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Katarzyna Prot-Klinger lectured on the topic of trauma treatment as part of open lecture in the series Psychotherapists for Trauma. The lecture is publicly available on youtube (the length is almost two hours). The initiative Terapeuci dla traumy (Psychotherapists for Trauma) má (k 17.3.2023) 989 followers and was created spontaneously, after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, in response to the need to support the community of professionals in a situation of increased contact with trauma. The lecture discuss the results of joint work within the so-called "Visegrad Group" on the transmission of Holocaust trauma in Polish, Czech, Slovak and Hungarian society. The public link is: https://www.youtube.com/…wEM
20/03/2023
A member of our team, Katarzyna Prot-Klinger and her colleagues published an article on intergenerational transmission of trauma on the example of Holocaust trauma research. This article was published as a main topic in "Psychiatry after Diploma": Katarzyna Prot-Klinger, Krzysztof Szwajca, Anna Zajenkowska, Łukasz Biedka (2023) Międzygeneracyjny przekaz traumy na przykładzie badań nad traumą Holokaustu, Psychiatria po Dyplomie 1.
The link is: https://podyplomie.pl/…stu
20/03/2023
On February 13, 2023, a webinar was held for Jewish participants on the topic of transgenerational transmission of trauma. Marek Preiss reported on the study "Neurobiological and psychological markers of stress response and resilience in holocaust survivors and their offspring - a three generation study" and further discussed the outcome of the national identity research. Michaela Hapalova reflected on identity issues and developed them into a dialogue with participants who focused on issues of sensitivity, identity and jewish history. The event was attended by about 25 participants.
20/03/2023
Two articles focusing on the issue of trauma and intergenerational transmission were published in the impacted journal Československá psychologie with the dedication of the Visegrad project.
5/10/2022
An article about our project was published in Lélekelemzés (Journal of the Hungarian Psychoanalytic Society).
4/10/2022
As part of the second phase of the project, the Hungarian side (Katalin Zana and Tihamér Bakó) organized a lecture on Transgenerational Trauma and its Therapy on June 8, 2022, in cooperation with the local Jewish community in Pécs. Transgenerational Atmosphere. It was an open and free event attended by professionals (not only psychologists), members of the Jewish community and others interested in the topic. The number of participants was about 70 people.
15/9/2022
An article about our project was published in the journal E-psychologie (an electronic peer-reviewed journal for the professional public, published by the Czech-Moravian Psychological Society).
25/7/2022
Information about the project on the website of the
Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology of the Slovak Academy of
Sciences in Bratislava.
20/7/2022
The first phase of the project was completed, the participating countries introduced themselves, established cooperation and informed about their work with Holocaust survivors and their descendants. The events of the Holocaust in the respective countries were also discussed.
In the next phase of the project, meetings with the public and Jewish communities will be held.
30/6/2022
We are currently working on a part of the project called Deliverable 1 (Webinars for partners on transgenerational transmission of trauma and its treatment) in the period 01/01/2022-30/06/2022. Within this part of the project, the Czech side presented its experience with trauma treatment (Michaela Hapalová) and a description of the Rafael Institute and research experience (Marek Preiss) to the collaborating centres twice. There were also presentations from the Hungarian (Katalin Zana and Tihamer Bako) and Slovak sides (Monika Vrzgulová), and the Polish side (Anna Zajenkowska) will also present its experience on 22 June 2022.
13/6/2022
We would like to thank Visegrad Funds for supporting a project Transgeneration transfer of Holocaust trauma - prevention and care (Project ID 22120162). We will work with partners from Slovakia, Poland and Hungary to fulfill the project's goals, which are focused on a deeper understanding and exchange of experience with the transgenerational transmission of trauma.
The project is planned for the period January 2022 - March 2024. We will keep you informed about the project activities.
15/09/2021