From Counselling to Psycho-social Development: An anthology

Counselling is one of the practices that almost all RCT partner organisations undertake. In 2004, counselling was chosen as the theme for a partnership workshop and many organisations in the RCT partnership presented their understanding of counselling. The workshop presentations have been rewritten and edited for this anthology because the diversity in the concepts of counselling in various contexts was so interesting and important to disseminate in a broader field. We hope that this anthology will inspire organisations - particularly in the South - in their work with psychosocial interventions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

FOREWORD......................................................................................... 7
INTRODUCTION Jone Schanche Olsen and Finn Rasmussen ................ 9
I. CONCEPT AND OVERALL APPROACH .............................................17
FRAMING THE CONCEPT OF COUNSELLING Ane-Grethe Madsen ...... 19
DO SURVIVORS OF TORTURE NEED 'COUNSELLING'? Anonymous author................................................................................................ 31
II. METHODOLOGY .............................................................................39
FAMILY COUNSELLING IN POST-WAR KOSOVA Melita Kallaba ......... 41
MAKING TRAUMATISED IRAQI WOMEN INDEPENDENT THROUGH GROUP ANALYTIC PROCESS Belinda Labrosse................................................ 47
FAMILY, COMMUNITY AND VIOLENCE: A MENTAL HEALTH APPROACH FROM HONDURAS Eliomara Lavaire.............................................................. 57
HISTORICAL RESOURCES OF THE MAYA: AN IMPORTANT BUILDING BLOCK FOR COUNSELLING IN GUATEMALA Maria Rohr......................................... 65
BRIDGING THE BODY AND THE MIND: THE RELEVANCE OF A BODY-ORIENTED APPROACH IN THE COUNSELLING OF SURVIVORS OF TORTURE AND ORGANIZED VIOLENCE Lone Tived ........................................................................... 71
DESIGNING COUNSELLING SUPPORT SERVICE IN VICTIMS' ASSOCIATIONS IN BANGLADESH Akram H. Chowdhury, Zahid ul Arefin Choudhury, Saifun Nesa Zaman ...............................................................................................................79
III. CASES ..............................................................................................87
EXPLORING INTEGRATIVE COUNSELLING IN A MULTICULTURAL CONTEXT: THE PRACTICE OF WESTERN NOTIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY AND CULTURE-BASED LOCAL HEALING PRACTICES IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES IN
MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES Ernesto A. Anasarias and Brenda Escalante .. 89
CREATING MEANING DURING OCCUPATION: SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COUNSELLING OF PALESTINIAN TORTURE SURVIVORS........................97
WORKING WITH SEXUALLY ABUSED CLIENTS IN ZIMBABWE Anonymous author .. 103
IV. PERSPECTIVES.................................................................................111
PARTICIPATORY MONITORING OF PSYCHOSOCIAL PRACTICE IN MINDANAO COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY CONFLICT Ernesto A. Anasarias and Brenda Escalante................................................................................................ 113

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