Institutional Betrayal: the Mechanics of Healing

An interactive online conversation

Over the past months, I have been closely exploring the topic of institutional betrayal through research, counselling practice and reflection. One thing has fascinated me in particular: not only the mechanisms through which institutions harm people, but also the mechanisms through which people heal.

Together, we will explore questions such as:

• Why does institutional betrayal so often undermine our trust in ourselves? What helps restore that trust?

• Why are silence, ambiguity and invisibility so psychologically powerful? Why do different people respond to them so differently?

• What helps people stay grounded when trust has been damaged?

• What do we know about the mechanics of healing?
  
  Who might find it useful?

  • Therapists and helping professionals

  • Safeguarding practitioners

  • Community leaders and volunteers

  • Activists

  • Anyone interested in understanding institutional betrayal and recovery

This is not a therapy group and not a lecture. It is an interactive conversation where we think together, ask questions, and reflect on what current knowledge, lived experience, and professional practice can teach us.

Facilitator
Olga Lyoshka Gerassimenko
Psychologist · Sexuality Counsellor · Sexual Health Educator · Safeguarding Consultant
www.gerro.ee