Trauma counseling seminar for women

Trauma counseling seminar for women

JAKARTA: Representatives of women's support groups from around
the country are participating this week in a seminar on trauma
counseling organized by the Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII)
and the Indonesian Women's Coalition for Justice and Democracy.

The seminar is being conducted at the Australian Embassy by
two Melbourne-based Australian trauma counseling experts, Ida
Kaplan and Diana Orlando, in conjunction with coalition leaders
Myra Diarsi and Debra H. Yatim.

Taking part are representatives of women's groups from Aceh,
Bandung, East Timor, Irian Jaya, Jakarta, Medan, Padang and
Surabaya.

Organizers hope the seminar will result in the production of
an Indonesian-language handbook on trauma counseling. The seminar
concludes on Friday.