Humanitarian Crises Response resources - latest addition
Working with interpreters in a therapeutic setting
Author: Millay Vann, with thanks to Dr Kerry Young, Dr Sameena Akbar, Dr Eileen Walsh.
Affiliation: Woodfield Trauma Service, Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS. The Woodfield Trauma service is an evidence based psychological therapy service for refugees who have experienced trauma. It is part of the publicly funded National Health Service (NHS) in England in the UK. This training was commissioned by the EABCT’s Humanitarian Crises response working group, as it is recognised that many individuals who have experienced a humanitarian crises will be displaced and seeing therapists who speak a different language from their own.
It delivers best practice information and examples for you to adapt in your country/setting. It will be helpful to watch this session alongside Kerry Young’s training session on ‘Trauma focused treatments for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in refugees and asylum seekers‘ which challenges all of us to overcome our own worries and concerns about our abilities to work therapeutically with refugees and asylum seekers – You can do it, and please do!!
