2025 TRAINING PROGRAM: Psychological First Aid
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
This training is designed for art and cultural practitioners (including artists) from Asia, whose work is at the intersection of art and society. The program will help the practitioners, who are facilitators or organizers of art and cultural events/projects, to learn skills that they can use to help the people they work with to stabilize, ground and get support when they are dealing with the impact of emotionally challenging events. It will support participants to develop a life-skill in psychological first aid, which they can apply to supporting people they work with and their friends or family. It will also support participants to know themselves more and be better equipped to support their own emotional wellbeing.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
● Open Call (Deadline: April 14th 2025)
● Program Overview
● Application Form
A total of 8 people will be selected to participate in the program. The training will take place online, and is delivered by Carolina Herbert, an Integrative Arts Psychotherapist, qualified trainer, supervisor and consultant.
Carolina will share principles and skills of psychological first aid, and also lead the participants to learn from each other’s own experiences through creative exercises and group discussions. The learning process will be experiential and use reflective and creative tools, including ‘creative journaling’ which is a powerful reflective practice tool to expand personal and professional development. The participants will do a presentation of their learnings in the last workshop session. Carolina will give detailed guidance and support to all participants throughout the course.
If you have any questions about the program or the application, you can contact us at jennifer@mekongculturalhub.org
Q&A Session: We will host a virtual Q&A session Tuesday March 18th 2025 at 5:00PM(ICT time /Bangkok time). Register LINK.
FEEDBACK FROM PAST PARTICIPANTS
The open and trusting environment of the instructor and participants went beyond expectations.
Participant, 2024
I am impressed with how this brief course was made so simple despite that the topics discussed could be full of concepts and theories. I observed teaching methodology where concepts and theories were simplified and relatable/linked to participants’ nature and daily practices. The concepts and exercises during the course are something that I will study further.
Participant, 2023
Thank you so much for initiating this program. We all need to have these skill sets to cultivate safe and supportive communities for holistic wellbeing.
Participant, 2023
I was inspired a lot by the creative journaling.
Participant, 2024
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Application Deadline:
- April 14th, 2025 ( 23:59 ICT time)
- Q&A Session:
- Date: Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
- Time: 5:00 PM (ICT time /Bangkok time)
ABOUT THE TRAINER
Carolina is a photographer, musician and singer/songwriter, with an avid interest in all of the arts for expression, social action and change. She is also a trained Life-cycle Celebrant and is able to curate ceremonies and memorials with individuals, groups and communities for any significant life event. Her passion is to enable communities, organizations and people to navigate transitions, crises and emergencies through engaging in music and the healing arts, cultural rituals, ceremonies and celebrations.
Carolina has extensive work in the Asia region and has also run several workshops with MCH to support art and cultural practitioners to deal with their own emotions and challenges professionally and personally for several years. She also conducted the MCH training program of “Psychological First Aid” in 2023.