Bilingual Forum 16th June 2020 – revised time 4.00pm to 5.30pm (London time)
meet.google.com/nzh-wqix-rvr
Languages of survival and pain - how do torture survivors speak of the unspeakable?
The session will take place via Google Meet (click on the link above). Like all platforms this one has its quirks. If you are not familiar with the platform, you might want to try it in advance. The organisers may not be available to help with technical problems on the day.
The Forum session on Tuesday, 16th June, will focus on the linguistic issues for torture survivors and the implications for mental health practice.
The 90-minute session will be divided into two parts. First, a presentation and interview with Dr Sally Cook about her research on the language choices of torture survivors within a therapeutic community. In the second part, there will be an interview with Nathalie Talbot, an interpreter with many years of experience interpreting for survivors of torture. A reading list will be available after the event.
Bilingual Forum for Therapists and Mental Health Interpreters
A National Forum for Bilingual Therapists and Mental Health Interpreters was established in 2010 to share learning and improve standards and practice. The Forum provides a space for ideas, experience, learning and good practice across languages to be shared and to offer a source of support and a network of supervision in a variety of languages.
The Forum meetings focus on a range of issues including:
The Forum meets twice a year in London. There is no charge for attendance at the Forum. If you wish to be added to the mailing list for the Forum, please email: beverley@pasaloproject.org
meet.google.com/nzh-wqix-rvr
Languages of survival and pain - how do torture survivors speak of the unspeakable?
The session will take place via Google Meet (click on the link above). Like all platforms this one has its quirks. If you are not familiar with the platform, you might want to try it in advance. The organisers may not be available to help with technical problems on the day.
The Forum session on Tuesday, 16th June, will focus on the linguistic issues for torture survivors and the implications for mental health practice.
The 90-minute session will be divided into two parts. First, a presentation and interview with Dr Sally Cook about her research on the language choices of torture survivors within a therapeutic community. In the second part, there will be an interview with Nathalie Talbot, an interpreter with many years of experience interpreting for survivors of torture. A reading list will be available after the event.
Bilingual Forum for Therapists and Mental Health Interpreters
A National Forum for Bilingual Therapists and Mental Health Interpreters was established in 2010 to share learning and improve standards and practice. The Forum provides a space for ideas, experience, learning and good practice across languages to be shared and to offer a source of support and a network of supervision in a variety of languages.
The Forum meetings focus on a range of issues including:
- Language switching and its meaning
- Languages in which trauma is experienced and in which trauma is recalled
- The possibility of expressing different and additional emotions in different languages
- The interpreter’s role in the therapeutic alliance
- Language as a transitional object
- Language, communication and power
- People’s identities and relationships with different languages
The Forum meets twice a year in London. There is no charge for attendance at the Forum. If you wish to be added to the mailing list for the Forum, please email: beverley@pasaloproject.org