The National Capacity Building (NCB) Project at the Center for Victims of Torture is pleased to announce our next Measured Impact Webinar (MIW) course, “Therapy for Refugees and Torture Survivors: New H.E.A.R.T. (Healing Environment and Restorative Therapy)”
In this two-part series Dr. Richard Mollica of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma will introduce the H.E.A.R.T. model of care in working with survivors of torture. Dr. Mollica will describe the H.E.A.R.T. model and how the concepts contained in it may provide a different way of thinking about therapy with survivors of torture. Attendees will be given the tools they need for hearing the survivor’s story and understand its importance as an element of healing. This series will also feature two clinicians who will share their insights on working with survivors of torture using different models. One who has used the HEART model in a clinical setting and one who uses a trauma sensitive meditation instruction approach.
Description:
In this first session of our Measured Impact Webinar (MIW) mini-course, “Therapy for Refugees and Torture Survivors: New H.E.A.R.T. (Healing Environment and Restorative Therapy)” Dr. Richard Mollica of the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma introduces the H.E.A.R.T. model of care in working with survivors of torture. Dr. Mollica describes the H.E.A.R.T. model and how the concepts contained in it may provide a different way of thinking about therapy with survivors of torture. Attendees were given tools for hearing the survivor’s story and understanding its importance as an element of healing.
This webinar is now available with closed captioning.
Presenter:
- Richard F. Mollica
Objectives:
Staff of all disciplines are encouraged to attend. After the MIW, you will be able to:
- Understand the magnitude of mental health problems for refugees
- Describe Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and how it relates to working with survivors of torture
- Articulate the basic principles of hearing the trauma story
- Identify the key components of the H.E.A.R.T. model for therapy
Part 2 of this Series:
The second session of this two-part series will feature a conversation with Dr. Sebastian Ssempijja, Ph.D. CEO/Clinic Director, Sebastian Family Psychology Practice, LLC, and Laura Morrissette MA, LMHC, a therapist with the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT) who will use case studies to share their insights on using the H.E.A.R.T. model in a clinical setting and how it might compare with using a trauma sensitive meditation instruction approach. Click here to watch.
Resources:
- Mollica, R.F. (2000) Invisible wounds: Waging a new kind of war. Scientific American, 282 (6), 54-57
- Mollica, R.F. (2014) The New H5 Model. Trauma and Recovery: A Summary
- Cochrane website: https://www.cochrane.org/
- From EvidentlyCochrane.net: “Cochrane Reviews are systematic reviews of primary research in human health care and health policy, and are internationally recognized as the highest standard in evidencebased health care. They investigate the effects of interventions for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. They also assess the accuracy of a diagnostic test for a given condition in a specific patient group and setting. They are published online in The Cochrane Library.”
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