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Health and wellbeing

Modern slavery - hidden in plain sight

Contemporary slavery is an issue that is causing widespread concern globally and is marked yearly by the International day for the Abolition of Slavery.

02 December 2020

In support of work the International Labour Organisation is doing to eliminate forced labour we spoke to Christina Curry, clinical psychologist and head of therapies at the Helen Bamber Foundation about how psychologists can improve their support with people with lived experience of slavery.

Christina Curry said one of the important things to think about if you are a psychologist is to be really curious and to keep your eyes open as sometimes the identification, especially if you are working in the NHS, can be an issue.

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