Local Trauma Counselors To Aid Syrian Refugees In Turkey And Greece

  • Thursday, July 21, 2016

Richmont Graduate University, a Chattanooga and Atlanta-based university specializing in training professional counselors and ministers, has sent a team of trauma therapists to respond to the needs of Syrian refugees and relief volunteers in camps in Greece and Turkey. 

Dr. Vanessa Snyder of Roswell, dean of Clinical Affairs at Richmont, and Dr. Lorrie Slater of Chattanooga, assistant dean of Students, are leading the team of six comprised of Richmont-trained trauma therapists and students. Paramount in their mission is the training of humanitarian workers in compassion fatigue, stress management and trauma symptoms at the detention camp in Lesbos, Greece. 

“The first thing I noticed was the proximity of tents and the number of people...between 2,300 and 4,000 people living in a four- to six-block space,” Dr. Snyder said. “The second thing I noticed was the average age of the volunteers—25 years old—with responsibilities that are unimaginable.” 

Richmont’s trauma specialists are working in partnership with Conscience International, an organization connecting refugees with resources on the island of Lesbos. The team will be working in camps in Greece and Turkey July 17-26.

Regular blogs posts from Richmont’s traumatologists overseas are available at www.richmonttrauma.com 

Richmont operates trauma centers near their campuses in Atlanta and Chattanooga to serve the needs of local residents. The Chattanooga center is the only trauma facility in the region.

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