Zeitschrift fur Psychiatrie, Psychologie und Psychotherapie
Volume 65, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 145-154

Psychotherapeutic work with refugees from the perspective of psychotherapists [Psychotherapeutische Versorgung von Geflüchteten aus der Sicht niedergelassener Psychotherapeuten in Deutschland] (Article)

Thöle A.-M. , Penka S. , Brähler E. , Heinz A. , Kluge U.
  • a Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin CCM, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany
  • b Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin CCM, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany
  • c Abteilung für Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Universität Leipzig, Germany
  • d Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin CCM, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany
  • e Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin CCM, Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Charitéplatz 1, Berlin, 10117, Germany, Berliner Institut für Empirische Integrations- und Migrationsforschung, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Aim of the study is to examine the difficulties in the psychotherapeutic work with refugees from the perspective of psychotherapists working in independent practice. Twenty problem-centred interviews were carried out across Germany with independent psychotherapists, and were analysed using the principles of Grounded Theory. A total of eight difficulties were identified: the living conditions of refugees in Germany (1), the funding of health care for refugees (2), cultural differences (3), the lack of professional networks (4), work with interpreters (5), listening to traumatic events (6), the current situation in the home country (7), the German health care system and the agency for employment (8). The findings complement results about barriers in psychotherapeutic work with refugees in international and national studies and point to problems that psychotherapists have to cope with, resulting in recommendations to facilitate the psychotherapeutic work with refugees. © 2017 Hogrefe.

Author Keywords

Asylum seekers (independent) psychotherapists Refugees Psychotherapeutic treatment

Index Keywords

Germany health care system funding employment psychotherapist interview asylum seeker human grounded theory human experiment
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85021355545&doi=10.1024%2f1661-4747%2fa000315&partnerID=40&md5=2a2289a72411affd5558da647c605c2e
DOI: 10.1024/1661-4747/a000315
ISSN: 16614747
Cited by: 3
Original Language: German