Trauma: Contemporary Directions in Trauma Theory, Research, and Practice

An expanded and revised edition of the first social work text to focus specifically on the theoretical and clinical issues associated with trauma, this comprehensive anthology incorporates the latest research in trauma theory and clinical applications. It presents key developments in the conceptualization of trauma and covers a wide range of clinical treatments.

Trauma features coverage of emerging therapeutic modalities and clinical themes, focusing on the experiences of historically disenfranchised, marginalized, oppressed, and vulnerable groups. Clinical chapters discuss populations and themes including cultural and historical trauma among Native Americans, the impact of bullying on children and adolescents, the use of art therapy with traumatically bereaved children, historical and present-day trauma experiences of incarcerated African American women, and the effects of trauma treatment on the therapist. Other chapters examine trauma-related interventions derived from diverse theoretical frameworks, such as cognitive-behavioral theory, attachment theory, mindfulness theory, and psychoanalytic theory.

Shoshana Ringel is associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Among other works, she is coauthor with Jerrold R. Brandell of Attachment and Dynamic Practice: An Integrative Guide for Social Workers and Other Clinicians (Columbia, 2007) and coauthor of Advanced Social Work Practice: Relational Principles and Techniques (Columbia, 2009).

Jerrold R. Brandell is distinguished professor at Wayne State University School of Social Work. He is founding editor in chief of Psychoanalytic Social Work, and his books include Psychodynamic Social Work (Columbia, 2004) and Of Mice and Metaphors: Therapeutic Storytelling with Children (2016).