new podcast “Care in Crisis”.

You can support Nadiia and her work at patreon.com/aleksina_nadiia.

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