
What are the Links between Migration, Refuge and Resilience? Considerations for Intercultural Counsellors

Even though the term resilience has entered colloquial language, where it is both trivialised and misused, it seems that it can, in its original sense, be applied to describe the extreme life situations of millions of refugees/immigrants around the globe. However, for this particular population, as for anyone who may be affected by trauma, resilience does not occur involuntarily and automatically, and its potential pathways vary depending on the situation and the mental constitution of people who experience it. Such understanding may facilitate tailoring support methods applied by crosscultural counsellors and social workers to each person’s specific needs. In this article, we begin by outlining the current theorizations of resilience, and then look at how they can be applied to refugee and migrant populations. We identify a number of trends that need to be taken into account both before adopting such theorizations and offering support programmes.
Keywords: resilience, intercultural counselling, refugees, migrants
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Lani-Bayle, M. & Slowik, A., Studia Poradoznawcze/Journal of Counsellogy 2024, vol. 13, ISSN 2299-4971, https://doi.org/10.34862/sp.2024.3
- Martine Lani-Bayle, Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Nantes
- Aneta Słowik, DSW University of Lower Silesia, Wrocław