Israel Rescue Coalition Sending Psychological First Aid Team To Help in Houston

Jerusalem - On Wednesday evening, the Israel Rescue Coalition (IRC) will mobilize and dispatch a team comprised of elite members of United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit to Houston, Texas in order to provide mental and emotional stabilization to people who need it. The team includes Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and therapists and will be arriving in Houston early Thursday morning, local time. While not yet confirmed, there is a succinct possibility that a military psychologist from the IDF will be joining the group. “People need help on the ground,” said Dov Maisel, Director of International Operations for the IRC and Vice President of United Hatzalah. “‘They need to be able to wrap their minds around what was lost and they need assistance figuring out how to cope and where to go from here. That is the biggest challenge currently facing all Houston residents who have suffered during Hurricane Harvey.” Maisel himself was dispatched to Haiti in 2016 following Hurricane Matthew and Nepal in 2015 following the devastating earthquakes that killed thousands of people. “We inquired on the ground in Houston with regards to what was needed and the response that we received was that the most urgent need was psychological and emotional assistance.  The Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit members excel in exactly that. There are thousands of displaced people who are currently living in shelters across the area. We were told that Search and Rescue, ...
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