title: Intercultural encounters in counselling and psychotherapy--communication with the help of interpreters.
abstract: Treatment and rehabilitation of torture victims and persons traumatized by war or persecution can require working in an intercultural setting, as is the case when working with refugees and migrants. The following article offers practical advice for diagnostics, counselling and treatment of patients from other cultures who are not speaking the language of the therapist.
authors: Center for the Treatment of Torture Victims Berlin, Turmstr 21, 10559 Berlin, Germany. m.wenk-ansohn@bzfo.de
authors: Mechthild
authors: M
authors: Wenk-Ansohn
authors: Norbert
authors: N
authors: Gurris
mesh_terms: D003376:Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012036:Refugees; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014104:Torture / Q000523:psychology*