Conference Materials-Care Beyond Institutions
Emotion Regulation as Humanitarian Infrastructure
In contexts of protracted crisis and institutional fragility, humanitarian care is sustained through practices that allow people to continue caring — for themselves and for others.
This page offers a visual and conceptual summary of our work on emotion regulation as a form of humanitarian care beyond institutions, drawing on collaborative fieldwork in South Kivu (DRC).
Key Insights
Emotion regulation is not understood here as individual coping, but as a collective, socially embedded practice that enables care to be maintained under conditions of uncertainty.
🧠 Our Approach → HNI combines guided imagery and neuroscience to reconnect people with their internal resources.
💪 Results → 80% of refugee participants reported improved well-being, 75% showed increased empathy, 87% of humanitarian staff applied the tools in daily life.
A fuller version of this work appears as a chapter titled “Hypno-Neuro-Imagination Techniques for Promoting Mental Health in a Humanitarian-Peacebuilding Context” in the forthcoming Routledge International Handbook of Trauma-Responsive Peacebuilding, edited by Sara Clarke-Habibi and Cordula Reimann (expected publication: March, Routledge).
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About Us
The Association of Humanitarian Hypnosis (AHH) develops and disseminates simple, rapid, and intercultural psychosocial tools that strengthen resilience in crisis contexts.