TRAUMA CENTRE CHAIRMAN VISITS USA TO SHARE EXPERTISE
Omagh-based trauma centre chairman and director visit USA to share expertise
THE chairman and director of the Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation, Professor Fabian Monds and Mr. David Bolton, are off to the United States.
The trip, scheduled to take in Washington, New York and Boston, has been arranged by the Omagh based centre, in order to gain knowledge and share practice and expertise with fellow practitioners in the States, and to seek out fraternal, academic, philanthrophic and humanitarian relationships with potential supporters there.
Professor Monds said: "This is an important visit for us. The Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation has been established to conserve and build upon the extensive learning and skills developed following the Omagh bombing, and to make the benefits of its ground-breaking therapeutic work available to the wider community in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and internationally.
"The establishment of the centre is also a practical representation of the desire of many in the Omagh community to respond to the enormous generosity it received from across the world in the days and months following the bombing. Through this visit, we hope to take these intentions and hopes forward," he added.
The party has been invited to meet with political and policy influencers such as congressmen and women, the media, charitable foundations and fellow practitioners from national psychological and research centres linked to the September 11 tragedy.
The centre's director, Mr. David Bolton, said: "We will be meeting with several organisations that responded to the tragedy of September 11, 2001, and who provide treatment and support services, with a view to exchanging insights and exploring possibilities for future joint work."
In 2002, the Northern Ireland Victims Minister, Mr. Des Browne, at the Northern Ireland Office announced three year funding for the establishment of a new trauma service to be based in Omagh. As a result, The Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation Charitable Trust set up the new centre, which became operational in October 2002.
The centre has four key aims to treat the psychological trauma arising from the Northern Ireland conflict to undertake further research into the impact of the conflict and into treatment approaches to trauma to provide a training and education programme based on the work and approach of the centre and to provide a humanitarian programme of support for other communities affected by tragedies.
During its current funding period, the centre will treat up to 800 people who have been psychologically affected by 'the Troubles' and will carry out research into the prevalence of trauma arising as a result of the conflict.
The centre is currently providing treatment to people from across Northern Ireland, who have suffered psychosocial distress and trauma as a result of the Troubles.
THE chairman and director of the Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation, Professor Fabian Monds and Mr. David Bolton, are off to the United States.
The trip, scheduled to take in Washington, New York and Boston, has been arranged by the Omagh based centre, in order to gain knowledge and share practice and expertise with fellow practitioners in the States, and to seek out fraternal, academic, philanthrophic and humanitarian relationships with potential supporters there.
Professor Monds said: "This is an important visit for us. The Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation has been established to conserve and build upon the extensive learning and skills developed following the Omagh bombing, and to make the benefits of its ground-breaking therapeutic work available to the wider community in Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and internationally.
"The establishment of the centre is also a practical representation of the desire of many in the Omagh community to respond to the enormous generosity it received from across the world in the days and months following the bombing. Through this visit, we hope to take these intentions and hopes forward," he added.
The party has been invited to meet with political and policy influencers such as congressmen and women, the media, charitable foundations and fellow practitioners from national psychological and research centres linked to the September 11 tragedy.
The centre's director, Mr. David Bolton, said: "We will be meeting with several organisations that responded to the tragedy of September 11, 2001, and who provide treatment and support services, with a view to exchanging insights and exploring possibilities for future joint work."
In 2002, the Northern Ireland Victims Minister, Mr. Des Browne, at the Northern Ireland Office announced three year funding for the establishment of a new trauma service to be based in Omagh. As a result, The Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation Charitable Trust set up the new centre, which became operational in October 2002.
The centre has four key aims to treat the psychological trauma arising from the Northern Ireland conflict to undertake further research into the impact of the conflict and into treatment approaches to trauma to provide a training and education programme based on the work and approach of the centre and to provide a humanitarian programme of support for other communities affected by tragedies.
During its current funding period, the centre will treat up to 800 people who have been psychologically affected by 'the Troubles' and will carry out research into the prevalence of trauma arising as a result of the conflict.
The centre is currently providing treatment to people from across Northern Ireland, who have suffered psychosocial distress and trauma as a result of the Troubles.
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Publisher: TYRONE CONSTITUTION
Ref: TC/1673
Published Date: 09-Oct-03
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