Monthly Archives: May 2017

“Some days I Just have to listen”: A family therapist works with Syrian refugees

As a family therapist, Zeynep Kapisiz works with Syrian refugees in the Turkish city of Izmir. Her patients, mostly children traumatized by war’s violence and suffering ,are more likely to develop psychological disorders, become victims of violence, be forced into child marriages and recruited into armed groups. Here’s my profile of a young woman who faces at times seemingly unsurmountable challenges and tries to find a way to guide and help.

http://unicef.org.tr/basinmerkezidetay.aspx?id=32763&dil=en