Psychotherapy with migrants who do not speak the official language not only queries the well known postulates and dispositives generally used in psychotherapy, but it also lands an opportunity to take an original and revolutionary stance once it includes the presence of an interpretor. They themselves have since been called upon to define their roles and functions since the notion of community interpreter is clearly emerging and that their presence is perpetualy being put to the test. This research finally reveals the emergence of a new figure in caring for migrants and especially those who speak a foreign language.

Interpreting-translating Migrants Psychotherapy Intercultural psychiatry

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