Crisis Counseling for Combatants and Their Families

This book is addressed to professionals who provide assistance and support to combatants and their families. The authors are practicing psychologists and psychiatrists from the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, and the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, who have extensive experience in this field. Crisis psychological counseling has significant differences from counseling that focuses on resolving less acute issues. It is aimed at providing psychological support in the process of experiencing a critical situation. The book addresses topics such as phantom pains, working with grief, experiencing guilt, searching for life's meaning, crisis relationships of combatants with their loved ones, working with patients' aggression, and more. Several chapters are dedicated to the preparation of crisis psychologists themselves and enhancing their resilience to address professional tasks. The book is recommended for clinical psychologists, social psychologists, volunteers with psychological education involved in providing psychological assistance (from emergency to delayed) and psychological support.