Trauma, Culture, and Metaphors
Universal Pathways of Coping, Transformation and Integration
By John P. Wilson, and Jacob D. Lindy.
In this volume, John Wilson and Jacob Lindy explore the language of both individual and collective trauma in an era dominated by globalization and interconnectedness. As Wilson points out in the first chapter, Western psychiatrists have increasingly found that their ideas of trauma were not always
Published May 2012 by Routledge
War Trauma and Its Wake
Expanding the Circle of Healing
By Raymond Monsour Scurfield, and Katherine Theresa Platoni.
Decades after Charles Figley’s landmark Trauma and Its Wake was published, our understanding of trauma has grown and deepened, but clinicians still face considerable challenges when treating trauma survivors. This is especially the case for clinicians who work with veterans and active-duty military
Published October 2012 by Routledge
Healing War Trauma
A Handbook of Creative Approaches
By Raymond Monsour Scurfield, and Katherine Theresa Platoni.
Published December 2012 by Routledge
Helping Traumatized Families
Systemic Strategies
By Charles Figley, and Laurel Kiser.
The new edition of the classic Helping Traumatized Families offers clinicians not only a unified, evidence-based theory of traumatic stress but also details a systematic approach to helping clients promote self-regulation, self-care, and state resilience. Families tend to operate as systems, but
Published January 2013 by Routledge