Mental Health
Torture survivors engage in psychological services to pursue a wide range of goals, from single symptom reduction to addressing the complex effects of torture on their families and communities. Psychological effects of torture vary considerably. Likewise, there is wide variation in the types of assistance sought to address such effects, depending on a host of factors ranging from service accessibility to beliefs about health and healing.
 
                            Topics
- Working with Interpreters
- Self-care for Providers
- Advanced Clinicians
- Training Mental Health Evaluators
- Treatment Model
- Specific Populations
- Asylum Process- US Asylum Law
- One-Year Filing Deadline
- Asylum seekers in detention
- Evaluation Practice Manuals
- Working with Torture Survivors
- Role of the Mental Health Professional
- Psychological Consequences of Torture
- Components of the Evaluation
- Screening Tools and Standardized Measures
- Client meetings & communication
- Supporting client during asylum process
- Writing effective affidavits
- Expert witness testimony
- The Adjudicator’s Perspective
 
- Special Topics
- Survivors from specific groups
- Program Evaluation
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                    Adapted modified aggression scale                
            
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                    Orientation group: 4 week group therapy manual for clinicians                
             
        
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                    Developing a Child/Family Focused Program                
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                    A ‘Springy Tornado’: Therapy with a Child Refugee with Disorganized Attachment                
            
                    
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                    Assessment and Trauma Focused Treatment for Children                                    
            
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                    Education and Support Group for Oromo War Trauma and Torture Survivors                
            
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                    Education and Support Group for Karen War Trauma Survivors: A Manual for Facilitators                
            
                    
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                    Disrupted Attachments: How Torture Threatens the Fabric of Family Life                                    
            
                    
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                    Healing and the Pursuit of Justice: Challenging Sexual Assault as an Instrument of War: Part Three                                    
            
                    
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                    Healing and the Pursuit of Justice: Challenging Sexual Assault as an Instrument of War: Part One