Body oriented work with refugees

ABSTRACT

This article will present personal experiences of work, generally, with traumatised people and especially traumatised refugees, using approaches from body-oriented psychotherapy. Personal experiences as a body psychotherapist are presented from two main schools: Mind-Body Medicine and some techniques from the Radix approach. Even though integrative body psychotherapy is mentioned in this article, the main discussion is presented from the first two approaches. The Mind-Body Medicine approach is presented more in detail because of clinical and practical experiences of the therapist, and other approaches are mentioned in passing in individual case material. The variety of multidimensional methods and techniques using body-oriented work with refugees is one of the essential factors for the treatment of acute trauma in group and individual settings.

KEYWORDS:

• Refugees
• trauma
• body psychotherapy
• Mind-Body Medicine
• Radix
• integrative body psychotherapy

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Enver Çesko

Enver Çesko is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and certified body psychotherapist and positive transcultural psychotherapist, international trainer and supervisor and also an accredited therapist from Mind-Body Medicine, Washington DC. President and founder of the Kosovo Association for Psychotherapy Currently he is working in his own private practice in Pristina, Kosovo, and conducting international training workshops on positive and body psychotherapy, as well as coaching, stress management, leadership and team building.Licensed Clinical Psychologist and certified body psychotherapist and positive transcultural psychotherapist, international trainer and supervisor and also an accredited therapist from Mind-Body Medicine, Washington DC. President and founder of the Kosovo Association for Psychotherapy Currently he is working in his own private practice in Pristina, Kosovo, and conducting international training workshops on positive and body psychotherapy, as well as coaching, stress management, leadership and team building.