IJSP Number 6, 2024

124 some cases, providing consultative help via the Internet within a limited time and with limited personal resources was impossible. This was a difficult moral situation for psychologists and a very tough decision. Observing the clients, we saw that the degree of traumatization of the civilian population depended on the degree of exposure to the war. A high level of traumatization was observed in those who were in the combat zone (front lines). However, the highest level of traumatization was not among them but among those who experienced personal encounters with the enemy. Direct encounters of the civilian population with enemy soldiers caused severe trauma. Such cases were very difficult to address in professional support groups. Furthermore, the traumatization of those who lost relatives and friends in the war, as well as those who lost their homes and/or emigrated (within the country or abroad), can also be noted. Air raid alarms, shelling of cities, and distressing news in the media can also be attributed to frequent causes of wartime traumatization. Thus, we developed survival strategies, some of which have been mentioned above: resource analysis, therapeutic dissociation, and avoidance of secondary trauma. It's important to note that we passed the one-year mark of the war. There was a difference when we spoke about months of war and when we started to acknowledge that one year had passed. This signified that the war had been with us for a long time and that it might be prolonged. The one-year mark held psychological significance, altering the dynamics of expectations. 4. MOBILIZATION AND ANTICIPATION OF VICTORY (Spring-Summer 2023) In the war with Russia, Ukraine needed and relied on international support. The work of professional support projects for psychologists was also part of this global support. The evident goal of this support was to provide resources to fight a stronger enemy and to achieve victory over them. Ukraine received military and moral support and hoped for victory. The entire country was mobilized for victory. Psychologists spoke about a future offensive, about the need to be patient and conserve resources, that soon the offensive would begin, and victory would follow. For example, American and Ukrainian psychologist Dr. Alexander Lupis, who worked as a supervisor with Ukrainian colleagues on war trauma, spoke about engagement, optimism, and hope amidst war in his presentation at Harvard University [4]. In this situation, it was crucial for psychologists to acquire skills in resource management. We conceptualized our resources as a bank account, analyzing what could be deposited daily to replenish our resources and how these resources could