Emergency Psychology is the sector of psychology which deals with clinical and social interventions in disaster situations, disasters and emergency / urgency. More generally, it is the discipline that studies individual behavior, group and community in crisis situations.

The Italian Society of Emergency Psychologists (SipeM), of which Dr.. Bersenda is a partner as a voluntary psychologist, si occupa per esempio di interventi di supporto psico-sociale.

The interventions that the SiPM takes place not only at the national level, but also international (for example, the psychosocial support intervention in Colombia).