July 21–22, 2025, at the Centara Hotel Hat Yai. 
Target audiences: School psychological counselors / NGOs supporting traumatized women and children / Community health volunteers

Bridging Healing from Individual to Community: Thailand’s Deep South Upscales Psychosocial Support – Building on the foundational “Inner Self” training, the Second Module of the “Enhancing Psychosocial Services for Traumatized Persons in Conflict-Affected Areas” project was convened on July 21–22, 2025, at the Centara Hotel Hat Yai. This phase marks a critical transition from personal resilience to professional community intervention, targeting frontline practitioners across the Deep South.

While Module 1 focused on the “Inner Self” and internal resilience of itself, Module 2—titled “Self and Others”—expands the lens to clinical application and social integration.

Core Competencies Developed

The curriculum acknowledges that school counselors, NGO workers, and volunteers encounter trauma differently. The training was uniquely adapted for these three groups:

• School Psychological Counselors: Focused on applying screening tools to students and managing school-based trauma cases.
• NGOs (Women & Children): Specialized in identifying domestic and community violence while navigating the “Balance of Power” to ensure support remains empowering rather than oppressive.
• Community Health Volunteers: Trained in “Early Case Detection” within households, focusing on the link between physical symptoms and psychological trauma.

Session Deliverables:

Day 1

Focus: Relationship Building and Community Mental Health Approaches

The first day shifts the focus from the inner self to the dynamics of the counseling relationship and the identification of community-specific stressors.

• Establishment of Safe Space: Practitioners engage in workshops to create a “Safe Environment” and establish “Positive Relationships,” using group agreements to ensure a secure atmosphere for sharing sensitive conflict-related experiences.
• Deep Exploration of Suffering and Success: A storytelling session where participants reflect on their lives over the past month, practicing Deep Listening to understand the “Pain Points” and successes within their professional roles.
• Creative Drama 1 (Sculpture of Stress): A physical workshop where practitioners use their bodies to “sculpt” stress, connecting the “Head-Heart-Hand” to visualize and manage emotional regulation.
• The Emotional Management “Market”: Four practical stations delivering skills in identifying a Safe Place (internal), a Safe Person (external), Grounding & Mindfulness, and Emotional Regulation (such as the 5-4-3-2-1 technique) .
• Special Evening Session (Balance of Power): A critical workshop on the “Balance of Power,” teaching participants to navigate the dynamics of Power Over, Power With, and Power Within to prevent secondary traumatization or oppression in the community .

Session Deliverables:

Day 2

Focus: Resilience, Psychological Recovery, and Field Implementation

The second day provides the clinical tools and coaching frameworks necessary for field intervention and community reintegration.

• Life Roadmap: Participants utilize the Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) framework through a “Life Roadmap” activity. They draw their life journey to identify Character Strengths and the resilience factors: I AM, I CAN, and I HAVE.
• Creative Drama 3 (Three-Scene Play): A theatrical workshop where participants reenact life changes and stress management strategies, fostering healing through the art of storytelling and collective witnessing.
• Community Reintegration & Psychoeducation: Practitioners learn the Reintegration process—integrating trauma survivors back into family and social life—and how to provide Psychoeducation to families regarding psychiatric and treatment.
• Advanced Counseling Simulations: Using real-world case studies, participants conduct Role Plays to practice clinical interviewing and the application of screening questionnaires.
• GROW & WOOP Coaching: Final synthesis of learning where participants apply the GROW (Goal, Reality, Option, Planning) and WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan) models to create concrete action plans for their return to the community .