Rebuilding security: Group therapy with children affected by September 11
Article Abstract:
The group therapy with children and adolescent impacted by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center with the focus on the role of metaphor, enactment, and the creative arts therapies in trauma treatment is examined. Examples are derived from ongoing, trauma-focused groups with traumatically bereaved children who lost their parents, as well as from ongoing drama therapy groups in which traumatic themes emerged.
Publication Name: International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0020-7284
Year: 2005
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Groups of children traumatically bereaved by the attacks of September 11, 2001
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The use of debriefing and support groups for children who experienced the deaths of family members in traumatic events of September 11, 2001 is reviewed. Stress-reduction exercises suitable for use with traumatized children in bereavement groups are presented together with specific drawings and written activities to encourage the processing of feelings.
Publication Name: International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 0020-7284
Year: 2005
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