Kodikara, C. (2014). Balancing Acts: Counselling for Intimate Partner Violence against Women in the Two Districts of Anuradhapura and Batticaloa. ICES Working Paper Series. Sri Lanka. The dominant discourse on intimate partner violence against women (IPVW) in Sri Lanka... Read more
Counselling
Sithamparanathan, K. (2003). Interventions and methods of the Theatre Action Group. Intervention, 1(1), 44-47. In this article I will review three types of psychosocialinterventions done bytheorganisation Theatre Action Group (TAG) in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, aimed at successively children, their... Read more
De Jong, K., Kleber, R. J., & Puratic, V. (2003). Mental health programs in areas of armed conflict: The Médecins Sans Frontières counselling centres in Bosnia-Hercegovina. Intervention, 1(1), 14-32. Mental health programmes in complex emergencies are generally accepted as... Read more
van der Veer, G., de Jong, K., & Lansen, J. (2004). Clinical supervision for counsellors in areas of armed conflict. Intervention, 2(2), 118-128. This article describes clinical supervision of counsellors as a structured process that encompasses emotional support, education... Read more
Onyut, L. P., Neuner, F., Schauer, E., Ertl, V., Odenwald, M., Schauer, M., & Elbert, T. (2004). The Nakivale Camp Mental Health Project: Building local competency for psychological assistance to traumatised refugees. Intervention, 2(2), 90-107. Little is known about... Read more
Jordans, M. J., & Sharma, B. (2004). Integration of psychosocial counselling in care systems in Nepal. Intervention, 2(3), 171-180. In Nepal, as is the case in many non-Western countries, psychosocial programmes have not been structurally integrated in the care... Read more
Kuscu, M. K.(2005). Supervising psychosocial counselling teams in Kosovo: personal reflections. Intervention, 3(2), 135-140. Foreign experts are often distant and alienated from the host culture in areas where they are working. It is a difficult task to be involved... Read more
Wickramage, K. (2006). Sri Lanka's post-tsunami psychosocial playground: lessons for future psychosocial programming and interventions following disasters. Intervention, 4(2), 163-168. This paper explores examples of unsolicited, culturally inappropriate and conflict insensitive interventions initiated by both local and international teams... Read more
Lekskes, J., Van Hooren, S., & De Beus, J. (2007). Appraisal of psychosocial interventions in Liberia. Intervention, 5(1), 18-26. This article presents the methodology and results of a study on the effectiveness of two psychosocial interventions targeting female victims... Read more
de Gryse, B., & Laumont, B. (2007). Médecins Sans Frontières: mental health care in post-tsunami Aceh Province, a field report. Intervention, 5(2), 130-143. This article describes a mental health program in the Aceh Province, a conflict area in Indonesia,... Read more
