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
- Survivors of torture in detention
- Working with Torture Survivors
- Role of the Mental Health Professional
- Psychological Consequences of Torture
- Components of the Evaluation
- Screening Tools and Standardized Measures
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Assessment
- Client meetings & communication
- Supporting client during asylum process
- Writing effective affidavits
- Expert witness testimony
- The Adjudicator’s Perspective
- Special Topics
- Survivors from specific groups
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Transforming Trauma: The Path to Hope and Healing
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CVT Literature Selection Q1 2023
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Group Treatment: Rationale, Processes and Development
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Therapy for Refugees and Torture Survivors: New H.E.A.R.T. Model
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Restoring Hope and Dignity CVT Manual
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Finding the Most Effective Ways to Help Children Affected by War
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Group therapy model for refugee and torture survivors
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Group Treatment for Survivors of Torture and Severe Trauma: A Literature Review
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Love, War, and Healing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Group Treatment with Survivors of Torture 3 – Reconnecting Survivor Communities at the International Institute of Connecticut
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