Relationship and Family Therapy for Newly-resettled Refugees: A Qualitative Inquiry of an Innovative, Needs-adapted Approach in Sydney, Australia
Journal: European Psychiatry
Year: 2017

Introduction The needs of refugees are of pivotal concern internationally. Relational trauma, in particular, is an area that is under-emphasised and under-researched. The strength to strength program (STS) was a rare, innovative relationship and family counselling service for recently-arrived refugees in Sydney, Australia during 2006–2014. The service model built on post-Milan systemic family therapy principles to include innovative cultural and trauma-informed aspects of care. Objectives We wer