Giving voice to the voiceless : using testimony as a brief therapy intervention in psychosocial community work
For the treatment of survivors of torture and organised violence this manual introduces the testimonial therapy method which enables survivors of torture to express their feelings and their experiences in a secure and trusting environment.
Author: Perera, Chitral | Puvimanasinghe, Shyamali | Agger, Inger
RCT Author: Inger AggerISBN/ISSN: 978-962-8314-43-0
It is our hope that this method will give voice to the
hitherto hapless and voiceless torture survivors; resulting thereby
in a therapeutic experience of personal healing. It is also
envisaged that through the recording and publicising of such
expression, torture survivors and their family members will be
empowered to continue their arduous struggle for justice and to
participate in the mass movement against torture and other state
sponsored violence in Sri Lanka.
Source: Giving
voice to
the
voiceless : using testimony as a brief
therapy intervention in psychosocial community work
for survivors of torture and organised
violence. Asian Human Rights Commission
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Contents: 1. Introduction: Torture in Sri
Lanka; People Against Torture (PAT);
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC); RCT -
developing knowledge; The workshop process. 2.
The procedure of testimony therapy: What
is testimony therapy?; When is testimony
therapy needed?; Who takes the
testimonies?; How is the testimony taken?;
The use of testimony. 3. References.