Healing and Human Rights: A Blog by the Center for Victims of Torture
Friday, October 18, 2019
Gabriele Marini, psychotherapist/trainer, has been with CVT Uganda across its ten years. Here, he shares reflections on the work and the healing experienced by survivors.
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Friday, October 18, 2019
CVT Uganda commemorates 10 years of healing work for survivors in Northern Uganda.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Refugees
In the second story in this series, Farah Al-Dweik, senior physiotherapist, CVT Jordan, shares a story of healing after rape, describing techniques she uses in her work.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Posted in Global Health, Refugees
Eye pillows are great tools for relaxation, so Julie Brunner, CVT board member, worked with her sisters and the CVT Nairobi team to make them and bring them to clients.
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Posted in Torture Rehabilitation, Immigration
Andrea Cárcamo is senior policy counsel.
Right about the time I began representing asylum seekers from Central America as an immigration attorney, I started watching “The Walking Dead” (TWD), a TV show about the zombie apocalypse. I have never been someone able to deal with gore, but my husband and I figured out a system in which I run out of the room during violent scenes and return once he tells me the scene has passed. I have been able to watch multiple shows using this method, including the quintessentially violent show “Game of Thrones,” and, of course, the beginning of “The Walking Dead.”
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
Read about El Paso, Texas-based Annunciation House, winner of CVT's 2019 Eclipse Award!
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Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Here's what Luca Modenesi, clinical advisor health, has learned from talking about his work.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019
More than 4,000 people from over 100 countries gathered for the World Confederation of Physical Therapists, including CVT Nairobi's Jepkemoi Kibet!
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Monday, September 23, 2019
Dina Tamimi, staff interpreter/translator, CVT Jordan, writes about techniques she uses to maintain distance when interpreting clients' stories of torture during therapy.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Ala’a Younes, psychosocial counselor, CVT Jordan, writes about the positive changes achieved by survivors of torture when they go through rehabilitative care.
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