Intercultural Psychotherapy

1. Intercultural Psychotherapy; An Historical Perspective.- 2. The Current Role of Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 3. Standards in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 4. Using the Cultural Formulation Interview in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 5. The Significance of Intercultural Psychotherapy in Further Education and Professional Training.- 6. The Role of Language in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 7. The Role of the Interpreters in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 8. The Patient--Therapist Relationship in Intercultural Psychotherapy.- 9. Cultural Competence in Psychotherapy.- 10. Adopting an Intercultural Perspective in Mental Healthcare.- 11. Intercultural Balint Work.- 12. Religion and Spirituality in Intercultural Therapy.- 13. Gender-Specific Aspects of Intercultural Psychotherapy for Traumatised Female Refugees.- 14. Ethical Aspects of Psychotherapy in Forced Migrants.- 15. Psychotherapy Using Electronic Media.- 16. Measuring the Outcomes of Intercultural Therapy.- 17. Global Perspectiveson the Teaching and Learning of Intercultural Psychotherapy.- Part I Insights into Special Target Groups.- 18. Ethnocultural Diversity in the Mind: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Non-Western Immigrants in the Netherlands.- 19. Psychotherapy for Africans with a Migration Background.- 20. Cultural Psychiatry and the Implementation of Transcultural Psychotherapy in China.- 21. Psychotherapy for Latin Americans.- 22. The Challenges of Interpreting in Psychotherapy: Interpreters Stand Apart.- 23. Psychotherapy in Japan.- 24. Psychotherapy for Indonesians.- 25. Psycho Social Interventions in Rehabilitation: An Intercultural Perspective.

Dr. Meryam Schouler-Ocak is Professor for Intercultural Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, additionally, she is specialist for neurology, additional notation psychotherapy, particularly in trauma focused psychotherapy. She has also a certification in EMDR - Therapy and social medicine. Dr. Schouler-Ocak is working as senior physician at Psychiatric University Clinic of Charitè at St. Hedwig Hospital in Berlin, where she is the director of the out-patient clinic. Dr. Schouler-Ocak is the chair of the Research Division Intercultural Migration and Care Research, Social Psychiatry at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Dr. Schouler-Ocak is also the chair of the Section on Transcultural Psychiatry of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA-TPS) and of the Section on Intercultural Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Migration of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN). Furthermore, she is Board Member of the European Psychiatrists Association (EPA) and President of the Turkish-German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosocial Health (DTGPP). Additionally, she is head of the Institute of Psychotraumatology at the Alexianer Holding. Her research areas are migration and mental health, trauma, trauma-centered psychotherapy, EMDR, suicidology, transcultural psychiatry and psychotherapy.