Counselling and Psychotherapy with Refugees

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.