Heartbeat of Humanity

In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, technical advisor at the IFRC Psychosocial Centre Sarah Harrison interviews Dr. Michelle Engels, also a technical advisor at the IFRC Psychosocial Centre.  This episode explores the process behind the cultural adaptation of the Group Problem Management Plus (Group PM+) intervention for Syrian refugees in Jordan and Turkey.  You can read the article this ep...

Carmen Valle-Trabadelo, asesora técnica del Centro de ReferenciaPsicosocial de la Federación Internacional de la Cruz Roja, entrevista a Camila Perera, Asesora de investigación del centro de investigatión de UNICEF, INOCENTI; y Joyce Jalinne Caballero Bernal, oficial de Salud Mental y Apoyo Psicosocial de la Cruz Roja Colombiana, sobre la capacitación en Problem Management Plus (PM +), Manejando t...

Kelly McBride, Technical Advisor for the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support, interviews dr. Adam Brown, Director of Trauma and Global Mental Health Lab, Department of Psychology at the New School for Social Research in New York, Orso Muneghina, SOS Children’s Villages International’s Global Hub on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support and Sarah Harrison, MHPSS technical advisor on MHP...

Ea Suzanne Akasha, technical advisor at the IFRC PS Centre, interviews professor Dr. Barbara Juen, technical manager of the psychosocial services at the Austrian Red Cross and scientific advisor to ENPS , and psychologist Vanessa Kulcar, about young adult s’ mental health during COVID-19.

 On 8 March, International Women’s Day,  PS Centre Communication Assistant Barbara Levin asks  Nana Wiedemann,  Director of the IFRC Reference Centre for psychosocial support, to reflect on being a female leader and what it takes for women to become leaders today.

 In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, PS Centre Technical Adviser Sarah Harrison and UNHCR’s Senior Mental Health Officer Peter Ventevogel discuss the links between protection work and mental health and psychosocial support within the context of forced migration. 

Ea Suzanne Akasha, technical advisor at the IFRC Psycosocial Centre, interviews Melanie Powell, technical MHPSS technical advisor at PS Centre and MHPSS Programme Manager for Icelandic Red Cross. Ea and Mel discuss the Psychological First Aid for All pledge, which Icelandic Red Cross signed in December 2019.

A conversation about MHPSS advocacy between MHPSS technical advisor Sarah Harrison, independent consultant on MHPSS in emergency settings Marggriet Blauw and cognitive psychologist and child's rights advocat Eamon Hanson.

Ea Suzanne Akasha, technical advisor at the IFRC PS Centre, interviews professor dr. Barbara Juen, technical manager of the psychosocial services at the Austrian Red Cross and scientific advisor to ENPS and IFRC PS Centre, about the psychosocial effects during COVID-19.

Ea Suzanne Akasha, technical advisor at the IFRC PS Centre, interviews professor dr. Barbara Juen, technical manager of the psychosocial services at the Austrian Red Cross and scientific advisor to ENPS and IFRC PS Centre, about the psychosocial effects during COVID-19.

In this second episode of the Heartbeat of Humanity podcast produced by the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support, technical advisor Sarah Harrison continues to explore how we can better care for staff and volunteers in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.   In this episode Srah interviews Esmail Yesuf, Psychosocial support senior officer in Ethiopian Red Cross and Kinan Aldamman, Regiona...

In this first episode of the Heartbeat of Humanity podcast produced by the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support, technical advisor Sarah Harrison explores how we can better care for staff and volunteers in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.   Through interviews with Dick Clomén, Project Manager for Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Project on Addressing Mental Health & Psychosoci...