Mentalno zdravlje izbjeglica i tražitelja azila - predavanja na Filozofskom fakultetu u Zagrebu
Odsjek za psihologiju Filozofskog fakulteta u Zagrebu u suradnji s Hrvatskim društvom za traumatski stres poziva na radionicu i predavanje o radu na području mentalnog zdravlja izbjeglica i tražitelja azila.
Radionicu pod nazivom Cross-cultural delivery of mental health services for refugees održati će Andrew Kritovich 13. lipnja 2016. od 9 do 13 sati u konferencijskoj dvorani na Filozofskom fakultetu. Radionica je namijenjena stručnjacima u području mentalnog rada koji neposredno rade s izbjeglicama i azilantima u Hrvatskoj. Broj mjesta na radionici je ograničen.
Predavanje će održati Beth Farmer na temu Considerations for mental health care for refugees and asylum seekers, 13. lipnja 2016 od 18 do 20 sati u konferencijskoj dvorani Filozofskog fakulteta. Radionica i predavanje će se održati na engleskom jeziku, bez prevođenja. Sudjelovanje je besplatno, uz prijavu na sljedeće poveznice: prijava za radionicu - https://goo.gl/whCvFB ; prijava za predavanje - https://goo.gl/aFFlSw .
Predavanje:
Beth Farmer
International Counseling and Community Services, Seattle, USA
Considerations for mental health care for refugees and asylum seekers
Lecture summary
This lecture focuses on how to design and deliver mental health care for refugees and asylum seekers. Topics include understanding the triple trauma paradigm that most refugees and asylum seekers experience, the difference in the meaning of mental health across cultures, important assessment areas, standardized assessments that may be useful, treatment approaches, and useful tips for successful delivery of care. The model is based on the practices of International Counseling and Community Services (ICCS), a mental health care clinic for refugees and asylum seekers in Seattle. ICCS serves over 4,000 individuals a year with programs that include behavioral health, complex medical case management, torture treatment, and community support services.
The goal of this session is to give participants practical and useful tips that have proven to be effective across cultures. There will be time for questions so that participants can discuss and explore the concerns and challenges they are currently facing.
Beth Farmer is a licensed clinical social worker in Seattle. She received her master’s degree in social work from the University of Washington. Beth has worked for over 20 years in the field of social work, focusing on women’s reproductive health and in the last decade, works with refugees from different cultures. She currently directs International Counseling and Community Services and is also the manager of the Northwest Health and Human Rights program, which provides legal assistance and medical and mental health care to survivors of torture. She is one of the authors of the widely used Refugee Health Screener (RHS-15) which has been translated to numerous languages. Beth has won numerous awards for her work including the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders Award.
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Radionica:
Andrew Kritovich
Lutheran Community Services Northwest, Seattle, USA
Cross-cultural delivery of mental health services for refugees
Workshop summary
This session focuses on how we can best deliver services cross-culturally and how we can build a culturally responsive program for asylum seekers and refugees. We will explore why culture matters and how it can create barriers in service delivery. This session hopes to motivate participants to be more culturally curious, while discussing how service providers can build an intercultural identity that unites staff around common goals while respecting and honoring the subcultural identity of staff and clients. It is designed to increase the cultural responsiveness while serving and interacting with clients from different cultural background. One of the goals is to heighten awareness of cultural differences that exist between providers and population they serve.
The session will include interactive exercises that will help audience to understand own cultures, perspectives, biases, beliefs so that needs of individuals we serve can be met. We will emphasize the benefits of celebrating cultural differences in serving refugees.
Andrew Kritovich was born in Lviv, Ukraine; he came to the USA as religious refugee in 1999 together with his family. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from the Northwest University and he is licensed mental health counselor. Andrew has more than 20 years of experience working in a variety of settings focusing on counseling, client advocacy and community empowerment for refugees, immigrants, minority population, inmates of the penitentiary system, individuals without permanent housing, victims of the domestic violence, substance abuse and other vulnerable population. Working for many years with clients of different ethnic, religious and racial background, he has developed a sensitive multicultural approach in addressing clients’ needs.
Radionicu pod nazivom Cross-cultural delivery of mental health services for refugees održati će Andrew Kritovich 13. lipnja 2016. od 9 do 13 sati u konferencijskoj dvorani na Filozofskom fakultetu. Radionica je namijenjena stručnjacima u području mentalnog rada koji neposredno rade s izbjeglicama i azilantima u Hrvatskoj. Broj mjesta na radionici je ograničen.
Predavanje će održati Beth Farmer na temu Considerations for mental health care for refugees and asylum seekers, 13. lipnja 2016 od 18 do 20 sati u konferencijskoj dvorani Filozofskog fakulteta. Radionica i predavanje će se održati na engleskom jeziku, bez prevođenja. Sudjelovanje je besplatno, uz prijavu na sljedeće poveznice: prijava za radionicu - https://goo.gl/whCvFB ; prijava za predavanje - https://goo.gl/aFFlSw .
Predavanje:
Beth Farmer
International Counseling and Community Services, Seattle, USA
Considerations for mental health care for refugees and asylum seekers
Lecture summary
This lecture focuses on how to design and deliver mental health care for refugees and asylum seekers. Topics include understanding the triple trauma paradigm that most refugees and asylum seekers experience, the difference in the meaning of mental health across cultures, important assessment areas, standardized assessments that may be useful, treatment approaches, and useful tips for successful delivery of care. The model is based on the practices of International Counseling and Community Services (ICCS), a mental health care clinic for refugees and asylum seekers in Seattle. ICCS serves over 4,000 individuals a year with programs that include behavioral health, complex medical case management, torture treatment, and community support services.
The goal of this session is to give participants practical and useful tips that have proven to be effective across cultures. There will be time for questions so that participants can discuss and explore the concerns and challenges they are currently facing.
Beth Farmer is a licensed clinical social worker in Seattle. She received her master’s degree in social work from the University of Washington. Beth has worked for over 20 years in the field of social work, focusing on women’s reproductive health and in the last decade, works with refugees from different cultures. She currently directs International Counseling and Community Services and is also the manager of the Northwest Health and Human Rights program, which provides legal assistance and medical and mental health care to survivors of torture. She is one of the authors of the widely used Refugee Health Screener (RHS-15) which has been translated to numerous languages. Beth has won numerous awards for her work including the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leaders Award.
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Radionica:
Andrew Kritovich
Lutheran Community Services Northwest, Seattle, USA
Cross-cultural delivery of mental health services for refugees
Workshop summary
This session focuses on how we can best deliver services cross-culturally and how we can build a culturally responsive program for asylum seekers and refugees. We will explore why culture matters and how it can create barriers in service delivery. This session hopes to motivate participants to be more culturally curious, while discussing how service providers can build an intercultural identity that unites staff around common goals while respecting and honoring the subcultural identity of staff and clients. It is designed to increase the cultural responsiveness while serving and interacting with clients from different cultural background. One of the goals is to heighten awareness of cultural differences that exist between providers and population they serve.
The session will include interactive exercises that will help audience to understand own cultures, perspectives, biases, beliefs so that needs of individuals we serve can be met. We will emphasize the benefits of celebrating cultural differences in serving refugees.
Andrew Kritovich was born in Lviv, Ukraine; he came to the USA as religious refugee in 1999 together with his family. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from the Northwest University and he is licensed mental health counselor. Andrew has more than 20 years of experience working in a variety of settings focusing on counseling, client advocacy and community empowerment for refugees, immigrants, minority population, inmates of the penitentiary system, individuals without permanent housing, victims of the domestic violence, substance abuse and other vulnerable population. Working for many years with clients of different ethnic, religious and racial background, he has developed a sensitive multicultural approach in addressing clients’ needs.