Children’s Accelerated Trauma Therapy

CRESS supports 8 counsellors from within the South Sudanese refugee communities, who are trained with the Children’s Accelerated Trauma Therapy (CATT) protocol. These skills are now being embedded within their communities to provide therapy to their children and young people, for whom there is no mental health provision in Uganda. CRESS worked in conjunction with the CATT License holder, Action for Child Trauma International (ACTI), to deliver this training.

The team also deliver community awareness Emotional Health Programme on PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and CATT with very good attendance

CATT locations

Locations of CATT Counsellors
(in light text) and drive times

CATT STORIES

  • Lulu, Gale and Beatrice

    Counsellors

    Lulu Emmanuel, Rev. Gale Scopas and Kiden Beatrice were invited as leaders of our CATT (Children’s Accelerated Trauma Therapy) team to attend the ACTI Conference at Butabika National Referral Hospital in Uganda, May 2022.

    Lulu CATT Counsellor reported on the original training: “Excellent training. These new skills will help me in freeing young people from their past trauma wherever I will go!”

    CATT counsellor Beatrice said “I can feel my confidence growing in my practice as I see the results of my work. It gives me the desire to help more children and have more love for them. Now that my own trauma has gone away, I have more capacity.”

  • Counselling being given

    Child trauma examples

    Case Studies

    The most common nature of trauma experienced by the children, seen by the counsellors are child neglect, lack of basic needs, rape and defilement and suicide attempts.

    CATT coordinator Scopas recently gave therapy to a boy of  11yrs  who is now the family head after their mother left when her husband was shot in the front line battle that took place in Liwolo Payam.

    Counsellor Murye Emmanuel of Goboro IDP camp has been counselling a traumatized girl whose mother was shot in in front of her by unknown gunmen and a boy of 7 years whose father abandoned them after his cows were raided by gunmen.

    Counsellor Beatrice of Belameling refugee camp helped a 15 years old girl who was ambushed by a gang of boys on her way back home after being sent to buy food items at the nearby market.

  • Undergoing CATT Counselling

    A Brighter Future

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    I had completely lost hope in life as I was afraid. I couldn’t continue with this kind of suffering besides, seeing the future for my education being doomed is the most painful thing in my life yet, I have the dream of becoming an accountant. However, I am so grateful to the almighty God for the gift of Rev. Canon Charles at last as I was going through this worst experience – he considered me as his biological daughter by organizing a series of counselling sessions involving psychoeducation and interesting self-story-telling using some local objects which made me later felt relieved and free in mind – through his counselling sessions, I am seeing another brighter future.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

GET INVOLVED

ÂŁ15/month for a Counsellor

Donate
Each counsellor recievs a small renumeration for their work with traumatised children

ÂŁ25 Biscuits/soaps

Donate
Four times a year we send money for biscuits which give the young people energy through their counselling. Soaps are given to participants in the community workshops.

ÂŁ350 Bicycle/phones repairs

Donate
Counsellors have a bike and phone each to enable them to travel to the children and communicate/report. Repairs are needed yearly to maintain them.