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Home » ‘Nebraska Strong’ Counseling Program Launched to Assist Victims of March Flooding

‘Nebraska Strong’ Counseling Program Launched to Assist Victims of March Flooding

Published by admin on Tue, 06/18/2019 - 12:00am

Lincoln – Nebraskans have been slowly cleaning up the dam­age since historic flooding rolled across areas of the state in March. Recovery has been a slog and, in some cases, has drained emotional and mental reserves. 

Mental health professionals and psychological first aid experts from the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center are addressing flood-related mental health needs through the recently launched Nebraska Strong Recovery Project.

The effort, which is training out­reach counselors across the state, is led by Denise Bulling, a senior re­search director and licensed mental health practitioner with the Public Policy Center. 

“These counselors are members of the community who work with survivors and organizations to help support individuals and communi­ties as they experience the highs and lows of recovery,” Bulling said. “They talk with survivors, lis­ten to their stories, and help them problem solve and connect them to resources.” 

Bulling said there are phases in disaster recovery – pre-disaster, impact, heroic, honeymoon, disillu­sionment and reconstruction – that survivors experience. Counselors are trained to spot these phases and help people work through them. 

“Once people understand the phases of disaster, and what the common reactions are, they’re able to put their own reactions in per­spective and realize what they’re experiencing is common and that there are ways to cope with the stress of recovery,” Bulling said. ” 

Outreach counselors were identi-fied by the state’s behavioral health regions and are paid through the grant funding. They must be certi­fied in five trainings held through­out the year. Bulling said Public Policy Center staff are also help­ing communities collect data on the contacts made by the outreach counselors, and have created brand­ing and supplemental materials for the project, to get the word out about available program resources, as well as establish confidence that the program is legitimate. 

Bulling stressed that the program is free and anonymous to anyone affected by the disaster – nearly ev­eryone in the state. While outreach workers are in the communities, the Nebraska Rural Response Hotline, available at 1-800-464-0258, is also available for those seeking help.

– University of Nebraska

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