Would you keep rock climbing after losing a leg? Christa Brelsford was a 25-year-old volunteering in an adult and child literacy program near Port-au-Prince, Haiti when the earthquake happened. Christa and her brother, Julian, were on the second floor of a building when they felt the earthquake.  As they exited the building, Christa fell and became…

Read about the American Psychologist and Catholic Priest who brought emotional first aid and comfort to Haiti in her article for Beliefnet and in her Hope for Haiti blog posts.  See more of Dr. Judy’s photos from Haiti.   As Dr. Judy Kuriansky points out, we have to remember Haiti even when it is no longer…

By Dr. Judy Kuriansky A leading American clinical psychologist  and post-disaster comfort care expert shares insights from her “emotional first aid” mission in Haiti.  See her full story on Beliefnet. We began our journey to Haiti in hopes we could recover the remains of the priests lost in the rubble of a collapsed school building…

By Dr. Judy Kuriansky A leading American clinical psychologist  and post-disaster comfort care expert shares insights from her “emotional first aid” mission in Haiti.  See her full story on Beliefnet. Being able to mourn loved ones is crucial for healing, but in crises like this (as in the tsunami and holocaust), people do not have…

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