9 and its consequences for future social relations in communities where there has been strong levels of social cohesion until now. Themes Very clear themes were evident in all of the clients stories. Abduction, physical and emotional torture, destruction of homes and possessions causing displacement were recurring themes. Most clients were in physical pain due to the injuries as one client states: “ At times I have problems with chest pains. At times I feel like I have asthma. At times I cannot bend. This happened from the time when I was injured.” In some cases, clients had lost loved ones due to the OVT and were in a state of grief as with this following client: “There are so many painful experiences but killing my son, ah! That is very painful. There are times when I am sitting just resting and I expect my son to walk in the door….. it is painful. …. It is still so painful. I’ll never forget this pain, never.” Others had been separated from their loved ones and still did not know where they were and if they were safe. One client says, “Of all the things that happened to me, one thing that pains me most is the family I left behind. This worries me a lot. I left my wife and child. …. Right now I do not know how things are at home. Maybe they were beaten up, or maybe they were killed, I don’t know…. I left everything there.” The strong themes of emotions were loss, grief, isolation, anxiety, fear, anger, and suspicion. The theme of anxiety and fear was most often linked to how the clients were going to be able to look after family members and be able to ‘get their lives back to normal again’. One clients states, “I am deeply pained by the destruction of (my parent’s) home. Now both parents are old, and to imagine them starting afresh to build up when things are so expensive, for them to reach where they have been now, this pains me a lot”. Another client said “I’d say there are two things. Firstly, they introduced a fear in my life. I’m afraid all the time, afraid that they will come back for me at any time. Secondly is the uncertainty of how I will survive and fend for my children.” AMANI Trust: At the boiling point of the pain. Report of a pilot study examining the eficacy of psychotherapy for torture survivors.