Arts Therapists, Refugees and Migrants

Reaching Across Borders

Ditty Dokter

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Year: 1998
• ISBN:
  9781846429880
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Psychotherapy
• Index: Psychology

The legal and humanitarian response to the world's growing population of refugees and migrants has created more awareness of not only the physical but also the psychological needs of displaced peoples. Refugees are often the forgotten victims of war violence and political upheaval, subjected to the traumatic loss of family and home and the consequent deterioration of cultural identity as they seek asylum in other countries.

Ditty Dokter is joined by contributors from a number of multicultural backgrounds, in a volume examining the issues surrounding intercultural arts therapies as a means of working with clients who are refugees and migrants. The role of art, music, dance, and drama in healing the effects of trauma and restoring the sense of cultural and personal identity is discussed, emphasising the need for sensitivity to cultural differences in practice. The ultimate aim is to promote more awareness of intercultural issues in an attempt to build a broader framework for arts therapy practice.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Of Related Interest
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Introduction
• 1. In Limbo: Movement Psychotherapy with Refugees and Asylum Seekers
• 2. Art Therapy with Asylum Seekers: Humanitarian Relief
• 3. Mourning Rituals in Non-Verbal Therapy with Traumatised Refugees
• 4. One Step Beyond: Music Therapy with Traumatised Refugees in a Psychiatric Clinic
• 5. Between Theatre and Therapy: Experiences of a Dramatherapist in Mozambique
• 6. A Question of Translation: Transporting Art Therapy to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• 7. Library Project ‘Step by Step to Recovery’: Creative Sessions with Children in War and Post-War Time
• 8. Being a Migrant, Working with Migrants: Issues of Identity and Embodiment
• 9. Inheritance: Jewish Identity, Art Psychotherapy Workshops and the Legacy of the Holocaust
• 10. Dance Movement Therapy with South Asian Women in Britain
• 11. Intercultural Dance, Theatre and Music as Facilitators in Creative Arts Therapy: A Metacognitive Experience
• 12. Remembering: Intercultural Issues in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy
• 13. The Use of Israeli Folksongs in Dealing with Women’s Bereavement and Loss in Music Therapy
• 14. Reaching for the Peak: Art Therapy in Hong Kong
• 15. On Being a Temporary Migrant to Australia: Reflections on Art Therapy Education and Practice
• The Contributors
• Subject Index
• Name Index