Family Stressors: Interventions For Stress And Trauma

Aimed at practitioners working with couples and families dealing with the impact of a traumatic/stressful event, this text provides a hands-on, practical guide that deals with how to respond appropriately to a wide range of specific stressors. Table of Contents: Gilbert, When Couples Lose a Child. Armour, When a Family Member is Murdered. Williams, When Children's Parents are Traumatized: The Din and the Dearth. Barnes, When a Child is Traumatized or Physically Injured: The Secondary Trauma of Parents. Courtois, When One Partner has Been Sexually Abused as a Child. Jessup, When a Couple Cannot Conceive: Traumatic Consequences of Infertility. Friedman, When Parents Age: Unique stressors of Adult Children. Catherall, When Terrorism Threatens Family Functioning. Author Biography: Don R. Catherall, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Phoenix Institute, which specializes in the treatment of trauma disorders and relational problems; Clinical Associate Professor at Northwestern University Medical School; a member of the Editorial Advisory Group of the Journal of Traumatic Stress; a member of the Editorial Boards of the electronic journal TRAUMATOLOGY, and the Taylor and Francis Book Series on Trauma and Loss; and author of Back from the Brink: A Family Guide to Overcoming Traumatic Stress.