Book contents
- Working with Refugee Families
- Working with Refugee Families
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Refugee Family Relationships
- Part II Trauma Care for Refugee Families
- Chapter 7 Mobilizing Resources in Multifamily Groups
- Chapter 8 Working through Trauma and Restoring Security in Refugee Parent-Child Relationships
- Chapter 9 Trauma Narration in Family Therapy with Refugees
- Chapter 10 Exile and Belonging
- Chapter 11 Working with Spirituality in Refugee Care
- Chapter 12 Collaborating with Refugee Families on Dynamics of Intra-family Violence
- Chapter 13 Supporting Refugee Family Reunification in Exile
- Chapter 14 Diagnosis as Advocacy
- Chapter 15 Reflexivity in the Everyday Lives and Work of Refugees and Therapists
- Part III Intersectoral Psychosocial Interventions in Working with Refugee Families
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
Chapter 10 - Exile and Belonging
Negotiating Identity, Acculturation and Trauma in Refugee Families
from Part II - Trauma Care for Refugee Families
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2020
Book contents
- Working with Refugee Families
- Working with Refugee Families
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Refugee Family Relationships
- Part II Trauma Care for Refugee Families
- Chapter 7 Mobilizing Resources in Multifamily Groups
- Chapter 8 Working through Trauma and Restoring Security in Refugee Parent-Child Relationships
- Chapter 9 Trauma Narration in Family Therapy with Refugees
- Chapter 10 Exile and Belonging
- Chapter 11 Working with Spirituality in Refugee Care
- Chapter 12 Collaborating with Refugee Families on Dynamics of Intra-family Violence
- Chapter 13 Supporting Refugee Family Reunification in Exile
- Chapter 14 Diagnosis as Advocacy
- Chapter 15 Reflexivity in the Everyday Lives and Work of Refugees and Therapists
- Part III Intersectoral Psychosocial Interventions in Working with Refugee Families
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
Since refugee and forced migration experiences are marked by experiences of displacement, exile and resettlement, family therapy with child or youth patients from these families often encompasses complex dynamics and contexts. Each family member may present unique intra-generational, developmental, systemic experiences and individual narratives while the family adapts and copes within collective, familial and individual acculturation realities. By engaging with cultural hybridization and dynamics of identity, family therapists’ interventions often address resilience promotion as well as child protection issues. In addition, since advocacy and institutional collaboration remain common frameworks of care, therapeutic spaces would benefit from using cultural safety and cultural axis parameters in shaping intervention strategies with the refugee family. Engagement of these refugees and displaced migrant families is supported by considering multiple perspectives within each family and also within the therapists themselves or the teams who are involved in clinical mandates. This chapter uses case vignettes to illustrate some family cases.
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