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A practical guide to therapeutic work with asylum-seekers and refugees : 9781785920738 / Angelina Jalonen and Paul Cilia La Corte ; foreword by Jerry Clore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jalonen, Angelina, author.
- Cilia La Corte, Paul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refugees--Counseling of.
- Refugees.
- Political refugees--Counseling of.
- Political refugees.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Preface: how to work with this book effectively
- Introduction
- Refugee background
- Understanding the refugee experience
- The refugee experience
- Loss and separation
- Host country aculturalisation
- The complex and multiple level of needs
- Self-identity and human resilience
- Refugee trauma and mental health
- Three core principals
- The therapeutic relationship
- Bearing witness
- Psycho-education
- Building on strengths and resilience through community engagement
- Reflective practice and self care
- Self reflective practice and self care
- Working with interpreters
- Working with separated asylum seeking children
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
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