Center for traumatised refugees (CENTRA)

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Centra is part of the Psychosocial Centre of the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf. For our tasks we are supported by the Social Welfare Office of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

Our team is intercultural, multilingual, and multidisciplinary. It consists of psychotherapists, doctors, social workers, nurses, and peer counselors. If necessary, we involve trained language mediators. We advise and treat trauma-specific, culturally sensitive and with a holistic understanding.

Centra is part of the Psychosocial Center of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. For our tasks we are supported by the Social Welfare Office of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

Our team is intercultural, multilingual and multidisciplinary. It consists of psychotherapists, doctors, social workers, nurses and peer counselors. If necessary, we involve trained language mediators. We advise and treat trauma-specific, culturally sensitive and with a holistic understanding.

We take it for granted to stand up for the rights of the refugees, including their right to health. Traumatized people need low-threshold access to high-quality treatment. Currently, these are too rarely available to refugees. It is therefore important to us to close gaps in the help system and to remove obstacles that prevent those affected from receiving the help they urgently need. We are especially committed to groups with special needs, such as refugee women with traumatic experiences, for whom cooperation in specific networks is particularly important. In this way, we hope to contribute to the successful integration and equality of refugees in our society.

We take it for granted to stand up for the rights of the refugees, including their right to health. Traumatised people need low-threshold access to high-quality treatment. Currently, these are too rarely available to refugees. It is therefore important to us to close gaps in the help system and to remove obstacles that prevent those affected from receiving the help they urgently need. We are especially committed to groups with special needs, such as refugee women with traumatic experiences, for whom cooperation in specific networks is particularly important. In this way, we hope to contribute to the successful integration and equality of refugees in our society.