[Katrina-IT-Volunteers] Fwd: Mental health help sought for Katrina volunteers

[Jai Jai]

This just in.  Please crosspost.

Jai Jai

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>LOOK WHAT PASADOS IS DOING FOR THEIR 
>RESCUERS:
>Mental health professional volunteers needed to help rescuers cope
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>With all the focus being on rescuing and saving the Katrina pets, we 
>sometimes forget that the rescuers might need a bit of rescuing 
>themselves. The animals left behind are found frightened, emaciated, 
>dirty, sick, and sometimes dying or already dead. For those of us not "on 
>the ground" it is probably very difficult for us to wrap our brains around 
>just how traumatic that must be to witness.
>
>Pasado's Safe Haven is seeking mental health professionals who are willing 
>volunteer time to regionally-sponsored group therapy for these heroic 
>rescuers, some of whom may be suffering from post-traumatic stress 
>disorder (PTSD). Because Katrina animal rescue volunteers came from every 
>corner of the United States, the therapy needs to be provided not only in 
>Pasado's home state of Washington but in every part of the country.
>    * <mailto:lfryc at starbucks.com>Email Pasado's Safe Haven ­ If you are a 
> mental health professional willing volunteer to counsel rescuers in 
> regionally-sponsored group therapy sessions
>    * <mailto:lfryc at starbucks.com>Email Pasado's Safe Haven ­ If you 
> assisted in PasadoRescue in New Orleans and would like assistance in 
> finding group therapy counseling in your area
>___________________________
>"We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how 
>they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words."
>~Anna Sewell, Black Beauty, 1877

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Helping Reunite Families Affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
With Their Pets!  Please Join Us!
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