A House next door to trauma : learning from Holocaust survivors how to respond to atrocity / Judith Hassan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hassan, Judith, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust survivors--Mental health.

Holocaust survivors.

Psychic trauma--Patients--Care.

Psychic trauma.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J. Kingsley, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Judith Hassan's book discusses the kinds of demands placed on those who work with war survivors and opens up issues for others in the field of war trauma to answer in their own particular and appropriate way. A House Next Door to Trauma points to a different way of becoming a neighbour to all those who suffer extreme war experiences.

Contents:

COVER

A House Next Door to Trauma: Learning from Holocaust Survivors How to Respond to Atrocity

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE: THE 'OTHER WORLD' OF THE SURVIVORS' SUFFERING

PART I Facing the Dark Shadow

Introduction

Chapter 1 Opening the Door to the World of Extreme Trauma

Chapter 2 Personal Preparation to Confront the Dark Shadow

Chapter 3 The Complexity of Trauma

PART II Learning from Survivors How to Respond to Atrocity

Chapter 4 Working with the Effects of Extreme Trauma

Chapter 5 Rethinking our Therapeutic Approaches

PART III A Therapeutic Model for Working with the Aftermath of Atrocity

Chapter 6 Encounters with Survivors

Chapter 7 Translating Trauma into a Meaningful Therapeutic Language

Chapter 8 Building a Meaningful Therapeutic Service with those who have Undergone Severe Trauma

Chapter 9 Developing Services with Holocaust Survivors

PART IV Integrating Trauma

Chapter 10 Connecting Two Worlds

Chapter 11 Exploring the Usefulness of the Therapeutic Services in the Lives of Survivors

PART V A House Next Door to Trauma: Particular and Universal Dimensions

Chapter 12 Like a Mother with her Second Child: Work with Recent Refugees fromWar Trauma

Chapter 13 Developing Co-Ordinated Therapeutic Responses to War Trauma

Chapter 14 Closing the Final Page

REFERENCES

SUBJECT INDEX

AUHTOR INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610407866

9781280407864

1280407867

9781417549825

1417549823

9781846421914

1846421918

OCLC:

52965537