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Kenya experienced post-election violence in 2007/2008; leaving 1,113 people dead and over 650,000 people displaced from their homes. The purpose of the study therefore, was assessment of effectiveness of Virginia Satir’s Model in trauma recovery of 2007/08 Post Election Violence Integrated Internally Displaced Persons in Thika Sub County in Kiambu County. The study used quasi-experimental research design in which the researcher used Solomon’s Four Non-equivalent Control Group Design. The researcher sampled 125 participants from the accessible 240 Integrated Internally Displaced Persons from Kiandutu, Kiganjo, Gachagi and Umoja slum villages in Thika Sub County who formed the four groups of study. The control groups were taken through regular counseling model while the experimental groups were exposed to Virginia Satir’s Model. Quantitative methods of data analysis involving the use of Analysis of Variance and t-test was used to list statistical significant difference within and among means in the posttest scores for the groups. Computations were conducted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21 for windows. The researcher established that the Virginia Satir’s Model had minimal effect on enhancing coping mechanisms among IIDPs.

Kakuma refugee camp is currently the home of 196,666 people who fled from their various countries due to civil war and organized violence. Young people form 20% of this population. These young people live with constant reminders of negative memories of their traumatic experience. Against this background, this study sought to assess the young people’s traumatic stress with the use of post-traumatic stress disorder checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) tool. The study adopted narrative exposure therapy framework and intervention for traumatic stress management. The study used quasi-experimental research design whereby the researcher adopted a non-equivalent groups design. This design involved one treatment group and one control group. The study sampled 110 participants through multistage cluster and proportionate sampling. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data with the aid of statistical programme for social sciences (SPSS) version 23. Independent sample t-test was used to list the statistical significant differences between the means in the pre-test and post-test scores for the groups. The researcher established that Narrative exposure therapy intervention was effective in management of memory intrusion symptoms of traumatic stress among young people in Kakuma division, Turkana County of Kenya.