Cultural competence in trauma therapy : beyond the flashback
By: Laura S. Brown.
Contributors: American Psychological Association.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781433803376
Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment -- Cross-cultural studies; Psychic trauma -- Treatment -- Cross-cultural studies; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- therapy; Cultural Diversity; Psychotherapy -- methods
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: "Drawing on her extensive clinical experience and the latest research, Laura Brown shows therapists how to become more sensitive to individual identity when working with clients who have suffered trauma. The author explains how culturally sensitive therapists draw upon multiple strategies for treating patients and are aware of both dominant group privilege and their own identity and culture. The book has a practical focus and contains a variety of case studies illustrating how theoretical constructs can inform assessment and treatment. Given the ubiquity of trauma in its various forms, all therapists, from trainees to seasoned professionals, will find this volume educational and thought provoking."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Knowing difference or we're all diverse here; title: Living in multiple identities in the context of trauma; title: Entering the healing process; title: Diversifying the definition of trauma; title: Trauma, age, and ageism; title: Trauma, sex, and gender; title: Trauma, culture, phenotype, and ethnicity; title: Trauma and sexual orientation; title: Living with disabilities in the context of trauma; title: The great divide: trauma and social class; title: Migration and dislocation; title: Trauma and systems of meaning making; title: Weaving the web of support: working with families and communities and caring for oneself.