3. Coping with COVID & its impact on our lives Part Two with Don Bosch

Embodying change: Transforming power, culture and well-being in aid organisations

In this show, you'll hear Melissa interview Don Bosch, Director of Risk Psychology and HEAT Training at the Headington Institute. Don is a licensed clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst with 35 years of experience and understands human behaviour and brain function. Outside of Pandemic, Don is often in the field doing debriefs, working with global response teams, and providing psychological support for security trainings. He is a lifelong mountaineer with a love for adventure, travel, exercise, and family.

In this episode, Melissa talks with Don about his paper, “Managing Emotions During a Pandemic: Understanding the Effect of Uncertainty.” It can be found here: https://headington-institute.org/files/academic-article--pandemic-w-images-correct_50321.pdf

The Headington Institute, has a team of psychologists helping humanitarian and development organisations ensure the well-being of individuals. They’ve created a suite of materials related to COVID-19 - including 2-pagers on managing emotions, media exposure, social distance/ isolation and moral injury – all consolidated here: https://headington-institute.org/topic-areas/732/covid-19.

This podcast series is part of an initiative originally hosted by CHS Alliance to Cultivate Caring, Compassionate aid organisations, led by Melissa Pitotti and Mary Ann Clements.