Liberated: Refugee Trauma

Introduction: Seeking asylum and leaving one’s home is a traumatic experience with heavy psychosocial consequences. The 21^st century witnessed massive human suffering, with tens of millions of people getting displaced and forced to live in exile. This is a deadly web and a vicious cycle that needs to be broken in order to prevent the trans-generational transmission of trauma and dysfunction

Purpose: To shed light on the invisible wounds and scars of refugee trauma, especially when it comes to affecting the youth identity and family dynamics

Methodology: The 10 recommendations for caring for refugees will be introduced in detail, to encourage therapists to use similar interventions when working with refugees and asylum seekers in their communities, in order to help them heal and get empowered