2018年CRI 普吉岛沉船事故后续心理咨询正在进行

Fu Yu, a psychological counselor¹ from the Blue Sky Rescue Team, says their counseling work mainly focuses on three groups of people, those people include the survivors², the relatives of the dead and the volunteers assisting in the rescue operation.

In terms of the survivors, Fu Yu says they are working with them to help mitigate³ the potential mental trauma⁴ of the incident.

"After the survivors go back home, the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder⁵ may appear on some of them. Therefore, before the survivors go home, we will tell their relatives in advance what those symptoms look like, and how to cope with them, and ask their relatives to keep a close watch on the survivors' conditions."

As for the relatives of those who died, Fu Yu says they focus on how to deal with their emotional reactions in the initial stages of their grief.

"Our volunteer and their counterparts in Thailand will work together to console the late victims' relatives. Local authorities are set to hold a special religious ritual for dead victims by the seaside on Wednesday, with their relatives taking part. We will be ready to take emergency measures to deal with the negative reactions that may appear in some of the relatives who are too emotional to control themselves during the ritual."

Fu Yu also notes that some of the volunteers also need psychological counseling, suggesting their psychological condition may be affected⁶ by the busy work and huge pressures involved.

"Our psychological counselors⁷ will accompany the volunteers when they are taking care of the survivors and the relatives of the late victims. We will also provide psychological counseling services for those volunteers. We are also planning to hold some training sessions related to the issue for them as a way of support."

Two tourist ships, the "Phoenix⁸" and "Serenita," capsized and sank off the southern coast of the Thai tourist island of Phuket last Thursday.

So far 45 are confirmed dead, while two others are still listed as missing.

Most of the survivors have been discharged from hospital.

For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

2 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

3 mitigate   

vt.（使）减轻，（使）缓和

参考例句：

• The government is trying to mitigate the effects of inflation.政府正试图缓和通货膨胀的影响。
• Governments should endeavour to mitigate distress.政府应努力缓解贫困问题。

4 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

5 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

6 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

7 counselors   

n.顾问( counselor的名词复数 )；律师；（使馆等的）参赞；（协助学生解决问题的）指导老师

参考例句：

• Counselors began an inquiry into industrial needs. 顾问们开始调查工业方面的需要。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We have experienced counselors available day and night. ) 这里有经验的法律顾问全天候值班。） 来自超越目标英语 第4册

8 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。