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Counselling and Psychotherapy with Refugees

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Integrating political, cultural, interpersonal and intrapsychic dimensions, this book is the first to tackle therapy with refugees, using a unique four-level approach explored in terms of the experiences of both client and therapist. Based on work carried out at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, this comprehensive yet flexible framework for therapists encountering refugees in their practise is perfectly attuned to the special needs and circumstances of displaced and traumatised clients from different cultural and political backgrounds. Helpful information on working with interpreters and advocacy is also included. As counselling and therapy support for refugees now often has to be provided outside their established communities, this book is an essential tool for all therapists, counselling staff and students on such courses.
CONTENTSAcknowledgments / Setting the Scene: Openings and Engagements / Who and what this book is for / Counselling, psychotherapy and the refugee experience / Assessment, suitability and adaptation / The Refugee's Experience / Political level / Cultural level. / Interpersonal level / Intrapsychic level / The Therapist's Experience / Political leveL / Cultural level / Interpersonal level / Intrapsychic level / Essential Additions: Completing the Picture / Working with interpreters / Advocacy – protection, asylum and welfare rights / Supervision / Summary / Appendix A: Further Reading / Appendix B: Resources / Index.
Counselling and Psychotherapy with Refugees is clear, well-conceived, and does not overwhelm therapists trying to find their way in this complex field. Dick Blackwell, a psycho-dynamic psychoterapist and supervisor, has a wealth of experience gained through working with the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture and Organised Violence. His book provides therapists across modalities with an accessible framework as it concisely raises issues for us to reflect on while adapting our own way of working with such clients.
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