About Us

SAVN offers:

- Provides an immediate soundboard for the victim to  help with all the problems ahead

- Help family members to deal with the incident, and answer their questions

- Group meetings with other victims

- Finding a mentor of similar age and injury

- Professional accident and bite analysis

- Help to locate pro bono psychologists and psychiatrists, when necessary

- Free access to accident database

- Discussion boards for victims only

 

SAVN offers behavioral therapy:

- How to move on with life

- How to deal with all the emotions

- How to get back in the water without fear

 

SAVN's quarterly newsletter:

- Information on current accidents worldwide

- Accident analysis, reconstruction, recommendations

- Shark-human interaction research

- Descriptions of shark species & their habitats

- Activities, events...

- Book reviews on trauma related issues, sharks etc.

 

Board members and directors:

● J Kerkering von der Borg
● Deena Brehm
● Electa Pace
● Ralph Collier
● La-Vonne Haven
● Marie Levine
● Kai Lutz, PhD
● Orlando Morejon, MD
● Erich Ritter, PhD

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