{"id":23937,"date":"2025-08-12T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/?p=23937"},"modified":"2025-08-12T19:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T02:28:07","slug":"supporting-young-peoples-mental-health-the-key-is-to-be-among-them-and-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/08\/12\/supporting-young-peoples-mental-health-the-key-is-to-be-among-them-and-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Young People\u2019s Mental Health: The Key is to Be Among Them and Listen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(ANS \u2013 Buenos Aires)<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 The Salesians of the \u201cBlessed Ceferino Namuncur\u00e1\u201d Province of Southern Argentina (ARS) have presented the document&nbsp;<em>Recognizing to Accompany Young People\u2019s Mental Health<\/em>, a guide designed to help educators\u2014both in schools and in non-formal education settings\u2014be a meaningful presence among young people and in their increasingly complex realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the morning of Wednesday, August 6, 2025, the Schools Sector Animation team of the ARS Province coordinated an online discussion on mental health in schools, based on the document&nbsp;<em>A Youth Ministry that Educates to Love<\/em>, produced by the Salesian Congregation\u2019s Youth Ministry Sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Presenting the Guide<\/strong><br>The event included the official presentation of the guide&nbsp;<em>Recognizing to Accompany Young People\u2019s Mental Health<\/em>. After the welcome from Mr. August\u00edn Camiletti, Provincial Delegate for Youth Ministry, and the facilitation of Prof. Gabriela G\u00f3mez, Provincial Delegate for the Schools Sector, the document was presented by three professionals from Salesian works in ARS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mar\u00eda Susana Alfaro<\/strong>, psychologist and member of the school guidance team at the Salesian House \u201cDon Bosco\u201d in Ramos Mej\u00eda;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mar\u00eda Bel\u00e9n Gorrochategui<\/strong>, psychologist and pastoral coordinator at the Salesian House \u201cJuan Segundo Fern\u00e1ndez\u201d in San Isidro;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sergio Farina<\/strong>, psychologist and Vice Rector of the Salesian House \u201cLe\u00f3n XIII\u201d in Palermo, Buenos Aires.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Listening and Presence as the Foundation<\/strong><br>According to Dr. Alfaro, accompanying young people means \u201c<em>recognizing the signs that can help detect symptoms of distress. The key is to be among young people and listen to them<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Gorrochategui noted that several recent studies, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic, \u201c<em>have highlighted with greater force situations such as anxiety in adolescents and young people<\/em>.\u201d She added, \u201c<em>There is also the insufficient capacity of health centers to address mental health issues. Usually, a hospital deals with emergencies, but there is no time for follow-up care<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For his part, Dr. Farina emphasized that \u201c<em>school is a privileged space. Being able to go through suffering together with others promotes healing; not only is peer interaction positive, but so is accompanying a young person who is suffering.<\/em>\u201d He also highlighted that \u201c<em>the Salesian charism, as the core of our schools, creates spaces to talk about certain issues and generates opportunities to open up those pains and anxieties, making it possible to accompany in a truly serious way<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sharing Strategies and Moving Forward<\/strong><br>After a period of group work, the main virtual room hosted a sharing of strategies suggested by participating educators to help identify signs and better support the mental health of young people in Salesian settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In conclusion, and echoing Pope Francis\u2019 words\u2014\u201c<em>No one is saved alone<\/em>\u201d\u2014participants underlined the importance of working with others, collaborating in teams, and engaging families. The digital meeting served as a reminder that each Salesian work is also called to challenge adult-world mindsets that reject or marginalize those who are different, as the Salesian school today must be able to engage with new realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organizers stressed that beyond disseminating this new Youth Ministry document, it will be essential to support the processes of school guidance teams and teachers in moving toward a Salesian school that\u2014politically, pedagogically, pastorally, and institutionally\u2014can fully accompany children and youth in these new realities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ANS \u2013 Buenos Aires)&nbsp;\u2013 The Salesians of the \u201cBlessed Ceferino Namuncur\u00e1\u201d Province of Southern Argentina (ARS) have presented the document&nbsp;Recognizing to Accompany Young People\u2019s Mental Health, a guide designed to help educators\u2014both in schools and in non-formal education settings\u2014be a meaningful presence among young people and in their increasingly complex realities. On the morning of Wednesday, August 6, 2025, the Schools Sector Animation team of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/2025\/08\/12\/supporting-young-peoples-mental-health-the-key-is-to-be-among-them-and-listen\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continuar leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Supporting Young People\u2019s Mental Health: The Key is to Be Among Them and Listen<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":10336596,"featured_media":23940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[31713,516714022,3030561],"tags":[35890],"class_list":["post-23937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-wellness","category-salesian-world-news","category-social-communications","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/salesianbulletin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/blessed-ceferino-namuncura-online-feature.jpg?fit=1600%2C875&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59ePG-6e5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10336596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23937"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23941,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23937\/revisions\/23941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salesianbulletin.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}