Full Description
Psychological Support for Refugee Adolescents demonstrates the therapeutic powers of the expressive arts to address the specific needs of adolescent refugees in a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive way.
Bridging the gaps in guidance on support for refugee adolescents, this essential resource integrates neuroscience, trauma theory and creative interventions and provides tools for readers to use in both clinical and non-clinical settings. Chapters are organised into sections tailored to supporting the professionals involved in care for adolescent refugees, including both psychotherapists and non-psychotherapists, with practical advice that is accessible across disciplines. Through richly detailed case studies featuring diverse refugee experiences, this book demonstrates how creative modalities, including visual arts, music, movement, and sports, can be expertly tailored to honour cultural contexts while also addressing trauma symptoms, sleep disturbances, isolation and other challenges.
An essential read for any professional involved in support for adolescent refugees, this book will also be of interest to arts and expressive therapists and mental health practitioners more broadly.
Contents
Introduction 1. The Impact of the Adolescent Migration Trajectory 2. Stress and the Developing Refugee Adolescent Brain 3. Reframing Adolescent Refugee Mental Health as Well-Being: Optimising Help-seeking Opportunities and Overcoming Stigma 4. A Trauma-informed, Therapeutic Approach for all Professionals working with Refugee Adolescents 5. Expressive Arts in Psychotherapy with Traumatised Refugee Adolescents 6. Integrating the Expressive Arts into Non-clinical Psychosocial Support for Adolescent Refugees 7. Introduction to the Case Studies 8. Daahir's Story: Developing a Mental Health Toolbox and Healing Trauma through the Expressive Arts 9. Nabeel's Story: Learning to Feel Again 10. Anastasiya's Story: Being Supported to Cope with Sleep Disturbances and Nightmares 11. Creative Connections: Omar's journey from Isolation to Community through Football-themed Group Youth Work and Individual Psychotherapy 12. Ovie's Story: Voices Beyond the Silence: Collective Healing for Displaced Youth 13. Working with Interpreters to Support Refugee Adolescents 14. Self-care through the Expressive Arts 15. Activity Locator: Finding Expressive Arts Tools by Need and Chapter Conclusions
