A Model Psychosocial Support Training and Workshop during a Medical Mission for Syrian Refugee Children in Jordan: Techniques, Lessons Learned and Recommendations

Judy Kuriansky, Ph.D. is a noted international clinical psychologist on the faculty of Columbia University Teachers College. At the United Nations, she is an NGO Representative for the International Association of Applied Psychology and the World Council of Psychotherapy, where she has successfully advocated to secure mental health and wellbeing in global agreements, e.g., the UN 2030 Global Agenda, the Universal Health Coverage Political Declaration, Sendai Framework, Global Compact on Migration, and Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care. In humanitarian work, she has developed and provided innumerable trainings and workshops on psychosocial support, especially for children, after disasters worldwide, including in China, Haiti, Iran, Japan, Sint Maarten and the USA, with refugees in Jordan, and during the Ebola outbreak in Africa, and co-developed a girls’ empowerment camp in Africa. Her many books address disaster recovery, the Middle East crisis, Ebola epidemic, ecopsychology, sexuality education, healthy relationships and children’s self-esteem. Among her many awards is from UNA-DR for her youth initiatives.
CONTACT Judy Kuriansky Columbia University Teachers College, 525 West 120th Street, NY, NY 10027, USA.