While working in this position, I was involved in performing the duties of a psychologist in two projects. The first is a rapid response team, the second is a mobile medical unit.

As part of the first project, I had the experience of working:

• directly at the site of a missile strike and by those who were affected by missile strikes;
• with internally displaced persons who were evacuated from the war zone.

During this time, my work consisted in providing psychosocial support and conducting short-term psychological interventions to stabilize the psycho-emotional state of those with signs of acute stress and increased anxiety.

As part of the second project, I had the opportunity to work with people who:

• have experience of living in combat conditions with a dynamic "front line";
• lived in territories that were temporarily not under the control of the government of Ukraine;
• have signs of mental illness and disorders;
• have personal life problems.

My work in this project consisted of:

• provision of psychological support;
• implementation of short-term individual interventions aimed at reducing the level of anxiety and increasing resistance to stress.
• conducting psychoeducation on stress and self-help tools;
• visual psychodiagnosis of persons with signs of mental disorders and disorders with the aim of further referral to a psychiatrist.

In addition to the main tasks as a psychologist, I familiarized myself with the security protocols adopted in the organization. As a field officer, I thoroughly familiarized myself with the working conditions of field teams at locations, strategies for monitoring changes in the security environment, and accompanying field teams during surveillance routes to and from locations.

• Psychological help and support in crisis situations;psychological diagnosis (anxiety, depression, tendency to suicidal behavior, tendency to addictive behavior, personal qualities and traits and other);
• psychological counseling on personal problems (interpersonal and family relationships, self-esteem and other personal problems);
• psychological correction (deviant behavior, guilt, acute stress disorder, PTSD and other);
• work with trauma (acute stress reactions, the death of relatives and friends, TRIM protocol, BASIC-ph model);
• psychological selection;
• psychological support of professional activity and team management.

Working as a psychologist, I had the opportunity to familiarize myself with all types of weapons used in this conflict (from small arms to artillery), as well as methods of creating mine-explosive barriers. Being constantly in the zone of hostilities, I acquired the skills of protection against damage by available types of weapons, forecasting the military situation, planning my actions and the actions of my subordinates.

• Individual psychological support for people with disabilities and people who help them;
• psychological counseling on personal problems (interpersonal and family relationships, anxiety, consequences of stressful situations and other personal problems);
• psychoeducation for the purpose of increasing stress resistance (group sessions on stress, communication and assertiveness);
• psychological first aid training;

While working in this position, I provided individual psychological counseling to people with disabilities and those who help them; carried out measures of psychological correction with people who were affected by severe stress as a result of hostilities; provided psychological support to internally displaced people. I also conducted group trainings, which were aimed at increasing a person's personal potential for resistance to stress, development of communication skills and assertiveness. I conducted psychological first aid training.

In addition to the main tasks as a psychologist, I familiarized myself with the security protocols adopted in the organization. As a field officer, I thoroughly familiarized myself with the working conditions of field teams at locations, strategies for monitoring changes in the security environment, and accompanying field teams during surveillance routes to and from locations.

In addition to performing the main tasks in accordance with the position of a psychologist, my duties included:

• supervision of persons who have committed a crime while serving a sentence;
• accompaniment and supervision of convicts during their stay in medical institutions;
• organizing and holding lectures with staff on various aspects of communication with criminals, their behavior and non-violent conflict resolution;
• working out practical means of managing an aggressive crowd, etc.

During this work, I developed the following skills:

• managing one's own behavior in stressful situations;
• work with a large flow of information and documentation;
• conducting group classes on special training;
• communication skills and conflict resolution skills.

During this time, my work was closely connected with the educational influence on men who repeatedly committed crimes.

In order to effectively perform my duties, I:

• acquired knowledge in the field of criminal law,
• the basics of security organization in an aggressive environment,
• convoying, escorting and supervision of persons who pose an increased risk,
• communication with a negative crowd.

My duties included:

• exerting a positive educational influence on men sentenced to imprisonment by explaining criminal legislation;
• participation in the organization of supervision of convicts;
• participation in escorting to medical institutions and supervision at the convoy stage and during treatment;
• analysis of the changing situation in the criminogenic environment.

I completed my military service as a private in the Marine corp. in the Crimea. My military specialization was associated with observation, memory and sensitivity to environmental change.

During this work, I acquired practical knowledge of the:

• use of all types of small arms,
• the nomenclature of ammunition for various types of artillery weapons used in the post-Soviet space,
• the characteristic signs of the presence of the military in a certain territory.

This work allowed me to develop the following qualities:

• the ability to make quick decisions;
• plan own actions;
• responsibility for oneself and others.