Who are We?
We are all brought together by the need to do something to alleviate and heal the trauma of war in the former republic of Yugoslavia after the early 1990s. Now more than 25 years after starting working with refugees and civilian and military victims of war, we are beginning to look at challenges in other parts of our world.
All people within the Coalition for Work with Psychotrauma and Peace are volunteers and receive only remuneration of their costs.
All people within the Coalition for Work with Psychotrauma and Peace are volunteers and receive only remuneration of their costs.
Meet the Team
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Dr Charles David Tauber - CEO and Founder / Head of Mission
Dr Charles David Tauber grew up in a family of immigrants in New York City. He has worked in movements for social change since 1966, After obtaining his medical qualification in the Netherlands, he began to work with asylum seekers and refugees. He and other physicians were treating asylum seekers where other doctors weren’t willing to, while also were educating and psychologically supervising volunteers and staff members of other organizations working with asylum seekers. When the wars in the former Yugoslavia broke out in the early 1990s, a number of the members of those groups formed a working group, from which the Coalition for Work with Psychotrauma and Peace, the CWWPP, was born. Tauber has worked in the former Yugoslavia as head of the CWWPP since June 1995. He teaches Pragmatic Empowerment Training, works with clients and is generally responsible for the organisation. |
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Sandra Marić - Deputy Head of Mission Since 2010, Sandra has been the Deputy Head of CWWPP. In that role, she has developed together with several colleagues the Sensitization Program, a stage in the continuing project on informing the public about psychological and peace issues and de-stigmatization of them. The project is continuing to empower individuals and groups in order to increase a sense of wellbeing. Sandra has an educational background in sociology and experience in direct work with refugee youth and their families. She is also a mother, spouse of veteran, daughter, listener, storyteller, fundraiser, counselor, researcher, dog walker, cleaner, administrator, traveler and in her heart a passionate teacher. |
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Brandon and Bear - Assistant Therapists
We have called our two dogs, Brandon and Bear; therapists for good reason. Animals, especially dogs, cats, and horses but also others, have been used in therapy for a long time. We have found that they have good effects with various sorts of people, especially those who have been traumatized in some way. People who have been tortured or otherwise abused physically, psychologically, and/or sexually have little if any trust in people, and frequently have mistrust. An animal gives unconditional trust and unconditional love. They provide companionship to lonely and isolated people, can help draw people (such as those with autism) out of their shell and an animal virtually forces a person to take responsibility for someone/something else. Frequently, the work with animals can be used as a foundation to start to (re)build human relationships. Thus, we consider Brandon and Bear to be important members of our team. |
