Counselling and therapy with refugees and victims of trauma : psychological problems of victims of war, torture, and repression / Guus van der Veer.
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Chichester ; New York :
John Wiley,
©1998.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- The Experiences of Refugees
- Traumatization and uprooting
- Not all refugees seek help
- Three phases of traumatization
- The first phase: increasing political repression
- The second phase: major traumatic experiences
- The third phase: exile
- Uprooting
- Adaptation to the new cultural environment
- Traumatization and Uprooting: Theoretical Views
- The psychiatric classification approach
- The developmental psychology approach
- The psychodynamic approach
- The family therapy approach
- The learning theory approach
- The cognitive approach
- Diagnostic Appraisal
- Diagnostic appraisal as a regulative cycle
- Which information is needed?
- Diagnostic tools
- The diagnostic interview
- The content of the first interviews
- The use of various approaches
- Final remarks
- Working with Cultural Differences
- The refugee and the Western therapist
- Communication problems
- Language problems and misunderstanding
- Working with interpreters
- Recommendations
- Treatment Goals and the Therapeutic Relationship
- Treatment goals
- Establishing a therapeutic relationship
- Overcoming an ambivalent attitude
- Treatment of Crises and Symptoms
- Crisis intervention
- Supportive techniques
- Psychotherapeutic techniques aimed at such symptoms as nightmares and flashbacks
- Restoring Emotional Stability
- Discussing traumatic experiences
- The testimony method
- The techniques of uncovering psychotherapy
- Improvisation
- Guidelines for choosing therapeutic techniques
- Victims of Sexual Violence.