On 22 April, the Oxfordshire-based charity Refugee Resource invited Careif to deliver a training session for their Counselling and Psychotherapy Team on Working with Interpreters and across cultures in Mental Health and, specifically, in trauma-informed counselling sessions.
Careif Chair, Professor Rachel Tribe, visited India and Sri Lanka in the spring after receiving invitations to run workshops or give talks there. She had a very successful trip which included giving a keynote talk at the International Conference on Counselling and Psychotherapy (ICCP) 2026 in Bangalore, India.
Careif is delighted to announce the launch of CARE (the Careif Archive of Refugee Empowerment), a free, hand-curated archive of more than 2,000 resources to support the mental health and wellbeing of refugees and asylum seekers.
On 25 April 2026, Careif Associate Dr Mariam Bhaila and Professor Rachel Tribe (Chair of Careif) delivered a workshop on ‘Understanding trauma and working in a trauma-informed way’ for the Sri Lanka Psychological Association. Dr Bhaila reflects on the workshop.
Careif’s latest Associate, Gašper Kosič, summarises the key insights from a new report by the Centre for Mental Health and collaborators. The report highlights how racism is deeply embedded in systems and institutions, negatively affecting mental health throughout the lifespan.
Dr Koravangattu Valsraj, Trustee and Vice Chair at Careif, comments on a recent report from the Centre for Mental Health: Strengths-based support for neurodivergent children and young people: evidence for reform. This report offers a timely and powerful reminder of something many families and professionals already understand instinctively: difficulties arise not from neurodivergence itself, but from environments that fail to adapt.
