In this webinar, speakers will discuss their project to explore with colleagues across the globe the public mental health interventions used to reduce risk and promote family and community well-being during the Covid-19 pandemic. They will explore the utility and portability of family systems approaches across states, including in high income countries where the polity faces historically unmet needs; in conflict-affected states dealing with transitional justice; and in low and middle income countries with under-resourced institutions. In this webinar, they will share how practitioners can use systemic family therapy approaches to promote family psychosocial resilience, recovery, and/or treatment during this ongoing public health emergency of international concern. Speakers: Dr. Laurie L Charle´s is a licensed marriage and family therapist and qualitative researcher whose scholarship and consultation practice is focused on scaling up family therapy practices for host country nationals in fragile, conflict and violence affected states. Dr. Gameela Samarasinghe is a Clinical Psychologist by training and an Associate Professor in Psychology in the Department of Sociology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
