A Psychoanalytic Approach to Refugee Mental Health: Safe Harbor [Hardcover]

Safe Harbor?is a remarkable book as it exposes the complex destinies of refugees through encounters with individuals and groups. ?The author uses herself as a tool in understanding the unique mental and social situations of the Refugee People in a way that makes the reader understand better what it means to be a human being under such extreme circumstances. In this way, they come alive in the reader's mind?and hopefully also contribute to the better of an important group of our fellow human beings.?-?Sverre Varvin,?Professor Emeritus,?OsloMet  Oslo Metropolitan University,?Training Analyst Norwegian Psychoanalytic Society

Safe Harbor: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Refugee Mental Health?is a groundbreaking exploration that offers profound insights into human resilience, trauma, and healing. By illuminating the complex psychological landscapes of refugees and their caregivers, Chrysi Giannoulaki provides a compassionate, nuanced approach to understanding displacement, violence, and the restoration of human connection. The book is a vital contribution to our understanding of trauma and the transformative potential of psychoanalytic practice. -?Danielle Knafo, author of Living with Terror, Working with Trauma: A Clinicians Handbook

This book addresses a crucial current problem: the movement of refugee populations whose tragic adversity in integrating into a foreign society is exacerbated by a lack of understanding of their mental reality. Dr Chrysi Giannoulaki, with her empathy and scientific systematicity, highlights the difficulties of colCK