Shenzhen Spring Care

Shenzhen Spring Care Stress Intervention Service Center, which initiated “the Project,” is a pivotal social organization that is devoted to psychological stress intervention. It originated in 2005 from the first public welfare project “Spring Breeze Project” in China mainland that focused on the prevention of sexual assault and assisting survivors. In 2006, they built the website 858.org.cn, a public welfare platform for psychological trauma assistance and registered with Shenzhen Civil Affairs Bureau in 2014. Our team includes seven full-time staff, dozens of professionals with doctor and master’s degrees, and more than 800 volunteers who come from all over China.

The project aims to serve and help patients affected by major traumatic events. We also connect clients with organizations from every sector which provides services to help clients cope with stress and manage crises. The scope of services includes: prevention; response to the negative impact of various events; enhancement of positive resources; improvement of the effectiveness of individuals and groups of professional organizations; and to provide counseling and training.

Over the years, the project had provided direct psychological and legal assistance to more than 3,000 people, presented public lectures, and offered training for more than 180,000 people. Their services have won multiple Shenzhen city, Guangdong province, national, Asian and international awards, and have been reported by CCTV and other domestic and international media hundreds of times.

Clinical vignette: Two siblings (one is male, 10 years old; one is female, 7 years old) turned to Spring Care for help due to acute stress reaction after watching their mother commit suicide. They suffered with frequent dissociation accompanied by crying and not

allowing the light to be turned off at night. The trauma therapists in Spring Care assessed their physical and mental state through painting, expression scales, then used butterfly hugs, and