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Postwar Renoir

Film and the Memory of Violence

Postwar Renoir
  • By Colin Davis.

Published April 2012

This book re-assesses director Jean Renoir’s work between his departure from France in 1940 and his death in 1979, and contributes to the debate over how the medium of film registers the impact of trauma. The 1930s ended in catastrophe for both for Renoir and for France: La Règle du jeu was a…
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Serving Military Families in the 21st Century

Serving Military Families in the 21st Century
  • By Karen Rose Blaisure, Tara Saathoff-Wells, Angela Pereira, Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth and Amy Laura Dombro.

Published April 2012

This text introduces readers to military families, their resilience, and the challenges of military life. Personal stories from active duty, National Guard, reservists, veterans, and their families, from all branches and ranks of the military, and those who work with military personnel, bring their…
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Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors

A Clinician’s Guide

Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors
  • By Lisa Ferentz.

Published March 2012

This is a book for clinicians who specialize in helping trauma survivors and, through the course of treatment, find themselves unexpectedly confronted with client disclosures of self-destructive behaviors, including self-mutilation and other manifestations of deliberately "hurting the body" such as…
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The Compassion Fatigue Workbook

Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization

The Compassion Fatigue Workbook
  • By Françoise Mathieu.

Published December 2011

The Compassion Fatigue Workbook is a lifeline for any helping professional facing the physical and emotional exhaustion that can shadow work in the helping professions. Since 2001 the activities in this Workbook have helped thousands of helpers in the fields of healthcare, community mental health,…
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Transcending Trauma

Survival, Resilience, and Clinical Implications in Survivor Families

Transcending Trauma
  • By Bea Hollander-Goldfein, Nancy Isserman and Jennifer Goldenberg.

Published November 2011

Based on twenty years of intense qualitative research, Transcending Trauma presents an integrated model of coping and adaptation after trauma that incorporates the best of recent work in the field with the expanded insights offered by Holocaust survivors. In the book’s vignettes and interview…
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Trauma-Informed Practices With Children and Adolescents

Trauma-Informed Practices With Children and Adolescents
  • By William Steele, and Cathy A. Malchiodi.

Published October 2011

Trauma-Informed Practices With Children and Adolescents is a sourcebook of practical approaches to working with children and adolescents that synthesizes research from leading trauma specialists and translates it into easy-to-implement techniques. The approaches laid out address the sensory and…
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Retraumatization

Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention

Retraumatization
  • Edited by Melanie P. Duckworth, and Victoria M. Follette.

Published July 2011

Exposure to potentially traumatic events puts individuals at risk for developing a variety of psychological disorders; the complexities involved in treating them are numerous and have serious repercussions. How should diagnostic criteria be defined? How can we help a client who does not present…
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Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents

Theory and Clinical Interventions

Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents
  • Edited by Sandra Wieland.

Published December 2010

Over the last decade, the literature on therapy addressing trauma in children has expanded considerably, as has the literature on dissociation. Unfortunately, very little of this literature has addressed the issue of dissociation in children. At the same time, therapists working with children and…
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Families Under Fire

Systemic Therapy With Military Families

Families Under Fire
  • Edited by R. Blaine Everson, and Charles R. Figley.

Published September 2010

As provider networks on military bases are overwhelmed with new cases, civilian clinicians are increasingly likely to treat military families. However, these clinicians do not receive the same military mental-healthcare training as providers on military installations, adding strain to clinicians’…
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When the Past Is Always Present

Emotional Traumatization, Causes, and Cures

When the Past Is Always Present
  • By Ronald A. Ruden.

Published August 2010

When the Past Is Always Present: Emotional Traumatization, Causes, and Cures introduces several new ideas about trauma and trauma treatment. The first of these is that another way to treat disorders arising from the mind/brain may be to use the senses. This idea, which is at the core of…
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