Family Stressors: Interventions for Stress and Trauma

by Catherall,Don R.

• ISBN13: 9780415949637
• ISBN10: 0415949637
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-11-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book is aimed at practitioners working with couples and families dealing with the impact of a traumatic/stressful event, with chapters considering events such as the loss of a child, infertility in a couple, sexual abuse of a partner, traumatization of a parent, traumatization of a child, impact of a homicide, and the impact of health problems of aging parents. Therapists are continually faced with these issues in their practices, and cases involving these situations are often among the most intense and emotionally demanding that they will confront. One of the supports a therapist can have available when confronted with such a situation is a practical guide to effective intervention. This book would provide the practitioner with just that -- a hands-on, practical guide that deals with how to appropriately respond to each specific stressor that is outlined in the book. Because each chapter is devoted to a different stressor, the practitioner is able to easily reference the desired material, in order toanticipate relevant issues, and plan for an intervention that will be based on the solid experience these authors will bring to the book.

Table of Contents

About the Editor	vii
Contributors	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
Don R. Catherall
1. When a Couple Loses a Child	5	(26)
Kathleen R. Gilbert
2. When a Family Member Is Murdered	31	(24)
Marilyn Peterson Armour
3. When Children's Parents Are Traumatized: The Din and the Dearth	55	(22)
Mary Beth Williams
4. When a Child Is Traumatized or Physically Injured: The Secondary Trauma of Parents	77	(18)
Michael F. Barnes
5. When One Partner Has Been Sexually Abused as a Child	95	(20)
Christine A. Courtois
6. When a Couple Cannot Conceive: Traumatic Consequences of Infertility	115	(28)
Bryn W. Jessup
7. When Parents Age: Unique Stressors of Adult Children	143	(24)
Freda B. Friedman
8. When Terrorism Threatens Family Functioning	167	(22)
Don R. Catherall
Index	189