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
Archived Webinar
Evidence-based Treatment Models in Trauma Work with Children, Adolescents and Families
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History and Evidence of Traumatic Head Injury (THI): Basic Concepts and Principles in the Care of Torture Survivors with THI
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Basic Concepts and Principles in the Care of Torture Survivors with Traumatic Head Injury (THI)
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The Self-Trauma Model
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Archived Webinar
Expressive Arts Therapies with Survivors of Torture
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Non-manualized Relational Trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Caring for Refugees and Survivors of Torture: Integrative Medicine, The Mind-Body Connection, and Internal Energy Arts
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Transcending Violence: Trauma-informed Care and Torture Survivors
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ESL as a Mental Health Intervention
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Religion, Spirituality, and Faith in the Care of Torture Survivors: Part II