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All components are interconnected and act as a single Group classes determine the direction of development,
mechanism. Of course, the outer layer of the actualize the need for change, and promote awareness
mechanism – “moral and communicative component” of the existence of problems and the need for assistance
– is the most heavily used; it provides safety, beginning in overcoming them.
with common everyday situations of interaction. The Individual consultations, which are conducted in
central component is the “inner comfort” or the parallel (simultaneously) with group sessions, are
satisfaction with the situation of the development of its intended for more profound working out of problems,
own “Me” – is actualized when a productive and safe work with more intimate questions, which participants
life under the old “scheme” becomes impossible (most of the training for one reason or another cannot make
people are able to endure significant “inconveniences” during group discussion.
for a long time before making a major change in their Psychological training is carried out in a relatively
lives). small room, with proper form, with good lighting
It should be noted that the peculiarity of working with (participants should have the opportunity to be
military who have expressed signs of ASR and PTSD arranged in the circle in such a way so that their back is
is that the leader (coach) or the participants do not protected by the walls of a room). The window must be
interpret the feelings, statements of military men, relatively small or make it possible to provide distance
which imparts special requirements to the stage of from it (if the training participants avoid places near
“reflection” – the discussion of exercises. When the window, then the coach takes that place). Chairs
organizing classes it is necessary to avoid excessive should be reliable (with a high back and no wheels),
activity (very shortly used exercises for “warm-up”, there should be no deaf cubes (uncontrolled for the
open confrontation), each session and complicated sight of the space), shadows, extra furniture, etc.
relaxation exercises are over. Classes have a relatively During the training, the leader should determine the
short duration of 3 hours (and not 6-8, as in the deep status of the participants visually, with the help of
immersion training (Lefterov, 2008). In exercising the verbal self-descriptions and Luscher techniques. To
imagination, you must constantly monitor the course of remove negative states use relaxation exercises, “H.M.
what the participant has to imagine (the coach Aliyev Key”, “Safe place” and “Change of seasons”
continuously guides the participant’s imagination by (see Tables 1, 2; including instructions for the current,
the verbal commands); it is not need to require closing not traumatic situation). The trainer should use active
eyes for those whose exercises are aimed at working listening and support techniques. If available,
with imagination (do not insist if some participants participants of the training should discuss the issue of
refuse to close their eyes). The trainer briefly providing support to comrades who describe their
announces the content of the presentation exercises so traumatic experiences (it is necessary to voice support
that participants can feel their control over the process. methods that are acceptable for this group).
The trainer tells the content and meaning of the classes The psychological training for the restoration of the
at the beginning of the psychological training and each PSI of military service members-participants of combat
lesson in an accessible, concise form. Such awareness operations contains five classes for three hours each.
reduces stress and increases the effectiveness of The training rules are as follows: the group should not
training (Lefterov, 2008). have complete confidentiality, so it is necessary to
The use of unusual for everyday activities of the speak only about what they are ready to share; do not
military personnel of drawing during the training, work criticize; do not give advice; respect others; you can be
with tales, with cards, meditation is explained to angry with the words you hear at the training, but you
participants as a means that allows faster development will take from the training exactly that you need.
of new forms of behavior, views on problem solving, Simultaneously with the training in the organization of
which allows to bypass acquired, habitual habits. recreation of military men were held master classes on
Exercises that under psychological training aimed at painting fingers, folk painting, pottery (work with
self-regulation in stress should relate to situations of clay), dancing, yoga, animal therapy (horseback
insignificant or moderate severity (traumatism). If a riding).
participant considers that an exercise suits him for the The results of the psychodiagnosis carried out using the
self-regulation of heavier classes, he may use it during PSI Methodology before and after the activities of the
individual consultations under the supervision of a psychological rehabilitation program of military
counseling psychologist who fully possesses all service members-participants in combat operations are
exercises that are mastered by the participants during presented in Table 3.
the training. As we can see from the given data, the indicators of
In addition, the training is intensified by group lessons PSI dynamics after the implementation of
on the development of other methods of self- psychological rehabilitation measures are statistically
regulation, conducted by a counseling psychologist, significantly higher among military servicemen than on
and which correspond to the sequence of training individual scales, as well as in general, according to the
sessions. Such a division allows to keep in mind of the PSI index, on average they have improved by 16% (see
participants the structure of the training and to Figure 1).
understand better the various ways of self-regulation, In addition, to assess the feedback on the effectiveness
which reinforces the individual approach and improves of the combatants’ psychological rehabilitation
the assimilation of the material. program activities, a questionnaire was developed and
questioning had been performed (see Table 4).

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