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The Phoenix Centre
A member of the Forum Services of Survivors of Torture and Trauma
The Phoenix Centre is a program within the Migrant Resource Centre. Services are provided to people suffering from complex trauma associated with torture and other human rights violations. The majority of clients are refugees and humanitarian entrants. |
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Assessment and Counselling
This is available to eligible clients and families and as well as counseling may include:
- massage and natural therapies,
- music therapy,
- family therapy,
- community development activities,
- health referrals, and/or
- case management and advocacy with other services.
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Pre-referral Support
Advice and support is offered to other workers involved with the client which has the following benefits:
- provides an opportunity for a preliminary assessment of trauma,
- maintains continuity of client relationship with existing worker,
- avoids the potential stress and stigma associated with a formal referral,
- enhances the capacity of other workers in addressing issues of trauma,
- enables other workers to directly address client goals associated with their area of work, and
- the efficient use of resources.
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Support Services for Older Migrants
This HACC funded program is targeted at clients who are in receipt of HACC services for whom the impact of trauma is outside the capacity of that program to manage effectively. Most of these clients are elderly and were exposed to traumatic events in the 1940's, 1950's, and 1960's. This is a new program and is in the development stage.
Training
Training in the area of complex trauma can be tailored to the needs of the client agency and may include:
- cross-cultural training and use of interpreters,
- group supervision and advice,
- formal training in addressing different aspects of complex trauma,
- how to restore safety and control and reduce effects of fear and anxiety,
- how to restore attachment and connections to other human beings,
- how to restore meaning and purpose to life, and
- how to restore dignity and value and reduce effects of shame and guilt.
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