Transforming the Legacy
Subtitle: Couple Therapy with Survivors of Childhood Trauma
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780231123426
Subjects: Psychotherapy; Family & Relationships; Psychology; Family/Marriage; Abuse - General; Psychotherapy - Couples & Family; Social Work; Social Science / Social Work; Case Reports; Couples Therapy; Marital psychotherapy; Psychic trauma in children; methods
First sentence: We face an unfortunate reality of increasing numbers of individuals who have endured childhood trauma; who have survived interpersonal and domestic violence; or who, as refugees, have sought asylum from political violence; armed conflict, or torture.
Description: "To serve the increasing numbers of individuals who have survived interpersonal and domestic violence or, as refugees, have sought asylum from political violence, armed conflict, or torture, Transforming the Legacy presents an innovative relationship-based and culturally informed couple therapy practice model that is grounded in a synthesis of psychological and social theories."--BOOK JACKET.