Integral care and audiovisual storytelling as vehicles in the psychoemotional recovery of victims of the Colombian conflict. Some elements of reflection for its understanding

Abstract

This article integrates the contributions of the fields of psychology and communication to contribute to the advancement of the psychosocial recovery processes of victims of the armed conflict, on the one hand, from the union of knowledge that warns that the attention to them should be comprehensive and on the other hand, from the invitation to consider the narrative in audiovisual format as an option of expressive accompaniment, to alleviate the sorrows of their memories. An academic meeting was held with experts in the area of mental health who gave fundamental contributions from their theoretical reflections and practical experiences for the psychosocial accompaniment of victims with an approach that values the look towards the integrality of their being as key tools to contribute to their process. It is urgent to value storytelling and other creative instruments that facilitate knowledge about other experiences in different arts such as audiovisuals, in order to understand their possible impact on the construction of a sensitive culture of peace that does not exclude the understanding of the feelings and sentiments immersed in their narratives, as a potentially useful balm from the story, to soothe and alleviate their emotional damage.