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Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees (CTAR)

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Exploring the refugee experience

The Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees (CTAR) aims to provide a framework and a focus for examining, from a variety of different perspectives, the main issues associated with the reality and experience of being an asylum seeker or refugee.

The main emphasis of the Centre is on the psychosocial dimensions of these experiences. The Centre also provides a forum for individuals and organisations to exchange knowledge and experiences and to further develop their ideas and work in this field.


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"CTAR is so much more than a research centre. We are a community of academics, researchers, practitioners, activists and human rights workers exploring the complexities of experience in Refugee Care and Involuntary Dislocation in order to make a real difference. We welcome new ideas for fruitful collaboration."
Professor Renos Papadopoulos聽 DIRECTOR of the centre for tRAUMA, ASYLUM AND REFUGEES聽

Highlights from our work

Media

Our academic staff frequently feature within the wider press and media. Below are some examples of their latest appearances: 

  • View Professor Renos Papadopoulos giving a at The Jungian Psychoanalytic Association - 2019.
  • Watch Professor Renos Papadopoulos giving a  at the International Systemic Research Conference - 2017.

Published works

Journals: 

  • Papadopoulos, Renos K. 2018. "." Psychotherapy and Politics International.
  • Luci, M. (2021). 鈥.鈥 Journal of Psychosocial Studies, (online).
  • Luci, M. & Kahn, M. (2021) 鈥,鈥 Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 41:2, 103-114.
  • Luci, M. (2020),鈥.鈥 Journal of Analytical Psychology, April 2020, 65(2), pp. 260-280. 
  • Luci, M. & Di Rado, D.  (2019) 鈥. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies.
  • Luci, M. (2018) 鈥淭he mark of torture and the therapeutic relationship鈥. International Journal of Psychoanalysis and Education, Vol. X, n1, pp. 47-60.
  • Luci, M. (2017) 鈥淒isintegration of the self and regeneration of the psychic skin in the treatment of traumatized refugees鈥. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 62 (2)(April), pp. 227-246. doi: . Awarded as Fordham Prize 2018. 
  • Luci, M. (2017) Torture, Psychoanalysis and Human Rights, London & New York, Routledge.Carta, S. (2016). Opening our Rooms: The ETnA Projects for Migrants in Italy. London: Routledge. 
  • Carta, S. (2017). Writing stories in time. The unfolding of the objective biography in life and work. New York: The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism, www.aras.org. 
  • Carta, S. (2017). Writing stories in time. The unfolding of the objective biography in life and work. New York: The Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism, www.aras.org. 
  • Alcaro, A., Carta, S., Panksepp J. (2017). The affective core of the self: a neuro-archetypical perspective on the foundations of human (and animal) subjectivity. Fronteers of Psychology, 2017; 8: 1424.
  • Lampis J., Cataudella S., Busonera A., Carta S. (2018). Personality Similarity and Romantic Relationship Adjustment during the Couple Life Cycle. The Family Journal, 26(1), 31-39.
  • Carta, S. (2018). La Battaglia di Algeri. Le Storie che noi Siamo. Rivista di Psicologia Analitica,  vol. 38, n. 101. 
  • Carta, S. (2018). Il pagamento in analisi. Rivista di Psicologia Analitica.
  • Alcaro, A. Carta, S. (2019). 鈥淭he 鈥淚nstinct鈥 of Imagination. A Neuro-Ethological Approach to the Evolution of the Reflective Mind and Its Application to Psychotherapy鈥. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 
  • Carta, S. Darstellung, Vorstellung, Wahrnehmung. Der spiralf枚rmige Atem des Erinnerns. Zeitschrift f眉r Sandspiel-Therapie" vol. 46, mai 2019 路       Lampis. J., Cataudella, S. Carta S. et Al. (2019). 鈥淒ifferentiation of self and the decision to seek systemic psychotherapy: a comparison between a help-seeking and a normative sample鈥. Counselling Psychology Quarterly. Vol. 32. 
  • Carta, S., 鈥淐reativity as the core of psychotherapy鈥, Japanese Journal of Psychotherapy, (16) 2020 路
  • Carta, S. (2020) Here鈥檚 Johnny! American Carnival in Modern Times. In: Singer, T. (Ed.) Cultural Complexes and the Soul of America. London: Routledge.
  • Carta S. (2020) Presentazione, In: Devescovi, P.C. (2020) Pro Bono Patris, Boringhieri, Torino. 
  • Carta, S. Kijehl, E., (2020) Introduction: why is social and political activism necessary for psychological understanding? In: Carta, S., Kijehl, E., (Eds.), (2020). Political Passions. Social and Political Contributions of Jungian Psychology. London: Routledge.
  • Carta, S. (2020). Nigredo. L鈥橭pera al Nero. In: Massa Ope, S., Rossi, A., Tibaldi, M., Jung e la metafora viva dell'alchimia. Immagini della trasformazione psichica. Milano: Moretti e Vitali

Books:

  • Papadopoulos, Renos K. 2021 Involuntary Dislocation: Home, Trauma, Resilience and Adversity-Activated Development.  Routledge, London, United Kingdom.
  • Papadopoulos, Renos K. 2021 Moral Injury and Beyond: Understanding Human Anguish and Healing Traumatic Wounds.  Routledge, London, United Kingdom.
  • Luci, M. (2020). The salience of borders in the experience of refugees. In Carta, S. & Kiehl, E. (Eds) Political Passions and Jungian Psychology. Social and Political Activism in Analysis. Abington, UK & New York, Routledge.
  • Alexander, David. 2020. Book chapter in Moral Injury and Beyond: Understanding Human Anguish and Healing Traumatic Wounds. R. K. Papadopoulos, Ed.  Routledge Press.

 

Our events

To find out about upcoming seminars and events from the Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugees please visit our Departmental events calendar.

 A selection of our key and current events:

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Reflections on the Centre for Trauma, Asylum and Refugee's conference for Refugee Week: Our Home

To mark refugee week we held a conference with partners and stakeholders from a range of fields, with a focus on this year's theme of "Home".

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