Healing and Human Rights: A Blog by the Center for Victims of Torture
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights
Noted expert on human rights and international law Sir Nigel Rodley visited CVT to speak with staff, volunteers and board members about his work against torture.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Posted in Human Rights, Global Health
Noor Zada, MENA initiative manager for New Tactics in Jordan, recently participated in the Regional Youth Forum organized by Equitas to promote youth leadership in human rights programs in the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Monday, October 12, 2015
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Global Health, Immigration, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees
In our international projects, our healing work for torture and war trauma survivors is conducted through group counseling. Groups typically meet for 10 weeks. This is the fourth in a series of posts by Veronica Laveta as she follows the counseling group cycle in Jordan. Veronica Laveta is CVT’s clinical advisor for the Jordan project. Read previous entries in this series:
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Friday, October 9, 2015
Posted in Washington, D.C., Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Global Health, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees
For World Mental Health Day 2015, Ann Willhoite, CVT clinical advisor, comments on the importance of mental health care as part of the humanitarian response for survivors of torture as they work to restore their dignity and their lives.
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Monday, October 5, 2015
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Global Health, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees
After building a sense of safety and confidence in the survivors during the first three counseling sessions, we slowly enter the trauma processing phase of the group cycle. In session four, we have them first imagine themselves as birds flying over rivers that represent their lives. They draw their rivers of life, starting with birth, placing symbols and labels for traumatic events and for times when life was calm or happy.
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Monday, September 28, 2015
With trauma, we often lose touch of our bodies. Our breathing and body movements contract, which reduces our ability to cope. With a focused attention breathing exercise, we are helping survivors learn how to calm their thoughts and emotions by paying attention to their breathing. The body map exercise deepens survivors’ awareness of where trauma “lives” in the body and how to use coping strategies and strengths to help counteract the physical and emotional pain.With trauma, we often lose touch of our bodies. Our breathing and body movements contract, which reduces our ability to cope. With a focused attention breathing exercise, we are helping survivors learn how to calm their thoughts and emotions by paying attention to their breathing. The body map exercise deepens survivors’ awareness of where trauma “lives” in the body and how to use coping strategies and strengths to help counteract the physical and emotional pain. - See more at: http://www.cvt.org/blog/healing-and-human-rights/jordan-counseling-group...With trauma, we often lose touch of our bodies. Our breathing and body movements contract, which reduces our ability to cope. With a focused attention breathing exercise, we are helping survivors learn how to calm their thoughts and emotions by paying attention to their breathing. The body map exercise deepens survivors’ awareness of where trauma “lives” in the body and how to use coping strategies and strengths to help counteract the physical and emotional pain. - See more at: http://www.cvt.org/blog/healing-and-human-rights/jordan-counseling-group...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Posted in Washington, D.C., Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Refugees
Annie Sovcik, director of CVT's Washington, D.C., office, shares her thoughts on being among those in attendance at the White House reception for Pope Francis.
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Monday, September 21, 2015
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Global Health, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees
In this session, as we continue to build safety and stability in the group, we aim to draw out survivors’ internal strengths and external resources to counteract the unhelpful tunnel thinking that keeps traumatized people in a state of despair. After reviewing the grounding exercise that helps survivors feel more stable in their bodies and returns them to the present moment, the facilitators use a table metaphor to demonstrate how the more “table legs” one can develop (internal and external resources), the easier it is to carry the burdens on the table.
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Monday, September 14, 2015
In our international projects, our healing work for torture and war trauma survivors is conducted through group counseling. Groups typically meet for ten weeks. This is the first in a series of posts following the counseling group cycle in Jordan. Veronica Laveta is CVT’s clinical advisor for the Jordan project. Read other entries in this series.Next session ---->________________________________
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Human Rights, Global Health, Immigration, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Refugees
Jenni Bowring-McDonough, CVT media relations manager, comments on the critical and growing need for mental health and psychosocial support services in response to the ongoing refugee crisis.
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