Forthcoming Books in the Psychosocial Stress series

Trauma and Culture

Universal Pathways of Coping, Transformation and Integration

By John P. Wilson

In this volume, John Wilson combines two seemingly incongruous ideas – the universality of traumatic experiences and the principles inherent in the diversity of experience and meaning that form the basis of multiculturalism. On the one hand, we have the universal archetypes of trauma, stress, and coping, as traumatic events can occur anywhere, at any time, and affect anyone. On the other hand, cultures have developed independent systems for understanding, coping, and explaining traumatic events. Addressing real-life issues faced by the first responders and disaster relief caregivers, this groundbreaking volume engages and analyzes the integration of these two ideas to further understand their intersection and their practical application in different societies around the world.

Published September 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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Families under Fire

Systemic Therapy with Military Families

Edited by Blaine Everson, Phd, Charles Figley

Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge.

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Trauma and the Internationally Adopted Child

By Mary Beth Williams

Exposure to the foster care system, while hardly unique to the internationally adopted child, can often leave a lasting traumatic impact on the child. In the context of environmental stressors such as desperate poverty, civil war, social upheaval, and disease, which abound in some popular adoptive countries, it is easy to see how a child can suffer severe psychological trauma prior to adoption. An adoptive parent herself, Dr. Williams discusses the unique risk factors involved in international adoption and how trauma and traumatic stress can impact the child’s normal attachment systems, coping skills, emotional functions, and educational development. In addition, this comprehensive guide discusses the specific interventions and counseling strategies and techniques that clinicians, social workers, child services, and counselors can use to help parents and children cope, both immediately following the adoption and in longer-term care.

Published October 1st 2009 by Routledge.