Family Stressors: Interventions for Stress and Trauma (Series in Psychosocial Stress)

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.

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 To Anticipate Relevant Issues, And Plan For An Intervention That Will Be Based On The Solid Experience These Authors Will Bring To The Book.

Front cover 1 Contents 6 About the Editor 8 Contributors 10 Introduction 12 Chapter 1. When a Couple Loses a Child 16 Chapter 2. When a Family Member Is Murdered 42 Chapter 3. When Children's Parents Are Traumatized: The Din and the Dearth 66 Chapter 4. When a Child Is Traumatized or Physically Injured: The Secondary Trauma of Parents 88 Chapter 5. When One Partner Has Been Sexually Abused as a Child 106 Chapter 6. When a Couple Cannot Conceive: Traumatic Consequences of Inftertility 126 Chapter 7. When Parents Age: Unique Stressors of Adult Children 154 Chapter 8. When Terrorism Threatens Family Functioning 178 Index 200 Back cover 210 "Every family deals with some level of stress on a daily basis, but what happens to the family unit when a traumatic event affects an individual or family subsystem, and how can the entrusted therapist more effectively address each unique situation? Family Stressors presents a careful examination of eight extrafamilial stressors commonly encountered in couple and family therapy."--Jacket First Published In 2005. Routledge Is An Imprint Of Taylor & Francis, An Informa Company.