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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812893303321

Autore

Blackwell Dick

Titolo

Counselling and psychotherapy with refugees / / Dick Blackwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J.Kingsley Publishers, 2005

ISBN

1-280-23526-8

9786610235261

1-84642-104-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (124 p.)

Disciplina

616.8914086914

Soggetti

Political refugees - Counseling of

Political refugees - Mental health

Post-traumatic stress disorder - Treatment

Refugees - Counseling of

Refugees - Mental health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments. Part I - Setting the Scene: Openings and Engagements. 1 Who and what this book is for. 2 Counselling, psychotherapy and the refugee experience. 3. Assessment, suitability and adaptation. Part II - The Refugee's Experience. 4 Political level. 5. Cultural level. 6. Interpersonal level. 7. Intrapsychic level. Part III - The Therapist's Experience. 8. Political level. 9. Cultural level. 10. Interpersonal level. 11. Intrapsychic level. Part IV - Essential Additions: Completing the Picture. 12 Working with interpreters. 13. Advocacy - protection, asylum and welfare rights. 14 Summary. Appendix A: Further Reading. Appendix B: Resources. Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is to help counsellors and psychotherapists understand and engage with the experiences of persecution, violence and exile often faced by refugees. It offers a flexible approach to the special circumstances of displaced and traumatized clients from different cultural and political backgrounds.