A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Work with Asylum Seekers and Refugees

A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Work with Asylum Seekers and Refugees

A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Work with Asylum Seekers and Refugees

A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Work with Asylum Seekers and Refugees

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Overview

The need to support refugees has never been more urgent, but how can everyone working with them provide consistently effective care? Written for a range of professionals including therapists, teachers, social workers, housing support workers and healthcare professionals, this essential guide offers a holistic, person-centred framework to ensure that all those working with refugees to provide them with excellent support.

Informed by the authors' direct work with refugees, the book starts with a comprehensive introduction to understanding the underlying issues that lead to the complex needs of an asylum seeking client group. Using an easy-to-follow 'what?', 'why?' and 'how?' structure, within the four key phases of refugee experience. It also shows professionals how to sensitively address trauma, loss and separation with clients who are adjusting to a foreign culture and language using three core principles (therapeutic relationship, bearing witness and psycho-education).

Informed and accessible, this guide will help you create a safe, welcoming environment for asylum seekers in all stages of their journey to improve their psychosocial wellbeing and mental health.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781784503345
Publisher: Kingsley, Jessica Publishers
Publication date: 12/14/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 176
Sales rank: 592,738
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Angelina Jalonen and Paul Cilia La Corte are integrative counsellors who hold Masters in Refugee Care. Since 2011 they have been working together to develop The Refugee Council's therapeutic framework for refugees in the UK.
Paul Cilia La Corte (MBACP) is an integrative counsellor who holds a Masters in Refugee Care from the University of Essex. Paul is a senior therapist at Refugee Council and coordinates the men's therapeutic services. Over the last 5 years Paul has been working closely with Angelina to develop a specialised therapeutic framework that is culturally competent. This emphasises a psychosocial approach that is tailored to respond to the multiple and complex needs of asylum seekers and refugees.
Angelina Jalonen (MBACP) is an integrative counsellor and therapeutic supervisor who holds a Masters in Refugee Care from the University of Essex. Angelina has worked directly with asylum seekers and refugees for over 16 years, advocating and supporting them to navigate the complex asylum system in the UK. She has managed the Therapeutic Services at Refugee Council for over 5 years, where she has successfully designed various psychosocial programmes to respond to their needs. Angelina regularly lectures at universities on effective ways of working with asylum seekers and refugees.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement. Preface - How to work with this book effectively. Introduction. Part One - Understanding: the refugee phenomena. 1. The 4 phases of refugee experience. 2. Refugee trauma: loss and separation. 3. Refugee mental health. 4. Host country acculturalisation. 5. The complex and multiple level of needs. 6. Self-identity: resilience, strengths and ability to cope. Part Two - The working framework. 7. Refugee Therapeutic care model (RTC model). 8. Cultural competence and cultural humility. 9. Psychosocial and multidisciplinary approach. Part Three - Self-reflective practice and self-care. 10. The victim triangle. 11. A reflective approach. 12. Clinical supervision. Conclusions.
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