Family Therapy in Global Humanitarian Contexts: Voices and Issues from the Field (AFTA SpringerBriefs in Family Therapy)

This Book Brings Together A Diverse Set Of Clinicians, Scholars, And Researchers Actively Using Systemic Family Therapy Ideas Within The Context Of Ongoing Or Recent Humanitarian Intervention. The Contributions Focus On Critical Issues Specific To The Practice Of Family Therapy Within Global Mental Health Contexts, With A Particular Attention To The Humanitarian Sphere. Issues Covered Include Treatment Across Cultures And Language Barriers, Work In Settings With Covert And Overt Threats, Practice In Low-resource Situations, And The Creation Of A Family Therapy Program That Relates To Peace-building, Reconciliation, And Post-war Discourse. The Diverse Group Of Authors Contributes Practical Information And Content Specific To The Training, Supervision And/or Delivery Of Family-based Services, And Offer Specific Principles And Recommendations For Family Therapy Practitioners And Researchers. Human Rights And The Role Of Family Therapy Practice In Global Humanitarian Contexts -- Focusing On The Essentials: Delivering Relevant Family Therapy Services In Low-resource/humanitarian Settings -- Family Therapy In Post-war Kosovo: Reforming Cultural Values In New Family Dynamics -- Humanitarianism, Colonization And/or Collaboration? Our Connection As Ugandan-u.s. Counseling And Family Therapy Trainers -- When Fluency Is Insufficient: Developing Multi-lingual Professional Competence: The Ollu Model -- Found In Translation: Issues Of Literal And Cultural Translation And The Transliteration Of Family Therapy Across And Within Borders -- Time, Trauma And Ambiguous Loss: Working With Families With Missing Members In Post-conflict Cyprus -- A Collaborative Approach To Family Therapy Services With Women And Children Refugees In Houston: Moving Toward Rehabilitation In U.s. After Enduring Atrocities Of War -- Family Therapy Training In Libya During The Process Of Rebuilding The State: Professional Challenges And Personal Reflections From A Trainee -- Global And Local Perspectives: Why Working In Humanitarian Context Matters To Us As Family Therapy Trainees In The U.s -- Systemic Family Therapy Practice And Psychosocial Support: Peace-building, Reconciliation And Humanitarian Discourse. Edited By Laurie L. Charlés, Gameela Samarasinghe. Series Foreword 6 Contents 8 1 Introduction to Family Therapy in Global Humanitarian Contexts: Voices and Issues from the Field 10 Introduction 10 The Role of Family Therapy in Low-Resource Settings and with Humanitarian-Affected Populations 13 Analysis of the Forthcoming Chapters: Knowledge Transfer and Trade 14 Description of Each Chapter 15 About This Volume 19 References 20 2 Knowledge Fair Trade 21 Knowledge Fair Trade 21 My Historical and Cultural Conditions as a Reader 24 The Second Arrival of Columbus 25 A Neoliberal Market for Knowledge 26 Subaltern Knowledges 29 Fair Trade 30 Commentaries 32 References 32 3 Humanitarianism, Colonization, and/or Collaboration? Working Together in Uganda and the United States 34 Introduction 34 Placing Our Work in Socio-Political and Historical Context 35 Journeying Together with Caution 35 Humanitarianism, Space, and Place 36 Example: Training to Help Child Soldiers of the Lord’s Resistance Army 38 Example: Unintended Consequences of Aid to Child-Headed Families 38 Toward Collaborative Humanitarianism 39 Example: Community Intervention into Domestic Violence 39 Guiding Principles 41 Conclusion 44 References 44 4 Collaborative Therapy with Women and Children Refugees in Houston: Moving Toward Rehabilitation in the United States After Enduring the Atrocities of War 45 Support Group Work with Refugee Women and Children 45 Needs of Refugee Women and Children 46 Using Collaborative Therapy in Refugee Support Group Work 46 Creating a Dialogical Space 47 The Client Is the Expert 48 The Not-Knowing Stance 51 Resilience, Coping and Support System 52 Conclusion 54 Acknowledgement 55 References 55 5 Ofreciendo Terapia En El Idioma De Preferencia Del Cliente: El Modelo De Preparación Profesional Calificada En Dos Idiomas De Ollu 56 Introduction 56 Bilingualism and Therapy 57 Bilingual/Multilingual Families 58 Cultural and Linguistic Competence 58 The Ollu Psssp Program 59 Development of the Psssp Program 60 Curriculum 61 Interviews with Psssp Graduates 62 Challenges and Recommendations 65 Conclusions 67 References 67 6 Family Therapy in Postwar Kosova: Reforming Cultural Values in New Family Dynamics 69 Introduction 69 Kosova Context 70 Family Approach in Our Postwar Context 71 Case of Ex-combatant Families 72 Case of Parents and Their Adolescent Children: Postwar Families 74 Case Discussion 76 Reflections on Family Therapy Training Programs in Kosova 78 References 80 7 Time, Trauma, and Ambiguous Loss: Working with Families with Missing Members in Postconflict Cyprus 81 Introduction 81 Defining and Deconstructing Terms: PTSD, Ambiguous Loss and Temporality 82 Time as a Crucial Aspect of Agency 84 Sociohistorical Context of Cyprus 84 Clinical Vignette 86 Discussion 87 Importance of Social Support and Gender 87 Working with Internally Displaced Greek Cypriot Families 87 Conclusion 90 References 91 8 Engaging the Humanity in Front of You: Family Therapy Task Shifting in the Context of Armed Conflict 94 Introduction 94 Family Therapy Supervision 95 Description of the International Project 96 Context of the Family Therapy Task-Shifting and Participant Supervision 97 Case Example: Couple Session with a Woman Whose Dreams Silence Her 98 Discussion: From What is Possible to What is Sustainable 103 References 105 9 Family Therapy in Libya: Navigating Uncharted Waters 106 Introduction 106 Reaching Back to Move Forward... 106 Spring: The Time to Deliver... 108 Can I Deliver? 109 An Opportunity Comes Knocking 109 Family Therapy...Really? Now? Here? 110 Role Plays: As Real as It Gets 112 Family Therapy and Politics: Part and Parcel 113 The Versatility of Family Therapy 116 References 117 10 “My Son Is Alive”: Is Family Therapy Appropriate for Families of the Disappeared in Sri Lanka? 118 Introduction 118 Commissions for the Families of the Disappeared 119 Truth for Reconciliation 120 Commissions and the Complexities of Ambiguous Loss 122 Family Therapy for Families of the Disappeared in Sri Lanka 124 Conclusion 126 References 127 11 Kaleidoscopic Shifts: The Development of New Understandings as Therapists “Go and Find out” 128 Where It All Started 128 The First Leap of Faith: The Mongoose Imperative 129 The Second Leap of Faith: Playing With Guilt 131 The Courage to Roll up Our Sleeves: Band-Aids and Bourdain 134 Reconciling International Differences 136 And Who Is My Neighbor? A Global Effort in Raising Awareness and Promoting Change 138 Shifts and Turns: Kaleidoscopic Ends 140 References 141 Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction to Family Therapy in Global Humanitarian Contexts: Voices and Issues from the Field....Pages 1-11 Knowledge Fair Trade....Pages 13-25 Humanitarianism, Colonization, and/or Collaboration? Working Together in Uganda and the United States....Pages 27-37 Collaborative Therapy with Women and Children Refugees in Houston: Moving Toward Rehabilitation in the United States After Enduring the Atrocities of War....Pages 39-49 Ofreciendo Terapia En El Idioma De Preferencia Del Cliente: El Modelo De Preparación Profesional Calificada En Dos Idiomas De Ollu....Pages 51-63 Family Therapy in Postwar Kosova: Reforming Cultural Values in New Family Dynamics....Pages 65-76 Time, Trauma, and Ambiguous Loss: Working with Families with Missing Members in Postconflict Cyprus....Pages 77-89 Engaging the Humanity in Front of You: Family Therapy Task Shifting in the Context of Armed Conflict....Pages 91-102 Family Therapy in Libya: Navigating Uncharted Waters....Pages 103-114 “My Son Is Alive”: Is Family Therapy Appropriate for Families of the Disappeared in Sri Lanka?....Pages 115-124 Kaleidoscopic Shifts: The Development of New Understandings as Therapists “Go and Find out”....Pages 125-138