{"product_id":"groupwork-with-refugees-and-survivors-of-human-rights-abuses-9781032043883","title":"Groupwork with Refugees and Survivors of Human","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGroupwork with Refugees and Survivors of Human Rights Abuses\u003c\/em\u003e describes, explores and promotes the power of groupwork for refugees and survivors of human rights abuses in a range of contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on multiple theoretical approaches, the book features chapters from practitioners running groups in different settings, such as torture rehabilitation services, refugee camps, and reception centres. The voices of participants demonstrate the variety, creativity, and value of group and community approaches for recovery. The editors have gathered chapters into three sections covering: community-based approaches; groups that work through the medium of body and soul; and group approaches that focus on change through the spoken word. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will be relevant to those working in rehabilitation, community, mental health, and humanitarian fields and are interested in using groupwork as part of their services.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Open Access version of this book, avail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an exceptional and authoritative book that appears at the appropriate time, to help all of us grasp the complexities of human suffering resulting from the adversities of various forms of involuntarily dislocation and human rights violations, from a wide variety of perspectives. Its encyclopaedic, almost, scope provides a broad vision of effective interventions in many different contexts and settings, all over the world. Combining theory and practice, the book is written by committed practitioners, generously sharing their expertise and experiences, but also their sincere reflections about their work. The book will be a welcome resource for everyone working in these fields as well as for the informed readers who wish to obtain a thoughtful update on the current developments of these interventions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Renos K Papadopoulos, \u003cem\u003ePhD, University of Essex. Clinical Psychologist, Family Therapist and Jungian psychoanalyst; author of Involuntary Dislocation. Home, Trauma, Resilience and Adversity-Activated Development\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFraming the injustices against torture survivors, including asylum seekers, as moral transgressions requiring moral responses, this book brings together a collection of varied and powerful group practice examples of such responses. Togetherness, in group-based and community-based work with survivors, is exemplified as both a metaphor and as a means to foster solidarity against injustice, human connection, awareness-raising and collective action, towards the restoration of the human dignity of survivors and towards justice. In an era of individualising, pathologising psychological therapies being heralded as solutions to all forms of trauma, this book reminds us of the immense creativity and power of groupwork in enabling change beyond the individual. It is a timely and an invaluable resource for all those working with refugees and survivors of human rights abuses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNimisha Patel, \u003ci\u003eProfessor of Clinical Psychology, University of East London and Director of International Centre for Health and Human Rights, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a practitioner based in Sri Lanka, this collected volume was one I wanted to immediately share with my colleagues. Drawing from practice across diverse contexts - from Zimbabwe to Tunisia, from the UK to Uganda - the book brings together a truly global set of contributions that are accessible, descriptive and genuinely inspiring. The chapters give us an account of the underlying theories of change and values that guide these processes. Crucially, many also provide us with vital details about how these are responding to the wider events and socio-political processes that the participants of groupwork have to navigate in their daily lives - and underscore the importance of organic connections between approaches, context and the people involved in this work. The voices and views of the people whose experiences drive the groupwork are consistently and actively represented throughout, as are the different traditions and epistemologies that the approaches draw from. The contrasts between the diverse settings and approaches are largely implicit, but are very present and tangible to the reader, greatly enriching their experience. This collected volume is truly relevant to a global audience, offering meaningful insights into therapeutic groupwork approaches that have a lot to teach practitioners in any context. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnanda Galappatti, \u003ci\u003eDirector of Strategy, MHPSS.net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat a book! So much material, so many examples of hope emerging out of coming to terms with painful tragedy.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThe Contributors to this title have brought to life the challenges, and the joys of helping people to find their inner resources to cope with perhaps the worst of human experience – violent inhumanity. This is achieved by offering the reader examples of what has made a personal difference from groupwork projects around the world. The power of the group experience is revealed in many ways as people spend time together, seeking a way forward and offering each other support and encouragement. There is something fundamentally enhancing to the person through positive and constructive group experience.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThis title is impressive and inspiring, offering examples of how the best of human experience can help people to find new lives after experiencing the worst of humanity.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAnd on a lighter note: from reading this book I now understand the therapeutic power of sprouting broccoli. You will have to read it as well to discover this. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Bryant-Jefferies, \u003cem\u003eauthor, \u003c\/em\u003eCounselling Victims of Warfare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe absolute joy in this book, is its accessibility and practical application for humanitarian practitioners engaged in groupwork with refugees and survivors of human rights abuses. The sheer geographic breadth of examples from Peru, Uganda, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Kosovo, and the UK amongst other contexts, demonstrates the electric and creative work happening at a local level in countries hosting refugees - whether they are persons recently displaced, in transit or navigating legal asylum application systems in host countries. The case studies illuminate effective, culturally-relevant and alternative group (therapeutic) approaches that counter-balance and challenge the harmful dominance of the ‘Western and individualised’ medical mental health model. This book is recommended reading for anyone, working within and outside of humanitarian contexts, who wishes to harness the positive aspects of group approaches to support refugees and survivors of human rights abuses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Harrison,\u003ci\u003e Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Practitioner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis text\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eopens us up to the power of collectiveness and how practitioners have applied the group approach to support individuals and communities heal and overcome emotional difficulties, suffered as a result of rights violations and abuse. The Book is a rich collection of exemplars, showcasing the work of community-based practitioners that have been carefully selected from a diverse range of countries. The context where interventions were implemented, range from conflict, displacement and torture, hence enabling the reader to relate groupwork approaches with the unique needs of these communities. Each book chapter presents a very unique country context which enables the reader to broaden their understanding of groupwork and how it can be applied in multiple contexts. From Zimbabwe to Peru, the authors share lived experiences of survivors and their sheer will to overcome adversity, rebuild their lives and support one another to regain their esteem, by working together in groups. For a researcher looking to learn more about the collective healing power of groupwork, to the practitioner eager to deliver low cost community appropriate interventions, \u003ci\u003ethe Power of Togetherness \u003c\/i\u003eis an invaluable resource.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Onyango Mangen\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChief Executive Officer REPSSI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a very welcome addition to the literature; it is innovative in that it brings together a wealth of information from a number of countries about group and community work in relation to human rights. It is written in an accessible style, is broad in its scope and provides a range of diverse illustrative examples. The reader will learn a lot about varied projects and the power of this work. The chapters are written by people bringing a range of skills and creative thinking and it may encourage others to take part in this important work. The richness of the content of this book will be very useful to anyone concerned about human rights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRachel Tribe, \u003ci\u003eProfessor of Applied Psychology, University of East London, UK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword. Boris Drožđek; \u003cb\u003eIntroduction. \u003c\/b\u003eThe Editors; \u003cb\u003e1. Group and Community Approaches: A response to the barriers of institutional racism in the UK asylum system. \u003c\/b\u003eRobin Ewart-Biggs; \u003cb\u003eSECTION 1 – Building communities; 2. Tree of Life Zimbabwe: Community-Based Trauma Healing. \u003c\/b\u003eLynn Walker, Eugenia Mpande, Susan Wyatt; \u003cb\u003e3. Listen to Our Voices: Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST); 4. \"We all together carry the suffering now\": Community supports after enforced disappearances in Perú. \u003c\/b\u003eMiryam Rivera-Holguín, Victoria Cavero, Jozef Corveleyn, Lucia De Haene\u003cb\u003e; 5. What is the use of talking when I can’t feed my children? TPO Uganda’s integrated approach to supporting refugees. \u003c\/b\u003eGrace Obalim, Caleb Tukahiirwa, Letitia Biira Birungi, Elias Manirakiza; \u003cb\u003e6. Home Away from Home: Healing among Congolese refugees in Rwanda through community-based sociotherapy. \u003c\/b\u003eTheophile Sewimfura, Emmanuel Sarabwe, Annemiek Richters; \u003cb\u003e7\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eWomen and Girls Safe Spaces: The power of feminist social groupwork in humanitarian settings, \u003c\/b\u003eMelanie Megevand, Micah Williams, Laura Marchesini; \u003cb\u003e8. A Therapeutic Community for Survivors of Torture and Human Rights Abuses. \u003c\/b\u003eRoom to Heal; \u003cb\u003e9. The Use of \u003ci\u003eGroupes de Parole\u003c\/i\u003e as a Medium for Change\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein the Tunisian Penal System: Confronting institutional violence in a context of democratic transition. \u003c\/b\u003eMark Fish, Rim Ben Ismail; \u003cb\u003e10. Author Discussion: Building Communities; SECTION 2 - ‘Body and Soul’; 11. Adversity, Therapeutic Witnessing and the Arts. \u003c\/b\u003eEnda Moclair; \u003cb\u003e12. A Move Towards Groupwork: Addressing Complex PTSD in Survivors of Torture through Trauma-Sensitive\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eYoga and LGBTQ Peer Support Groups. \u003c\/b\u003eAisling Hearns; \u003cb\u003e13. Homelands and New Lands: Artmaking with refugee survivors of human rights abuses.\u003c\/b\u003e Amanda Bingley, Emma Rose, Macarena Rioseco; \u003cb\u003e14. The Art of Healing in a Transitory Context: Groupwork with people seeking asylum in asylum centres in Kosovo. \u003c\/b\u003eArdiana Bytyçi, Malisa Zymberi, Besnik Rustemi, Ejona Miraka Icka, Feride Rushiti; \u003cb\u003e15. Stone Flowers: A Music Group with Refugee Survivors of Torture. \u003c\/b\u003eChristine Adcock, Jude Boyles, Lis Murphy, Emmanuela Yogolelo; \u003cb\u003e16. Seeds of Hope. \u003c\/b\u003eMary Raphaely, Martha Orbach; \u003cb\u003e17. Football Therapy Groups for Survivors of Torture. \u003c\/b\u003eTerry Hanley; \u003cb\u003e18. Author Discussion: Body and Soul; SECTION 3 – Together through Talk; 19. Healing through Connecting: The life of a Tamil-English therapy group for male survivors of torture. \u003c\/b\u003eKirsten Lamb; \u003cb\u003e20. Connecting Hearts and Minds: A faith-sensitive psychosocial group model. \u003c\/b\u003eWeihui Wang; \u003cb\u003e21. Sew to Speak: Common Threads Project Psychotherapy Circles. \u003c\/b\u003eRachel Cohen; \u003cb\u003e22. Voicing the Unspoken. Support our Sisters: A model of groupwork for women affected by female genital mutilation. \u003c\/b\u003ePeggy Mulongo; \u003cb\u003e23. Author Discussion: Together through Talk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018809147735,"sku":"9781032043883","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032043883.jpg?v=1750778227","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/groupwork-with-refugees-and-survivors-of-human-rights-abuses-9781032043883","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}