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Psychosocial services of Sunshine aim to help
clients adjust to disfigurement, develop a positive attitude, and
build the confidence necessary to face the world. Social workers
and psychological counselors play an important role in this process.
Sunshine¡¦s social workers do not just assess needs of clients, coordinate
services and link available resources, but they also build a close
relationship built on trust, accompanying and encouraging the client
in the process. Social workers also organize a wide variety of activities
for clients and their families designed to build confidence and
encourage sharing or exchange of information.
Psychological counseling services
Sunshine Foundation offers comprehensive
psychological counseling services to address the needs of burn survivors
and people with facial disfigurement. These services include:
¡EIndividual counseling:
Individual counseling for adults addresses issues such as
¡@interpersonal relations, emotions, family, work, self-image, moods,
psychiatric
¡@disorders, etc. When working with small children, our counselors
will use play
¡@therapy. Sand therapy is used with older children and youths.
¡EPsychological evaluation:
With adults, our counselors can carry out occupational
¡@aptitude tests (ex: personality, occupational interest, work value,
etc.) to help
¡@clients plan for their next career. With children and youths, our
counselors can
¡@use figure drawing tests.
¡EGroup counseling:
The Foundation organizes various peer support groups.
¡@ (support groups, career groups, interpersonal skills groups, etc.)
¡EOther projects:
Psychiatric clinic, hypnosis clinic
In addition, Sunshine Foundation carries out research
to further our knowledge on psychological rehabilitation of burn
survivors and people with facial disfigurement, as well as to develop
tools. Research topics include counseling effectiveness, hypnosis
effectiveness, post traumatic stress scale, facial disfigurement
scale, etc.
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- In 2010, 97 activities facilitating family interaction, social adaptation, community integration and peer support were held, with clients and family members attending 2,662 times.
- 19 clients benefited from individual psychological counseling. Group support activities for burn survivors were attended 155 times, while special theme group activities (drama therapy, relaxation, etc.) were attended 143 times.
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International conferences
In order to emphasize the need for psychosocial
services for burn survivors and people with facial disfigurement,
and provide directions for future research, Sunshine Foundation
organized in 2004 the First International Conference on Psychological
Research & Services for Burn Survivors & People with Facial
Disfigurement. This first conference featured guest speakers from
Hong Kong, Israel and the United States. For more information on
the conference and to see abstracts of the papers presented, please
consult the conference website.
In May 2008, the Foundation held the second edition
of this conference, with guest speakers from England, the United
States, Sweden and India. The focus of the conference was on psychosocial
rehabilitation for burn survivors, research and services on the
progress toward recovery within the family context, and research
on the experience of health professionals and its impact on services.
For more information and to view the presentations, please consult
the website.
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