Mental Health
Torture survivors engage in psychological services to pursue a wide range of goals, from single symptom reduction to addressing the complex effects of torture on their families and communities. Psychological effects of torture vary considerably. Likewise, there is wide variation in the types of assistance sought to address such effects, depending on a host of factors ranging from service accessibility to beliefs about health and healing.
Topics
- Working with Interpreters
- Self-care for Providers
- Advanced Clinicians
- Training Mental Health Evaluators
- Treatment Model
- Specific Populations
- Asylum Process
- US Asylum Law
- Survivors of torture in detention
- Working with Torture Survivors
- Role of the Mental Health Professional
- Psychological Consequences of Torture
- Components of the Evaluation
- Screening Tools and Standardized Measures
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Assessment
- Client meetings & communication
- Supporting client during asylum process
- Writing effective affidavits
- Expert witness testimony
- The Adjudicator’s Perspective
- Special Topics
- Survivors from specific groups
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The Complex Care of a Torture Survivor in the United States: The Case of “Joshua.”
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Improving Well-Being for Refugees in Primary Care: A Toolkit for Providers
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Professional Quality of Life: CVT’s ProQOL Tools Support Helping Professionals
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Training
18-hour Immigrant and Refugee Trauma Certificate
November 6, 2025
2:00 PM EDT
Webinar
The Role of Expressive Arts in Healing: Steps to an Ecosystem of Healing
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Caring for your Child in Crisis Situations
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National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s resources on working with refugee children
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Helping Children Cope with Grief during a War
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Child Development and Trauma Guide
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Parenting in exile: Refugee parents’ multivoiced narratives