Collective Trauma, Collective Healing: Promoting Community Resilience in the Aftermath of Disaster

ISBN-13: 9781032139081 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 200 str.

Jack Saul

Opis

Collective Trauma, Collective Healing is a guide for mental health professionals working in response to large-scale political violence or natural disaster. The classic edition includes a new preface from the author reflecting on changes to the field and the world since the book’s initial publication.

Spis treści

Introduction: Collective Trauma, Resilience, and Recovery Part One: Collective Trauma and Recovery: Global Perspectives 1. Families and Generations 2. Refugees in New York City: From Clinic to Community 3. Promoting Family and Community Resilience in Post-War Kosovo　Part Two: From Global to Local: Urban Terrorism in Lower Manhattan 4. 9/11: The First Three Weeks 5. School and Community: Forging Collaboration 6. Promoting Collective Recovery 7. Community Initiated Recovery Activities 8. Collective Narration and Performance Part Three: War and Migration—Little Liberia, Staten Island, NY 9. Little Liberia: Fostering Community Resilience 10. Seeking Truth and Justice Summary

O autorze

Jack Saul, PhD, is the founding director of the International Trauma Studies Program (ITSP), a research and training institute based in New York City. ITSP is committed to enhancing the natural resilience and coping capacities in individuals, families, and communities that have endured and/or are threatened by traumatic events. He has served on the faculties of New York University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, the New School for Social Research, Clinical Psychology Program, and Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health. As a psychologist and family therapist, he has created a number of clinical and community-based programs in NYC and abroad for populations that have endured disaster, war, torture, and political violence. He consults with international organizations and has a private practice in Manhattan.