During the war, CVT psychotherapists traveled to the region to train care providers in the specialized treatment of torture survivors.

In 1999, CVT launched its first international direct healing program working with Sierra Leonean refugees in Guinea, West Africa.

They provided direct mental health counseling to refugees who were suffering from torture and trauma due to the multiple conflicts in the region.

CVT has launched a number of training initiatives to build more resources for appropriate and sensitive care of torture survivors.

CVT worked with faith-based groups and the human rights community to secure the release of nearly $400,000 – at the time, the largest contribution in the history of the UN Fund.

In 1998 CVT organized domestic centers into the National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs and provides training on advocacy and building constituency.

[12] CVT provides direct care to torture survivors in areas of the world where few mental health resources are available.

CVT provides counseling and community mental health activities to adults and children who suffered torture and war trauma.

CVT international healing projects help an average of 1,600 torture and war trauma survivors each year.

In addition to providing direct mental health services, CVT trains members of the community and the refugee population to be skilled group counselors, advocates, educators and trainers.

Then they participate in small group counseling sessions with a professional psychotherapist experienced in torture and trauma recovery.

That practice continues by adapting counseling to incorporate culturally appropriate traditions, concepts and customs into the healing process.

The counseling addresses individual situations while helping survivors learn how to trust and rebuild relationships for a more fulfilling life.

Through webinar trainings, professional journal articles and publications, bibliographies, treatment manuals, and other online resources, the site hosts information intended for psychologists, therapists, social workers, physicians and nurses, lawyers, and administrators.

[15] New Tactics identifies its efforts as focused on three areas: "creating and sharing information and materials", "training and mentoring" and "building an online community".

[18] New Tactics developed "Tactical Mapping" a methodology to help identify the relationships surrounding a human rights abuse, and the points in which the system can be interrupted or transformed, ranging from highly local, personal relationships (e.g., the perpetrator's professional associations) to international institutions (e.g., the United Nations).

PATH works with ten centers focusing on three areas: mental health treatment and healing, monitoring and evaluation, and organizational development.