Armin Danesh is a consultant psychotherapist, director of a human rights organization, and chair of a mental health charity. He worked for over thirty years with refugee families who were traumatized or facing extreme crisis, and his doctoral thesis was about the experiences of these political refugees. As well as teaching phenomenological therapy, Danesh currently supervises psychotherapists, counselors, and students. Coupling existential themes with politics and psychology is characteristic of Danesh’s clinical and academic work; he integrates Western and Eastern philosophical views to shed light on existential issues.Alison Assiter is a professor of feminist theory at UWE, Bristol. She is a philosopher and has written a number of books on political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and Søren Kierkegaard’s philosophy. Her two most recent books are A New Theory of Human Rights: New Materialism and Zoroastrianism and Kierkegaard, Eve and Metaphors of Birth. She is an active campaigner on human rights issues, an editor of the journal Feminist Dissent, and has volunteered in an organization for refugees and migrants.

This engaging book considers political refugees from their own perspectives. It carefully combines individual case studies with relevant theoretical viewpoints in a way that is both respectful of trauma and appreciative of psychological change and personal opportunities

• Acknowledgements Preface Armin DaneshIntroduction Alison Assiter and Armin Danesh1 The Refugee “Problem” Alison Assiter2 My Perception of Political Refugees Armin Danesh3 I Am a Political Refugee Armin Danesh4 The Research Strategy Armin Danesh5 The Participants’ Voice Armin Danesh6 Experiences of Adaptation and Resettlement in the United Kingdom Armin Danesh7 Clinical Relevance Armin DaneshConclusion Armin Danesh and Alison AssiterAbout the Authors

Armin Danesh is a consultant psychotherapist, director of a human rights organization, and chair of a mental health charity. He worked for over thirty years with refugee families who were traumatized or facing extreme crisis, and his doctoral thesis was about the experiences of these political refugees. As well as teaching phenomenological therapy, Danesh currently supervises psychotherapists, counselors, and students. Coupling existential themes with politics and psychology is characteristic of Danesh’s clinical and academic work; he integrates Western and Eastern philosophical views to shed light on existential issues.Alison Assiter is a professor of feminist theory at UWE, Bristol. She is a philosopher and has written a number of books on political philosophy, feminist philosophy, and Søren Kierkegaard’s philosophy. Her two most recent books are A New Theory of Human Rights: New Materialism and Zoroastrianism and Kierkegaard, Eve and Metaphors of Birth. She is an active campaigner on human rights issues, an editor of the journal Feminist Dissent, and has volunteered in an organization for refugees and migrants.

This engaging book considers political refugees from their own perspectives. It carefully combines individual case studies with relevant theoretical viewpoints in a way that is both respectful of trauma and appreciative of psychological change and personal opportunities

• Acknowledgements Preface Armin DaneshIntroduction Alison Assiter and Armin Danesh1 The Refugee “Problem” Alison Assiter2 My Perception of Political Refugees Armin Danesh3 I Am a Political Refugee Armin Danesh4 The Research Strategy Armin Danesh5 The Participants’ Voice Armin Danesh6 Experiences of Adaptation and Resettlement in the United Kingdom Armin Danesh7 Clinical Relevance Armin DaneshConclusion Armin Danesh and Alison AssiterAbout the Authors