PA937-7-AP-CZ:
Therapeutic Care for Refugees
2023/24
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Distance Learning
Autumn & Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Thursday 05 October 2023
Friday 22 March 2024
30
06 May 2022
Requisites for this module
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MA C898ZF Refugee Care,
MA C898ZP Refugee Care
This Module consists exclusively of Seminars offered, mostly, by practitioners in the field who convey the realities of working with refugees and other involuntarily dislocated people.
Suitable for all professionals and non-professional workers who are engaged in (or want to) work with refugee and other involuntarily dislocated people in different capacities (from voluntary workers, community workers and public sector workers, to social workers, managers, teachers, psychologists and psychotherapists).
This module is based in the oldest and longest running course in this field in the UK and aims to assist those working with asylum seeking people/refugees to enhance their understanding and skills in the context of their own work experience.
Drawing on a range of different therapeutic approaches (mainly and broadly systemic and psychodynamic) the module endeavours to create a facilitative space within which to examine the complexities of therapeutic engagement with involuntarily dislocated people from various contexts, by reflecting on multiple levels of perspectives, from the bodily, personal and interpersonal contexts to the family, community, wider cultural and political levels.
More specifically, the module is intended to offer participants the opportunity to:
1. explore theoretical issues pertaining to the asylum seeking/refugee/involuntary dislocation experience and the dynamics involved in supporting people who have had such experiences
2. develop practical skills in working with and supporting people who undergo/have undergone such experiences
3. exchange ideas and share experiences and feelings about this work
4. present and discuss specific work issues for reflection in a learning community
1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the theoretical issues pertaining to the asylum seeking / refugee / involuntary dislocation experience and the dynamics involved in supporting people with such experiences
2. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the distinction between offering psychotherapy with people with such experiences and introducing a ‘therapeutic dimension’ in any relevant communication with them
3. Demonstrate a specific understanding of how a “therapeutic dimension” can be applied in relevant contexts.
The concept of 'being therapeutic', introducing a 'therapeutic dimension' as a distinct form of psychosocial approach in working with people who experienced various forms of involuntary dislocation
Psychodynamic approaches; identifying relevant insights that can enrich a 'therapeutic dimension'
Systemic approaches; identifying relevant insights that can enrich a 'therapeutic dimension'
Narrative approaches; identifying relevant insights that can enrich a 'therapeutic dimension'
Body Oriented Psychotherapy: identifying relevant insights that can enrich a 'therapeutic dimension'
Forms of Creative Arts Therapy: identifying relevant insights that can enrich a 'therapeutic dimension'
Other relevant approaches that can contribute to enriching a 'therapeutic dimension'
Working with those who were tortured; with racism and xenophobia; with interpreters; with separated children; with domestic violence.
Each session will be recorded and made available to students through listen again. We will also make use of Zoom break out rooms to facilitate participation for those who may feel anxious initially to speak in large groups. In addition to the module tutor, external lecturers from other institutions will be invited as guest lecturers.
This module does not appear to have any essential texts. To see non - essential items, please refer to the module's
reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
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Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay |
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100% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Renos Papadopoulos, email: renos@essex.ac.uk.
ppspgt@essex.ac.uk
01206 873745 Room 5A.202
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Dr Ana Ljubinkovic
California State University
Lecturer in Sociology
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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