Society for Psychological Assistance

the society for psychological assistance, (spa) is a non-profit, non-governmental mental health organization based in zagreb, croatia. founded in 1993, it has extensive expertise in providing community-based psycho-social services and in training professional and non-professional care providers. the spa has developed many different programs in the field of community-oriented psycho-social services, training and capacity building of psycho-social professionals. the main tasks of spa are: providing assistance to individuals, families and communities in distress and exposed to traumatic experiences; research and training in the areas of psycho-social assistance; program development and evaluation. since 2003, spa operates the “modus”- child, adolescent and family community center in zagreb serving about 700 clients per year. spa has pioneered several innovative services that became integrated in governmental services as a standard. these include: psychological crisis interventions after m