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A remarkable team of expert authors provide firsthand accounts from survivors of disasters around the globe, helping readers to understand the impact of trauma as well as interventions to heal.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Ani Kalayjian and Dominique Eugene Volume 1 NATURAL DISASTERS 1. Earthquake in Soviet Armenia: Coping, Integration, and Meaning-Making Ani Kalayjian, Yuki Shigemoto, and Bindia Patel 2. Northridge Earthquake in Southern California: Lessons Learned and Meanings Discovered Ani Kalayjian and Christina Di Liberto 3. Using Play to Support Children Traumatized by Natural Disasters: Chuetsu Earthquake Series in Japan Akiko J. Ohnogi 4. Coping with the Earthquake in Pakistan: A Religio-Culturally Informed Treatment Ani Kalayjian, Nicole Moore, and Kate Richmond 5. Coping with Hurricane Andrew: Preparedness, Resilience, and Meaning-Making Ani Kalayjian, Eleanor Donovan, and Yuki Shigemoto 6. Weathering the Storms like Bamboo: The Strengths of Haitians in Coping with Natural Disasters Guerda Nicolas, Billie Schwartz, and Elizabeth Pierre 7. Resilience and Healing among Helping Professionals and People of Sri Lanka: Post Tsunami Merry Evenson and Jenny Dougherty 8. A Disaster Outreach Program for Tsunami Survivors in Sri Lanka: The Biopsychosocial, Educational, and Spiritual Approach Ani Kalayjian, Nicole Moore, Judy Kuriansky, and Chris Aberson 9. Cross-Cultural Counseling Issues: Transpersonal and Clinical Counseling Training for Recovery Workers and Psychologists in Post-Tsunami Indonesia Beth Hedva, Elisabeth Arman, and Harold Finkleman 10. Ecological Worldview: From Ego to Eco Scott Carlin, Ani Kalayjian, Michelle Kim, and Elissa Jacobs 11. Long-term Impacts on Personal and Spiritual Values for French Canadian Elderly Victims of a Flood in Québec, Canada: A Question of Resilience Danielle Maltais and Simon Gauthier Volume 2 HUMAN-MADE DISASTERS 12. The Ongoing Impact of Colonization: Man-made Trauma and Native Americans Hilary Weaver and Elaine Congress 13. Post-Slavery Syndrome: A Multigenerational Look at African American Injury, Healing, and Resilience Joy Angela DeGruy 14. Striving for Peace through Forgiveness in Sierra Leone: Effectiveness of a Psychoeducational Forgiveness Intervention Loren L. Toussaint, Nancy Peddle, Alyssa Cheadle, Anthony Sellu, and Frederic Luskin 15. Cultural Competence in the Trauma Treatment of Thai Survivors of Modern-Day Slavery: The Relevance of Buddhist Mindfulness Practices and Healing Rituals to Transform Shame and Guilt of Forced Prostitution Ginger Villareal Armas 16. Exploring Long-term Impact of Mass Trauma on Physical Health, Coping, and Meaning-Making: Exploration of the Ottoman Turkish Genocide of the Armenians Ani Kalayjian, Nicole Moore, Chris Aberson, and Sehoon Kim 17. Gender and Genocide: Armenian and Greek Women Finding Positive Meaning in the Horror Artemis Pipinelli and Ani Kalayjian 18. Psychosocial and Spiritual Impact of 9/11 Terrorism on Mental Health Professionals in America Ani Kalayjian, Beverly Musgrave, and Chris Aberson 19. Healing Intergenerational Trauma among Aboriginal Communities Sarah Thompson, Christine Kopperud, and Lewis Mehl-Madrona 20. Traumatized by Humiliation in Times of Globalization: Transforming Humiliation into Constructive Meaning Evelin G. Lindner 21. Gypsies as Victims of Nazi Persecution: Historical, Sociocultural, and Coping Perspectives Andrea Zielke-Nadkarni 22. Under Threat from HIV/AIDS: Burial Societies in Limpopo Province, South Africa Beverly L. Peters 23. The Cambodian Refugee Experience: An Integrative Model of Trauma and Recovery Carl F. Auerbach and Edith Shiro-Gelrud Index About the Editors About the Contributors

About the Author

Ani Kalayjian, EdD, BCETS, RNBC, is adjunct professor of psychology at Fordham University, New York, NY. Dominique Eugene, MA, LMFT, RPT-S, NTP, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a registered play therapist and supervisor, and a nutritional therapy practitioner.

Reviews

Mass Trauma and Emotional Healing Around the World provides excellent examples of treatment considerations following disasters and should be read by all disaster responders. The material is accessible and can be considered as applicable text material for undergraduate and graduate psychology students.
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Anyone interested in social justice within trauma psychology will want to consult these volumes. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals.
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