Studying psychology opens up a wide range of professional opportunities. Working as a psychologist is possible in many professional fields, depending on the specialisation. In order to facilitate orientation, a selection of professional fields will be presented at this event. Psychologists from each SFU branch will present their fields of work and provide an insight into their everyday work. There will be first-hand information as well as room for exchange and questions. Language of presentation will be English.
Hemayat
Care center for survivors of torture and war
Mag. Petra Rothner-Amin | Clinical and Health Psychologist, Vienna
3 June 2025 | 6 pm – 7.30 pm, online via Zoom
The ‘Hemayat’ non-profit association (from Arabic and Persian, meaning ‘protection’) supports adults, children and young people with a refugee background who have experienced war and/or torture in their past. The association offers psychological support in various forms – from individual psychotherapy and clinical-psychological counselling with native language interpreters to movement and art therapies, children’s groups and group therapies for adults. A particular focus is also the clinical-psychological assessment of torture survivors in accordance with the Istanbul Protocol.
The aim of our work is to alleviate the symptoms that profound traumatisation has left behind in our clients and to integrate them into their biography to such an extent that it becomes possible and worthwhile to continue living in the here and now. Recognising the suffering and injustice caused by human beings plays a central role in this, as does regaining the ability to act and cope with everyday life.
In our presentation, we will be happy to talk about our work as clinical psychologists in the care of survivors of war and torture, the special challenges associated with this and why it is nevertheless worth turning to this target group in your professional life.
Lectures Series »Professional Fields and Practice of Psychology« organised by the Faculty of Psychology Ljubljana, Berlin, Milan and Vienna.
Contact SFU Vienna:
Mag. Julius Metzler, MSc.
julius.metzler@sfu.ac.at