Caring for Carers: A clinical supervision program for mental health practitioners in humanitarian settings
Dr. Ruth Wells and Colleagues, School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
November 9, 2023 at 9:00am (NYT)
An international team of clinicians and researchers will present a webinar about online group clinical supervision to support mental health workers in humanitarian settings. The session will involve an introduction to the context of supervision in Bangladesh and Syria and what the cultural and practical expectations are for supervision. We will then discuss lessons learned from an ongoing 2 year research study which examines the impact of supportive supervision on the wellbeing of 95 practitioners working with Syrians in Syria and Türkiye and Rohingya people in Bangladesh. We will discuss the process issues related to involving international and local co-supervisors to work together to improve the cultural appropriateness of supervision, while mentoring local practitioners in supervision practice.
About the Presenters
Salah Lekkeh is a Syrian psychologist, supervisor, and member of the C4C research team. His main area of focus is community and culture based MHPSS interventions, including group interventions and supervision in the Syrian context.
Sabiha Jahan is a Ph. D. Fellow at the Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Dhaka. She is a Clinical Psychologist currently working on the different dynamics and processes of clinical supervision in the Humanitarian context in Bangladesh.
Md. Omar Faruk is Bangladeshi based practicing clinical psychologist. His work focuses on addressing epistemic injustice through contextualizing mental health practices in low-resource countries.
Dr Ruth Wells is a senior research fellow in Psychiatry and Mental health at UNSW Sydney and a practicing psychologist. Their work focuses on challenging Eurocentric assumptions in mental health practice and advocating for displaced communities internationally.
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