By Sophie Parker | Fundraising and Communications Officer
Hello friends,
I hope this finds you well - 2018 is really heating up! We're so excited to share what we have been up to with you. We would also like to thank you for your support and allowing us to provide recovery support to survivors of human cruelty. Thank you!
In this update we're focusing on the amazing research and policy work the Helen Bamber Foundation has been doing over the past few months. Research is a hugely important part of the work that we do since we are uniquely placed to improve understanding of the needs and vulnerabilities of survivors of human cruelty.
1) Research - the most effective psychological therapies
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
Narrative Exposure Therapy is psychological intervention that has been shown to work particularly effectively with survivors of torture. Survivors visualise their life as a piece of string, placing flowers and stones along it to work through trauma alongside positive events and see their lives as a whole. We have published papers in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry summarising the findings from our pilot case series of Narrative Exposure Therapy. HBF intends to form a research network with other centres both in the UK and internationally to carry out a definitive collaborative trial of NET in survivors of modern slavery.
Compassionate Mind Therapy (CMT)
We are also working on a paper on Compassionate Mind Therapy based on our experiences with CMT which we expect to complete by the end of September 2018. Compassionate Mind Therapy is universally recognised as a powerful way to support survivors through their journey of resilience.
2) Policy - spreading our expertise
Trauma-Informed Code of Conduct: As a centre of excellence for working with survivors with complex traumas, we are developing a Code of Conduct which can be disseminated to share our knowledge and expertise with other professionals in all fields.
The Trafficking Survivor Care Standards: Rachel Witkin, our Head of Counter-Trafficking, has been leading HBF’s involvement in the new, updated UK Trafficking Survivor Care Standards which is due to launch this year.
The research and policy work that we do alongside our direct work with survivors of human cruelty means that our impact can go even further by influencing the way other professionals work with survivors to the highest standards using the most appropriate and supportive therapies.
Thank you once again for your support and we look forward to sharing more of our work with you in our next report.
Our warmest regards
Helen Bamber Foundation
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