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Para terapia : therapy@brendapunsky.org

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IDENTIFY POPULATION

Learn how to identify unaccompanied migrant children and asylum-seeking families.

STRESSORS, CHALLENGES & NEEDS

Deepen knowledge about their specific psychosocial stressors, challenges, and needs (including legal, medical, mental health, and concrete) the patient may be currently facing

COMPLEX ETHICAL ISSUES

Receive support in navigating complex ethical issues;

LEGAL, SOCIAL & ECONOMICAL CONTEXTS

Deepen understanding of the general legal, social, and economic contexts that forced their client to migrate from their country of origin

IMMIGRATION PROCESSES

Understand the immigration policies and legal processes affecting their patient;

COMPLEXITY OF TRAUMA SOURCES

Better understand the complexity of trauma sources and their manifestation in this population;

BENEFITS OF MENTORING

UNDERSTAND IMPACT OF TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES

Better understand the potentially profound impact that traumatic experiences has had on their clients' mental health and lives. Understanding this helps craft more compelling and effective legal arguments, emphasizing the necessity of the legal relief being sought for clients.

IDENTIFYING SIGNS OF TRAUMA AND DISTRESS

Learn to identify signs of trauma and distress in their clients, including common symptoms of complex PTSD, anxiety, and depression.

IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND TRUST

Improve their ability to communicate and build trust with clients who may be reluctant to share their experiences—or who may have different cultural expectations and communication styles—while avoiding the client's re-traumatization

CULTURAL SENSITIVE CARE

Enhance cultural humility by receiving nuanced insights into the diverse backgrounds and values of migrant populations, enabling providers to deliver more culturally sensitive care

PROVIDER'S MENTAL HEALTH

Explore the impact of doing this work on the legal services provider's own mental health; and

PREVENTING SECONDARY TRAUMA AND COMPASSION FATIGUE

Identify strategies for preventing or managing secondary trauma and compassion fatigue while working in this demanding field.

Mental Health Providers​

 

​Clinical supervision helps providers: 

  1. Deepen understanding of the general legal, social, and economic contexts that forced their client to migrate from their country of origin;

  2. Deepen knowledge about their specific psychosocial stressors, challenges, and needs (including legal, medical, mental health, and concrete) the patient may be currently facing;

  3. Understand the immigration policies and legal processes affecting their patient;

  4. Receive support in navigating complex ethical issues;

  5. Better understand the complexity of trauma sources and their manifestation in this population;

  6. Deepen knowledge about providing trauma-informed mental health services, and about tailored therapeutic strategies/interventions;

  7. Enhance ability to identify signs of trauma and distress in patients, including symptoms of complex PTSD, anxiety, and depression, attachment-related disorders, etc.;​

  8. Improve the ability to communicate and build trust with patients who may be reluctant to share their experiences—or who may have different cultural expectations and communication styles—while avoiding the patient's re-traumatization;

  9. Enhance cultural humility by receiving nuanced insights into the diverse backgrounds and values of migrant populations;

  10. Explore the impact of doing this work on the mental health services provider's own mental health; and

  11. Identifying strategies for preventing or managing secondary trauma and compassion fatigue while working in this demanding field.

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