Transforming historical trauma through dialogue / David S. Derezotes, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Today there is evidence that most minority groups in the United States suffer from symptoms related to inter-generational transmission of collective historical trauma. For those with additional mental health issues, treatment can become complicated unless underlying historical hostilities are addres...

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Main Author: Derezotes, David S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Sociohistorical trauma, transformation, and dialogue : dialogue models for transforming sociohistorical trauma
  • What is sociohistorical trauma?
  • What is transformation?
  • Dialogue practice
  • The development of the dialogue facilitator
  • Basic dialogue phases, tasks, and issues
  • Dialogue models
  • Psychodynamic dialogue : telling our stories
  • Cognitive-behavioral dialogue : exploring attitudes and behaviors
  • Experiential-humanistic dialogue : talking from the heart
  • Transpersonal dialogue : talking from spirit
  • Biological and environmental dialogue : communicating with our bodies and nature
  • Dialogue applications
  • Bridging divides through dialogue : transforming our spaces of misunderstanding
  • Dialogue in peace and conflict work
  • Dialogue across the life span
  • Community therapy : transforming mental health challenges through dialogue
  • References
  • About the author.