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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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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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
Webinar
Disrupted Attachments: How Torture Threatens the Fabric of Family Life
E-Learning
Studies of Adversity, Resilience, and Child Mental Health
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The Women’s Circle: Education and Support Group for Bhutanese Women
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Risk and resilience for psychological distress amongst unaccompanied asylum seeking adolescents
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Children, torture and psychological consequences
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Bhutanese in MN fact sheet
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