Contact

The MindSpring Centre is located at Centre for Vulnerable Refugees, DRC Integration. Centre for Vulnerable Refugees works with integration and rehabilitation of traumatized and other vulnerable people.

03.11.2020

MindSpring Centre

Centre for Vulnerable Refugees

Danish Refugee Council
Borgergade 10, 3.
1300 Copenhagen
Phone: 3373 5339
E-mail: mindspring@drc.ngo

Peter Thorsen, Project Manager

Phone: 28918288

E-mail: peter.thorsen@drc.ngo

Laura Kildegaard Rasmussen, Student Assistant

Phone: 3373 5255

E-mail: laura.rasmussen@drc.ngo

Christine Lauenborg Christensen, Student Assistant

Phone: 3373 5153

E-mail: christine.christensen@drc.ngo

”Relations are created. Network and community is created. There is someone to count on, someone you can call, when you need it.” MindSpring-trainer

MindSpring at a Glance

A short group program (8 x 2 hours)
Taking place in the mother tongue of the participants
Peer-to-peer method
MindSpring-trainer: a volunteer with refugee or immigrant background
Co-trainer: professional
8-10 participants in a group
The group is following a detailed manual

THE MINDSPRING METHOD FOR PARENTS WORKS WITH...

Parenting in a new cultureal setting with different norms and values
Methods to raise and teach your children and social control
Identity, changing identities and development
Stress, trauma and coping methods

THE MINDSPRING-METHOD FOR AND BY YOUTHS WORKS WITH...

Growing up in two different cultures with different norms and values
Identity, change of identity and development
"The Good Story" - own resouorces and strenghts
Understanding the sexes and social control
Loneliness and community
Coping with stress and trauma

Timeline

Want to know more about how MindSpring has developed in Denmark through the years? Click the button and learn more about our history.

Timeline

The meaning of MindSpring

MindSpring means "a new beginning". It illustrates how the participants have developed a new awareness and knowledge when they have finished a MindSpring group course - which can feel like a new beginning. MindSpring is a new way to cope with different kind of everyday issues on both a practical and an emotional level.