The purpose of this paper is to present a rationale for and application of family therapy to traumatized clients and the families of these clients. After noting the frequency of trauma-inducing, high& stressful events, the paper briefly reviews the relevant traumatic stress literature. Next the pape
A five-phase treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in families
β Scribed by Charles R. Figley
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 911 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-9867
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