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Summer 2017
DEFENDERS
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Activities
three stages: special attention to the critical emotional situation of torture victims,
interviews and support and rehabilitation techniques for their return to normal
daily life, were some of the important actions that should be taken in helping
torture victims.
He said: “the re-enacting of the past, and stress on the present as a reality, can help
in accepting the past’s pain and return to present life of the victim.” The torture
victims must learn to live in the present and distance themselves from the painful
past.
Dr. Jaafari talked about logical interpretation of past experiences and accepting
the present as the two principles in the treatment of torture victims and continued:
“For the treatment of torture victims cognitive therapy, cognitive behaviour
therapy, and psychoanalysis are used. Of course the best therapy is team therapy,
meaning a therapy in which a social worker and psychiatrist are present as well as
the psychotherapist.”
Next, the experiences of some therapists related to PTSD patients, whose ailment
was caused by chronic fear of ISIS were discussed and analysed by the workshop
lecturer.
At the end of the sitting, plans were set to hold regular technical sittings and
workshops with the presence of torture victims. It is noted that some of the
therapists declared their readiness to treat patients free of charge.