Today's political climate has made refugee mental health a growing
public health issue. Synthesizing insights from psychiatry, social
psychology, and anthropology, this book sets out a framework for therapy
that is as culturally informed as it is productive. An international
panel of 23 therapists offers contextual knowledge on PTSD, coping
skills, and other trauma sequelae as they affect survivors of traumatic
events. Case studies from Egypt to Chechnya demonstrate various
therapeutic approaches. Authors explore the balance of inter- and
intrapersonal factors in reactions to trauma and dispel misconceptions
that hinder progress in treatment and provide profound examples of
mutual trust and empathy, even how the wounded may heal the therapist.
Voices of Trauma gives clinical and counseling psychologists,
psychiatrists, psychotherapists, rescue and social workers, the
necessary tools to create healing on a global scale.