Peer counsellors training with refugees from Iraq: A Jordanian case study

The author trained 49peer counsellors in two refugee camps, over the course of 2004, and traced the impact of their work until the end of 2005 at the request of CARE International in Jordan. The article gives an overview of the training content and strategies, as well as the process of integrating peer counselling as a self-help tool into a community that is affected by ongoing stress and trauma. ‘Peer counselling’ was understood as a process of mutual support that addresses people in need in their respective environment and also therefore includes components of community social work. The article highlights the main components of a culturally sensitive, client centred empowerment approach to psychosocial intervention in a situation of continuous deprivation and insecurity, as well as its challenges. Further details of the training will be presented in a separate publication. Keywords: client centred psychosocial intervention, empowerment, evaluation, intercultural dialogue, ongoing stress and trauma, peer counselling, refugees, temporary settlement

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Reference: 
Josi Salem-Pickartz | 2007
In: Intervention: the international journal of mental health, psychosocial work and counselling in areas of armed conflict, ISSN 1571-8883 | 5 | 3 | 232-243
http://www.interventionjournal.com/sites/default/files/salem-pickartz_0.pdf