Notes from the Landslide
A book collecting writing produced on social media or local Sitka media in the course of the August 2015 landslides and recovery efforts.
A book collecting writing produced on social media or local Sitka media in the course of the August 2015 landslides and recovery efforts.
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Counseling Is Offered In Wake Of <strong>Landslide</strong><br />
Published by <strong>the</strong> Sitka Sentinel on Thursday, 27 August 2015<br />
By Shannon Haugland and Tom Hesse<br />
Sentinel Staff Writers<br />
The coming weeks and months will be a time to keep an eye on<br />
yourself, as well as on your friends, family and neighbors, who may<br />
be suffering disaster stress and grief <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> Aug. 18 landslide,<br />
mental health counselors said today.<br />
A panel of five mental health professionals representing Youth<br />
Advocates of Sitka, Sitka Counseling and SEARHC talked to a<br />
group of reporters at <strong>the</strong> fire hall to discuss possible symptoms and<br />
reactions to <strong>the</strong> disaster that took three lives, and also to list <strong>the</strong><br />
counseling services available.<br />
“We’re going to go through a series of emotions and it’s going to<br />
affect people differently, some more than o<strong>the</strong>rs. And some people<br />
won’t always reach out for help,” said Al Stevens, <strong>the</strong> assistant fire<br />
chief and incident commander for <strong>the</strong> landslide response effort.<br />
The important thing to know, <strong>the</strong> experts said, is that <strong>the</strong>re are several<br />
avenues available for help, and a trained group of professionals<br />
are ready to listen.<br />
Stevens said he wants to get <strong>the</strong> word out to <strong>the</strong> community “to
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