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Service Assumptions
To provide high quality services and outcomes to our client/s it is necessary that all interventions are practised within a holistic framework which integrates therapies with meaningful and relevant community connections:
- If counselling and psychotherapy are to be effective then they must be provided in a culturally appropriate manner within a social justice framework such as that proposed in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- The fundamental experience for our clients is that of profound discontinuity, loss of culture, language, traditions, family, community, values, expectations, etc.
- High rates of decompensation in marginalised, migrant and refugee groups are the norm, not the exception.
- The degree to which a person or persons are meaningfully connected to others, (eg. family, communities) is a predictor of the effectiveness of therapy.
- We recognise the need to draw a distinction between mental health related problems and mental illness related problems and provide support as appropriate.
- Ongoing training and supervision are a necessary part of providing an effective service.
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