Executive Director, Dinali Fernando, Program Manager, Maya Guttman-Slater, Program Coordinator, Sara Wagner and Senior Medical Educator, Ben McVane met with staffers from the offices of Congresswoman Meng, Senator Gillibrand and Congressman Jeffries to advocate on behalf of torture survivors and torture survivor related appropriations.
Libertas Art Therapist, Melissa Alvey and Libertas Former Art Therapy Intern, Krystal Atwood presented at the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs (NCTTP) Annual Research Symposium in March of 2020. Their presentation was entitled, “Reimagining the Past: How Healing, Facilitated Through Art Therapy, Promotes Community and Relationship Building for Survivors of Torture”
In March of 2020, Team Libertas attended the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs’ (NCTTP) Annual Research Symposium on, “Torture Treatment: Clinical, Community, Policy Interventions, and Outcome Evaluations.”
L to R: Melissa Alvey, Walter Fendrich, Maya Guttman-Slater, Betsy Miles, Sara Wagner, Jojo Tong, Dinali Fernando, Krystal Atwood.
In March of 2020, Team Libertas will attend the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs’ (NCTTP) Annual Research Symposium on, “Torture Treatment: Clinical, Community, Policy Interventions, and Outcome Evaluations.”
Libertas Senior Medical Educator, Dr. Ben McVane published, “PTSD in Asylum-Seekers: Manifestations and Relevance to The Asylum Process.”
Abstract:
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is common among asylum-seekers and manifests with symptoms uniquely problematic to the United States asylum-seeking process. Chiefly, hyper-vigilance, avoidance behavior, dissociative amnesia and a tendency towards non-linear narratives hinder the articulation of an effective asylum claim. Moreover, the format and environmental circumstances of the asylum-seeking process further heighten these difficulties.