Inner healing starts with social healing
Institute for Community-Based Sociotherapy contributes to peaceful communities and psychosocial wellbeing of people whose lives are affected by crises
Community based Sociotherapy
Healing social relationships
Community-Based Sociotherapy helps people transforming social relationships, individual beliefs and attitudes, rebuilding trust, processing traumatic memories and restoring social dignity to shape a better future.
Who are we?
A network of CBS practitioners and researchers
ICBS safeguards quality standards of CBS and serves as a platform connecting CBS practitioners and researchers.
What we do
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ICBS shares and develops CBS competencies, supports quality CBS implementation and develops knowledge on integration of peace and mental health and psychosocial wellbeing
Training and accreditation
CBS implementation
Knowledge development
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Ripples of hope: Finding connection in times of division
By Carolien Grootendorst The world today is marked by deepening fractures, geopolitical tensions, violent conflicts, rising nationalism, and the mass movement of people across borders. In many places, trust in institutions is eroding, while communities struggle under...
The power of Sociotherapy Group: What termite mounds teach us about togetherness
By Diogene Karangwa During my recent visit to Gulu, in Northern Uganda, I was struck by the large, towering mounds built by termites. These social insects, often referred to as "white ants", live in colonies and typically range in size from one-eighth of an inch to...
A burden was lifted
My name is Beatrice, and I am one of the few family members who survived the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. Most of my family members, including my parents, siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles, were killed over 30 people in total. As the oldest surviving family...