Treating Victims of Torture and Violence
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Treating Victims of Torture and Violence

Theoretical Cross-Cultural, and Clinical Implications

  1. 214 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Treating Victims of Torture and Violence

Theoretical Cross-Cultural, and Clinical Implications

About this book

Torture is among the most disturbing and psychologically devastating of human behaviors. It dehumanizes its victims, leaving them with serious and lasting psychological wounds. Like other psychological trauma, torture frequently leaves in its wake denial and silence among both perpetrators and their victims. This communicative void creates a public and mental block that can make treatment of torture survivors very difficult.
Treating Victims of Torture and Violence is the definitive manual for therapists treating victims of torture, prisoners of war, and casualties of forced migration. Divided into five sections dealing with basic concepts of torture--violence and aggression, the torture syndrome, psychotherapeutic treatment, the cultural psychology of torture syndrome, and cultural psychological treatment-- Treating Victims of Torture and Violence employs both classic psychoanalytic and cognitive- behavioral methods. Realizing that torture victims are frequently from different cultures than those of their therapists, Peter Elsass provides in-depth aid to therapists dealing with a multicultural clientele.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Torture, Violence, and Aggression: Scientific Difficulties in Containing the “Absolute Evil”
  9. 2. The Torture Syndrome: A Diagnostic Description of the Trauma-Provoked Condition and a Psychodynamic Understanding of the “Unbearable Helplessness”
  10. 3. Psychotherapeutic Treatment: The Supportive Attitude and the Combination of Psychoanalytic and Cognitive Ways of Thinking
  11. 4. The Cultural Psychology of the Torture Syndrome:A Distinction between What Is Universal and What Is Culture-Bound
  12. 5. Cultural-Psychological Treatment: Examples of Psychotherapy Showing Respect for Foreign Cultures
  13. 6. Postscript: The Torture Survivor’s Perspective: A Follow-Up Examination Combining Supervision with Research
  14. Appendix
  15. References
  16. Subject Index
  17. About the Author