Trauma Counselling

Product Details:
Author(s):
Herbst, A and
Reitsma, G
Year Published:
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
South Africa has one of the highest rates of extreme violence cases in the world, which has created a critical need for counsellors to be trained specifically in this area. In Trauma Counselling: Principles and Practice in South Africa today, a team of academics and practitioners have compiled a hands-on, yet theoretically grounded and evidence-based South African textbook on counselling victims of trauma. 
The first part of this publication focuses on the variety of potentially traumatic events that commonly occur in South Africa. It clearly describes themes related to traumatic events and traumatic stress and introduces the basic principles of trauma counselling. This section also focuses on how traumatic stress may manifest in different client groups. 
The second part aims to familiarise students with a range of strategies suitable for trauma counselling, such as brief interventions, cognitive behaviour therapy, the narrative approach, strength-based interventions and integrated or alternative approaches. The final chapter is a personal one, in which the authors reflect on the lessons they have learnt from their own practice and the techniques they have developed to protect themselves from vicarious trauma.
The final chapter is a personal one, in which the authors reflect on the lessons they have learnt from their own practice and the techniques they have developed to protect themselves from vicarious trauma.
Other features include:
• Activities at the start of each chapter to establish background knowledge
• Case studies and practical application exercises to illustrate how the strategies can be applied
• Critical thinking and individual thinking exercises that encourage students to reflect on their own experiences
• Extensive consolidation practice exercises at the end of each chapter
 
• Extensive support material for lecturers and students.
Content
Chapter 1: What is traumatic stress?
Chapter 2: A basic understanding of trauma counselling
Chapter 3: The context of community trauma in South Africa
Chapter 4: Trauma counselling related to health, illness and death
Chapter 5: Traumatic incidents in the family context
Chapter 6: The phenomenology of rape in South Africa
Chapter 7: Understanding the effects of indirect trauma
Chapter 8: Brief interventions
Chapter 9: Cognitive behavioural informed trauma counselling
Chapter 10: Narrative practices in trauma care, support and counselling
Chapter 11: Strengths-based interventions in trauma counselling
Chapter 12: An integrated approach to working with trauma
Chapter 13: Care sense: the importance of self-care for counsellors
Interest / Benefit to
This book is suitable for undergraduate students in social work, psychology, nursing, theology and counselling, as well as for practising counsellors who need to further develop their counselling skills.