Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD (Hardcover, New)

It is well established that survivors of trauma bring to the treatment setting an emotional intensity and level of distress that touch, surpass and transform the empathic sensitivity of clinicians who listen to their stories. Empathic strain experienced by clinicians poses a potential threat to treatment outcome by truncating and distorting understanding of clients' intrapsychic dynamics. Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD examines how professionals are psychologically impacted by their work with trauma clients. A national research study provides empirical evidence, documenting the struggle for professionals to maintain therapeutic equilibrium and empathic attunement with their trauma clients. Among the many important findings of this study, all participants reported being emotionally and psychologically affected by the work, often quite profoundly leading to changes in worldview, beliefs about the nature of humankind and the meaning of life.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Psychosocial Stress Series
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	John P. Wilson, Ph.D. • Rhiannon Brywnn Thomas, Ph.D.
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	304
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-94758-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology
LSN:	0-415-94758-8
Barcode:	9780415947589

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