Therapeutic communication
& clinical hypnosis
Switzerland
Therapeutic communication and clinical hypnosis are two valuable tools in the treatment of sick children. These approaches help young patients cope better with medical treatments, procedures, and hospital stays.
Since 2018, Children Action has been collaborating in the implementation of training programs in therapeutic communication and clinical hypnosis for caregivers at the Child and Adolescent Department of the Geneva University Hospitals. These courses enable medical teams to acquire specific skills in the management of pain, stress, and anxiety caused by illness or care with a real benefit for young patients.
Turning a blood test into a snowball fight, inserting a gastric tube into a toboggan run, or severe pain into a trip to the end of the world...the challenge is ambitious, but the children and the trained professionals take it in their stride.
Sabrina
Switzerland
Within the pediatric onco-hematology Unit of the Geneva University Hospitals, the Sabrina project provides professional services to accompany sick children, relieve their parents, and meet the needs of the care teams. The following interventions are proposed:
Playful visits
Visits from medical students who come for two hours a day, five days a week, to play, entertain and discuss with the children.
Art therapy
Art therapist, who uses painting, drawing, music, and other forms of mediation to help patients express their emotions, connect with their creativity, and improve their mental and physical well-being
Storyteller
Stories told to young patients for a moment of distraction and comfort.
School tutors
Service of home tutors to facilitate the resumption of the school year after sometimes long and repeated hospital stays
Support
Contribution to the Ronald McDonald
House for each night spent by the families of a child affected by cancer.
Family therapy
Family therapy and intergenerational psychological support program run by two medical therapists to help families cope with their child's illness
Wellbeing in hospital
Ensuring the wellbeing of sick children and making life easier for their families during sometimes long and repeated hospital stays.
Improving the wellbeing of hospitalized children
In numbers
since 1996