PSZ (Englisch)
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"Even if the most important thing is to survive, I have remained stuck in the time of my trauma. I have fallen out of time. I see the world from the outside; I am no longer part of it. I live in a different time as those who didn’t have to suffer as much. I have fallen out of the world, I have no place there any more, I’m now just a visitor. And I would gladly give a whole world just to be once more the way I used to be."
"It’s different here. No matter how I feel, I always like to come here. Here with you I can say how I feel; that’s like food for me. Even if my face seems to say something else – I feel good here. Don’t worry. I have found a place here."
Mr. Xh. - Prison camp survivor from Kosova
People from crisis regions of the world are looking for sanctuary and protection in Germany. They need our support if they are to start a new life – this represents for us a social, ethical and professional challenge. We take up this challenge with our expertise in the field of
- culture – We are an intercultural team. We respect diversity, we look for debate and
communicate our cultural knowledge.
- trauma - We are a multi-professional team. We offer specific treatment and advice, to help
refugees learn how to live with the traumatic experiences they had and to develop new opportunities for action.
- asylum – We promote the interests of refugees. Survivors of organised violence are in need of special protection. Legal security is a human right and represents a necessary basis for healing.
We offer refugees ...
- psychotherapy, psycho-social advice and counselling, social work supporting therapy, information and reality-based, culturesensitive intervention for stabilisation and trauma exposition
- expert opinions and assessments in procedures for residence permits and social welfare
- therapeutic, body-oriented and creative groups, women and youth groups, orientation courses
- CD NAWA, information on trauma and selfhelp in nine languages
- For young refugees: support in every-day situations with native-speaker mentors
For multipliers in the health care and social sectors we offer ...
- further training in asylum, trauma and culture-specific issues and regarding work with language and culture multipliers
- supervision, specialist counselling, therapy accompaniment, diversity training
- networking in the therapy association
- interpreter training
- information events and materials, lectures und publications
For the general public, political and legal decision-makers...
- we promote the interests of refugees by providing courses on sensitisation, further training and information.
In therapy and stabilisation measures we operate
- using client-centred, integrative and systemic approaches
- with trauma-specific psychotherapy and counselling, behavioural therapy, dance and kinesitherapy, art therapy, EMDR, psychodrama, theatre and play therapy.
Team
Our team includes specialists from Germany, Kurdistan (Iraq), Iran and Rwanda. We speak German, English, French, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kurdish, Persian, Russian, Spanish. We employ the services of trained interpreters for other languages.
Financing
The work of PSZ is financed through funding from the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture UNVFVT, the European Union, the European Refugee Fund and Inegration Fund, DW R-W-L and the Evangelical Church, the German Foundation for UNO Refugee Aid, Aktion Mensch and other foundations, municipalities and federal and state funding, collections, membership contributions and donations.
PSZ is a founding member of Bundesweite Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Psychosozialen Zentren für Flüchtlinge und Folteropfer (BAFF) (Federal Work Group of Psycho-Social Centres for Refugees and Torture Victims) and is recognised as a Free Youth Welfare Service in accordance with section 75 SGB III.
Team Members
Social Work Team
Graduate Social Scientist, Systemic family therapist i.t., Director
Graduate Social Pedagogue, Expert advisor for psycho-traumatology, Deputy Director
Ethnologist M.A.
Graduate Social Pedagogue, Systemic Family Social Therapist, Psycho-drama therapist
Language and Culture Mediator, Project Assistant
Team of Psychologists
Graduate psychologist, Psychological Psychotherapist i.t.
Graduate psychologist, Psychological Psychotherapist
Sociologist (Maîtrise en Sociologie, Belgium), Trauma therapist
Graduate psychologist, Psychological Psychotherapist, Dance and kinesitherapist
Graduate educationalist, Child and Youth Psychotherapist, Psychodrama-therapist
Graduate psychologist, Psychological Psychotherapist i.t.
Graduate psychologist, Psychological Psychotherapist i.t.
Administration and Organisation Team
- Stefanie Adrian
- Margaryta Kats
- Monika König
- Rüdiger Bauer
Free Lancers and Volunteers
Approx. 35 freelancers working as interpreters and course leaders, and 8 volunteers support refugees in daily life questions.
Board of Association
Psychosoziales Zentrum für Flüchtlinge Düsseldorf e.V. was established in 1986 and is recognised as a non-profit organisation. PSZ Chairman is the retired pastor Gerhard Gericke.
New members are always welcome. The annual fee for individual persons is € 40 and for groups and church organisations € 80.
The PSZ e.V. is member of the Diakonisches Werk of the Evangelical Church in the Rheinland - Westfalia - Lippe.
Opening hours:
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by arrangement
For inquiries regarding therapy / advice we offer a weekly telephone service and regular monthly meetings (last Wednesday every month at 2 o'clock a.m.) for interested parties.
How to find us
From the main station Hauptbahnhof Düsseldorf take any underground train in the direction of Altstadt
> exit at Steinstrasse/Königsallee. Exit the station in the direction of Königsallee
> Continue over the bridge and walk on straight for around 5 min.
> We are in Altstadt directly on Carlsplatz. A parking garage is directly adjacent to our centre.
