Helping Traumatized Families.

The new edition of the classic Helping Traumatized Families not only offers clinicians a unified, evidence-based theory of the systemic impact of traumatic stress-it also details a systematic approach to helping families heal by promoting their natural healing resources. Though the impact of trauma...

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Main Author: Figley, Charles R.
Other Authors: Kiser, Laurel J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Routledge psychosocial stress series.
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Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Series Editor's Foreword
  • Preface to the 1989 Edition
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE-Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Families
  • Chapter one-The Family as a Living System: Family as a dynamic system
  • Chapter two-Individual Responses to Trauma
  • Chapter three-Spreading Beyond the Individual: Family Adaptation to Stress and Trauma
  • PART TWO-Empowering Families
  • Chapter four-Foundations of the Empowerment Treatment Approach
  • Chapter five-Phase I: Joining the Family
  • Chapter six-Phase II: Understanding and Framing the Family's Trauma Response
  • Chapter seven-Phase III: Building Healing Skills
  • Chapter eight-Phase IV: Sharing and Healing
  • Chapter nine-Phase V: Moving Forward
  • PART THREE-Empowering Family Trauma Therapists
  • Chapter ten-The Family Trauma Therapist
  • Chapter eleven-Epilogue: Implications for Practice, Policy, and Research
  • References
  • Index.