IJSP Number 6, 2024

125 be spent. We learned to conserve resources and plan their expenditure carefully. For instance, empirically, by observing the receipt and expenditure of resources, we concluded that one psychologist should not take on more than 3 cases of clients with acute loss, such as those who had lost relatives or friends. And if a psychologist was overall heavily loaded with clients, the number of clients dealing with loss should be reduced to 1-2. We also employed many art therapy techniques (significantly more, in my observation, than in the pre-war period). We drew, sang, played, and visualized psychological stories and problems with objects as both a warm-up and as work with cases. This is similar to observations from the article "War and the Practice of Psychotherapy: The UK Experience 1939–1960": “The work of Wilfrid Bion, John Rickman and Michael Foulkes at Northfield and Maxwell Jones at Mill Hill is said to have transformed the role of groups, while occupational, art and individual therapies advanced in psychiatric hospitals run by or for the military” [5]. Unfortunately, the anticipated Ukrainian offensive on the fronts did not occur, nor did the expected victory. By the second winter of the war, in the autumn of 2023, the confrontation between the sides reached a stalemate. The front line stabilized in one place, and the efforts of both sides did not yield victory. 5. POWERLESSNESS AND DISAPPOINTMENT (Autumn 2023 – Winter 2024) The war became routine, and changes caused by it became the norm of everyday life. Although the war seemed to fade into the background, usual and everyday matters – work, family, children, money, domestic issues – came to the forefront. We started to analyze many client cases and spent less time supporting psychologists' resources. However, describing the war as merely background is not entirely accurate. The war significantly altered the course of routine life. We encountered a significantly higher number of clients with psychiatric problems. If before the war, 10-20% of all psychology clients had psychiatric diagnoses, now it's between 30 to 50% (based on surveys and psychologists' assessments). In psychological support groups, it often becomes necessary to conduct special seminars dedicated to various specific psychiatric diagnoses. Particular attention was paid to ongoing work with depression and pathological grief associated with losses, the two main reasons for seeking help. Depression, even before the full-scale invasion, was the most common psychiatric diagnosis in Ukraine, estimated at 6.31% of the population in 2014, compared to