When Traumatic Stressors are Not Past, But Now: Psychosocial Treatment to Develop Resilience with Children and Youth Enduring Concurrent, Complex Trauma

Katherine Tyson McCrea, Deanna Guthrie, Jeffrey Bulanda

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Abstract

The article discusses a project called the Empowering Counseling Program (ECP) conducted in community schools using participatory action and consumer evaluation designs. It addressed the elements of treatment theories used by mental health providers such as values, assumptions and concepts. It cites findings that clients suffering from complex trauma in under-resourced communities, unavoidably traumatized concurrently with treatment do not benefit from treatment guidelines.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalSocial Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 24 2015

Keywords

  • trauma treatment models
  • strengths perspective
  • impoverished children and youth
  • culturally-relevant services for African-American youth

Disciplines

  • Social Work

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