Barbara G Melamed

Gebundenes Buch

POW

Peace Over War: Using Mediation and Conflict Resolution to Reconcile International and Local Disputes

Beschreibung

Based on her own activism in the Gandhi International Institute of Peace and Mediators Beyond Borders this book applied her Program on Negotiation participant training at Harvard Law School Negotiation Principles of Mediation to 9/11, Kent State University killings, Croatia-Bosnia, Cambodia, Immigration and orphan issues and todays Racial, Sex discrimination, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Class Injustices. PTSD and moral guilt in soldiers is addressed through her own clinical work and review of scientific journals. The use of mindfulness, meditation and spirituality in their own clinical or legal work are used throughout as ways of helping individuals cope with traumatic experiences . But the emphasis is on empirically sound therapeutic approaches to resolving posttraumatic stress, anxiety, depression and secondary effects of injury to brain or body. Family interaction and training of practitioners, teachers, mediators, ministers and others is considerably important and addressed directly. Native Hawaiian and other minority cultural issues as they influence adjustment are explored. The ability to teach comes from years at the University level across East Coast. Midwest and invited lectures in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and several countries in SE Asia including Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, and India. Mediation skills are employed with legal assistance in resolving conflicts and avoiding litigation in multiple situations involving employment, living conditions, religious and racial freedom. She worked with SNCC, BLM, MBBI and many other groups to learn collaborative problem-solving.

Autor

Dr. Barbara Melamed her work as a Mediator Beyond Borders International, and participation in Rotary International and for the Intensive Training Institute of Women Peacemakers in Jakarta and Bali Indonesia is a continuation of her volunteerism in countries during conflicts which people/families are at risk for PTSD. As Founder and Director of Behavior Medicine Associates for over 20 years as a Board Certified Clinical Health Psychologist she earned an University of Hawaii Matsunaga Institute of Peace & Conflict Education. She achieved in 2019 Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation Master Executive Mediator. She actively mediates struggles between indigenous peoples and political forces. She has funded research from NIH, NIMH, Cleveland Foundation and Arthritis Foundation for research in anxiety, trauma and health. Her book on Behavioral Medicine received the 4th Best Book Award from Behavioral Science Books. She also co-edited a book on Child Health Psychology and family issues. She was former Director of Training at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii's foremost military hospital and worked with the V.A.'s programs during Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and devotes volunteer work with our returning warriors and their families. She was editor of Health Psychology and currently serves on many journals including European Journal of Psychology & Psychiatry. She presented at NATO in Turkey and gave the invited address at the International Congress on Aging in Bengalura, India. Currently is a Clinical Affiliate Professor at the University of Hawaii and former Adjunct Professor at John A. Burns College of Medicine and supervises healthcare workers, faculty and students during the COVID epidemic.

Produktdetails

• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 216mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781959182122
• ISBN-10: 1959182129
• Artikelnr.: 67192218