Power, Resistance and Liberation in Therapy with Survivors of Trauma

Afuape, Taiwo

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“…Providing more accessible and appropriate access to psychotherapy, such as that which can help to create new stories around the experiences of motherhood, and serve to externalise the problem (White, 2007) may be helpful for refugee mothers in making sense of the structural constraints which forced migration can place upon parenting and family life. Psychotherapy that encourages and supports the drawing out of subjugated stories of resistance, survival and post-traumatic growth (Afuape, 2011) in the face of oppression and trauma in the pursuit of protecting one's children and families, may render new possibilities visible to refugee parents. Furthermore, as researchers and clinicians, we are in a prime position to speak out against the practices of our governments that create distress in the lives of refugee parents with whom we might work (Patel, 2003).…”

Section: The Self As a Mothermentioning

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Negotiating motherhood as a refugee: experiences of loss, love, survival and pain in the context of forced migration

Kelly

Nel

Nolte

2016

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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The mental health of refugees has been an increasingly-researched area, but has been criticised for having an individualised and symptom-focused approach to understanding the experience of forced migration. This paper attempts to respond to calls to address this culturally limited and incomplete way of conceptualising responses to experiences of persecution and terror bound up within global hegemony and power inequalities. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was employed to analyse semi-structured interviews undertaken with six refugee mothers, with the aim of exploring how participants made sense of, and created meaning around parenting and family life in the UK. Three main themes emerged from the data analysis (a) loss as a constant companion to parenting; (b) a shifting view of the self as a mother; and (c) taking the good with the bad in family life. Methodological limitations, as well as implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed.

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Section: The Self As a Mothermentioning

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Negotiating motherhood as a refugee: experiences of loss, love, survival and pain in the context of forced migration

Kelly

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Nolte

2016

European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling

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“…Carey-Wood et al, 1995). PTSD is currently perhaps the most popular descriptor of asylum seeker mental health (Afuape, 2011).…”

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In their own words: a synthesis of the qualitative research on the experiences of adults seeking asylum. A systematic review of qualitative findings in forced migration

Hoare

Vidgen

Roberts

2017

Medicine, Conflict and Survival

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Quantitative research indicates that some forced migrants have mental health needs. Asylum seekers are a group of forced migrants applying for asylum status in a host country, and are often subject to rights restrictions and threat of deportation, though little is known about subjective experiences of the asylum journey and process of claiming asylum. The current paper therefore describes a systematic review of the qualitative literature, examining asylum seekers experiences of asylum journey, from country of origin, to arrival and adaptation to host countries. A search of four databases yielded 122 studies. Inclusion/exclusion criteria were applied and 15 studies were retained and critically appraised. The country where research was conducted, study aims, sample characteristics and methodological approaches were all critically reviewed for included studies. Study aims fell into four themes; 'an aspect of the asylum seeker journey'; 'psychological distress and wellbeing'; 'cultural identity and adaptation to new environment' and 'social welfare, employment and housing'. Studies were generally high quality and indicate issues around choice of asylum destination, distress created by uncertainty around asylum decision and hostile reactions of host communities. However, few studies have examined the experiences of asylum seekers specifically, which is important given the unique circumstances of this population.

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“…Within the systemic field, much has been written critiquing and addressing power and diversity in systemic psychotherapy (Afuape, ; Jude, ; McIntosh, ; Natrajan‐Tyagi, ; Tamasese and Waldegreave, ). Participant E's comments about nuclear family structure have also been thoroughly addressed within the literature (Dwivedi, ; Falicov, ; Hardy and McGoldrick, 2008).…”

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Social work reframed? The experiences of social workers applying systemic ideas in child protection

Flynn

2019

Journal of Family Therapy

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The crossover between systemic psychotherapy and social work has received renewed attention in recent years. Expanding numbers of local authorities are commissioning systemic training and encouraging social workers to apply these ideas within the field of child protection. It is therefore vital and timely to listen to social workers’ experiences, in order to attain feedback on how this can best be achieved. This research study interviewed five case‐holding social workers in a London local authority child protection team about their experiences, and used Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to analyse the data. This paper discusses two themes: ‘the importance of the organisation’ and ‘the process of applying learning’. Recommendations for improvements are made for academic and employment organisations from the research findings. The overall argument is that there is a significant opportunity for the field of systemic psychotherapy to learn from and improve the social work field, and vice versa. Practitioner points Organisational stability, clarity and commitment to systemic practice has a significant impact on social workers’ abilities to apply systemic ideas in their practice Social workers value being able to put systemic ideas into practice and learning the ‘doing’ of as well as the ‘thinking’ behind systemic practice Systemic psychotherapy has an opportunity to learn from its application to social work, particularly if applied to diverse workforces, who in turn work with diverse client groups

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Power, Resistance and Liberation in Therapy with Survivors of Trauma

Cited by 55 publications

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Negotiating motherhood as a refugee: experiences of loss, love, survival and pain in the context of forced migration

Negotiating motherhood as a refugee: experiences of loss, love, survival and pain in the context of forced migration

In their own words: a synthesis of the qualitative research on the experiences of adults seeking asylum. A systematic review of qualitative findings in forced migration

Social work reframed? The experiences of social workers applying systemic ideas in child protection

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