Paul Valent sees that the dialectic is not between life and death but between life and trauma. This text theorizes that the big issues of life can now be approached through the science of traumatology. Through communication with, and observation of, people whose lives have been stretched under stress or disrupted by trauma, the fulfilling components of their lives can be defined, oriented and categorized. It introduces the theory on the back of clinical and historical material, examining the current state of such concepts as stress, trauma, defences, memories, post post-traumatic stress...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Each chapter in this book aims to help the caregiver honour the valued traditions, main qualities, and held beliefs of the culture described. It provides information about issues, traditions, and characteristics of the culture.

This work offers tools to conceptualize and treat a range of symptoms and illnesses, and to replace them with equally well conceptualized fulfillment alternatives.

Trauma results in a wide variety of human unhappiness. In parallel, treatment of the consequences of trauma ranges from drugs, to single session psychological techniques, to management and cognitive therapies, to psychotherapies which take years. Some therapies deal with individuals, others with groups, some with children, and others with adults. With such a multiplicity of options, it can be difficult to make sense of the variety of manifestations and treatments. This work aims to clarify the situation by offering tools to conceptualize and treat a range of symptoms and illnesses, and to...

This work explores how communities rebound, reflect, and recover from the events they have experienced.

Those grieving the loss of a loved one who has died under traumatic circumstances form a special group of mourners. Separate from those going through simple bereavement, these mourners must cope with a double-edged sword: the grief of the loss and the trauma of the knowledge of how the loved one may have had to endure traumatic stress during their final minutes of life. This addition to the Series in Trauma and Loss should enable mental health professionals to distinguish between those who are going through the normal grieving process in the aftermath of a traumatic event, and those who are...

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

'Honoring Differences' deals with the treatment of trauma and loss while recognising and understanding the cultural context in which the mental health professional provides assistance.