Groupwork with refugees and survivors of human rights abuses : the power of togetherness / edited by Jude Boyles, Robin Ewart-Biggs, Rebecca Horn, and Kirsten Lamb.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1: Group and community approaches: A response to the barriers of institutional racism in the UK asylum system -- Section 1: Building communities -- Chapter 2: Tree of Life Zimbabwe: Community-based trauma healing -- Chapter 3: Listen to our voices -- Chapter 4: “We all together carry the suffering now”: Community supports after enforced disappearances in Peru -- Chapter 5: What is the use of talking when I can’t feed my children? TPO Uganda’s integrated approach to supporting refugees -- Chapter 6: Home away from home: Healing among Congolese refugees in Rwanda through community-based sociotherapy -- Chapter 7: Women and Girls Safe Spaces: The power of feminist social groupwork in humanitarian settings -- Chapter 8: A therapeutic community for survivors of torture and human rights abuses -- Chapter 9: The use of groupes de parole as a medium for change in the Tunisian penal system: Confronting institutional violence in a context of democratic transition -- Chapter 10: Author discussion: Building communities -- Section 2: ‘Body and soul’ -- Chapter 11: Adversity, therapeutic witnessing and the arts -- Chapter 12: A move towards groupwork: Addressing Complex PTSD in survivors of torture through Trauma-Sensitive Yoga and LGBTQ Peer Support Groups -- Chapter 13: Homelands and new lands: Artmaking with refugee survivors of human rights abuses -- Chapter 14: The art of healing in a transitory context: Groupwork with people seeking asylum in asylum centres in Kosovo -- Chapter 15: Stone Flowers: A music group with refugee survivors of torture -- Chapter 16: Seeds of hope -- Chapter 17: Football therapy groups for survivors of torture -- Chapter 18: Author discussion: Body and Soul -- Section 3: Together through talk -- Chapter 19: Healing through connecting: The life of a Tamil–English therapy group for male survivors of torture -- Chapter 20: Connecting hearts and minds: A faith-sensitive psychosocial group model -- Chapter 21: Sew to speak: Common Threads Project psychotherapy circles -- Chapter 22: Voicing the unspoken: Support Our Sisters: a model of groupwork for women affected by female genital mutilation -- Chapter 23: Author discussion: Together through talk

"Groupwork with Refugees and Survivors of Human Rights Abuses describes, explores and promotes the power of groupwork for refugees and survivors of human rights abuses in a range of contexts. Drawing 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. The 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"-- Provided by publisher.