A Psychoanalytic Approach to Refugee Mental Health 1st Edition

A Psychoanalytic Approach to Refugee Mental Health, 1st Edition by Chrysi Giannoulaki offers a compassionate, rigorous guide for clinicians and mental health professionals working with displaced populations across Europe, the UK, the Middle East, North America and beyond. This essential volume brings psychoanalytic depth to contemporary refugee mental health, marrying theory with practical insight for culturally sensitive, trauma-informed care.

Begin with a clear framework that illuminates how migration, loss, and persecution shape the inner world of refugees. Giannoulaki translates complex psychoanalytic concepts—attachment, transgenerational trauma, dissociation, and countertransference—into accessible tools for assessment and intervention. Rich case vignettes and reflective clinical examples guide therapists in recognizing hidden meanings, symbolic losses, and the relational dynamics that routinely emerge in refugee clinical work.

For practitioners seeking evidence-informed approaches, the book integrates contemporary research with longstanding analytic tradition, offering strategies for building trust, working with interpreters, and navigating cultural difference. It also supports supervisors, trainees, and NGO mental health teams striving to design interventions that respect cultural identity while addressing severe psychological distress.

Readable yet scholarly, this text is indispensable for psychotherapists, psychiatrists, counsellors, social workers, and policy-makers committed to improving refugee mental health services. Whether you work in community clinics, hospitals, humanitarian settings, or private practice, Giannoulaki equips you with nuanced skills to respond ethically and effectively.

Order your copy of A Psychoanalytic Approach to Refugee Mental Health today and deepen your clinical practice with a humane, insightful perspective on one of today’s most urgent global challenges.

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