The Sea Change Podcast

E1: Crisis Response for Schools and Educators


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We speak with Dr. Suzanne Anderson, psychotherapist and expert in crisis response for schools. Dr. Anderson has been working with schools and the international community for the last 20 years and is currently supporting international schools facing the Coronavirus pandemic. 

She is the author of several articles circulating the international school world, including:

The Danger and Opportunity of Covid-19 for International School Educators

Understanding the Mental Health & Social Impact of the Coronavirus: Finding the Middle Path

Alongside the National Organization for Victim's Assistance, she recently co-hosted  the webinar, "Covid-19: The Mental Health Impact & Resilience for International Educators", which reached educators in over 17 countries.

You can find her work at https://www.restorativecommunityconcepts.com

We. mentioned this Facebook group in the episode and this book, SuperSurvivors

You can learn more about Sea Change Mentoring's work and find additional resources related to COVID-19 at https://www.seachangementoring.com



Speaker Bio:

Suzanne M. Anderson, DPST, MSS, RSW – 0145, CCR

Dr. Anderson is a psychotherapist in private practice with Restorative Community Counselling (a service

of Restorative Community Concepts) in Singapore where she has lived and worked since 1999. Suzanne

is a certified NOVA crisis responder and trainer. Over more than 20 years, Suzanne has trained crisis

responders and responded to crises in the United States, Canada, Yugoslavia, Singapore, India, Thailand,

Indonesia, Vietnam, China and Myanmar. Incidents to which Suzanne has responded include natural

disasters, industrial accidents and intentional-harm incidents (i.e. industrial plant explosion, hurricane,

tornado, plane crash, earthquake, cyclone, tidal surge, tsunami, terrorist attacks, drowning,

school-based crises, suicides as well as working with war refugees). Suzanne has provided crisis

responder training and supervision for local, national businesses and primary, secondary and tertiary

educational institutions. Suzanne’s doctoral research focused on investigating the impact of trauma on

women trafficked and sexually exploited in the Mekong countries and applying the research results to

the development of training for aftercare workers.

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