“My communication with my children is easier now, more relaxed. I see and hear things that I didn’t focus on as much before. I’m calmer and happier.”
N. participates in the psychosocial support program for children and parents, which is carried out in partnership with Movement On The Ground in Lesvos. The program offers a holistic approach to mental health and, among other activities, provides family psychoeducation sessions and strengthening family bonds.
N.’s three children were already participating in the programme’s sports activities, although she was initially hesitant about family participation in the sessions with the psychologist.
During the sessions, space and time was given for the family to mentally escape for a while from their daily routine and the difficulties they were facing and reconnect with their core, to find their inner, safe frame of reference. Through her active participation in the activities, N. also connected with her inner child, which, according to what she shared, helped her to connect with the childishness in her children’s actions, as well as with her own children.