Healing and Human Rights: A Blog by the Center for Victims of Torture
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Wangui Wanjiru, psychosocial counselor, CVT Nairobi, writes about her work with Rosa, a client who began rebuilding her life and better supporting and connecting with her daughter after tele-counseling.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Habiba Huka, counseling supervisor, CVT Nairobi, writes about the remarkable and steady progress made by a client whose care included tele-counseling.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Global Health
Sabrina Roowala, MPH, program evaluation specialist, and Jennifer Esala, Ph.D., research associate, made interesting discoveries as they analyzed research results from before and after CVT’s U.S. programs moved to telehealth as a result of the pandemic.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Authors Andrea Cárcamo, Leora Hudak, Urmy Shukla and Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva describe CVT’s work to address the secondary trauma and resiliency needs of legal service providers on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Las autoras Andrea Cárcamo, asesora principal de políticas, Leora Hudak, especialista en bienestar del personal y salud mental, Urmy Shukla, asesora de evaluación de programas, y Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva describen el trabajo que CVT está llevando a cabo para enfrentar el trauma secundario y enseñar la importancia de resiliencia de los proveedores de servicios legales en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic arrived, the CVT Ethiopia-Gambella team acted quickly to care for clients and implement new processes.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Alison Beckman, MSW, LICSW, senior clinician for external relations, writes about a visit to Casa Alitas in Tucson in preparation for extending new forms of care.
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Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Posted in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
The CVT team working in the Tigray region of Ethiopia shares messages of hope from counselors and clients.
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Monday, June 7, 2021
Noor Al-Sagher, tele-mental health therapist/trainer, Survivor of Torture Initiative, writes about her work with survivors of sexual torture, saying “every case of recovery is an achievement of humanity.”
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