Lorie T. Decarvalho, Julia M. Whealin

eBook, ePUB

Healing Stress in Military Families (eBook, ePUB)

Eight Steps to Wellness

Beschreibung

Eight practical steps to help military families through the unique issues they face When service members return, it's up to their families to try to soften their re-entry into civilian life. Healing Stress in Military Families offers practical help for military families coping with the myriad repercussions of their loved ones' duties, from their deployment to their return home. Based on the latest scientific research and best practice guidelines--as well as the authors' experience treating veterans and their families--Healing Stress in Military Families offers answers for the stress that comes not only from war, but also from other related issues, including deployment and redeployment, relocation, and reunion. Healing Stress in Military Families provides: * Evidence-based advice for clinicians helping military families with adjustment problems by facilitating communication, reconnection, and growth * "Making It Real" exercises for clinicians to employ with families in sessions * "Talking Points" that explore how to guide the family in their healing process * Homework handouts and between-session "Taking Action" exercises for families that reinforce and build on skills and information introduced in sessions Compassionately written with the military family at heart, Healing Stress in Military Families provides the information, tools, and skills that will empower these courageous families to more easily heal and become stronger and more resilient as they go through life. "This practical workbook will help others understand the highly complex factors that cause dysfunction within military families. Using a clear format that avoids jargon, providers and families can work through the eight practical steps that focus on reconnecting the family and improving resiliency. This excellent book will surely become core material for anyone interested in working with military families." --Bradford Felker, MD, Director, Mental Health Primary Care Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine "Healing Stress in Military Families: Eight Steps to Wellness is a timely, practical publication that recognizes and addresses the impact of traumatic stress on countless 'hidden victims,' our military families. The focus on empowerment and goal-directedness--versus illness, disorder and dysfunction--is so needed today." --Mark D. Lerner, PhD, President, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress

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Autor

LORIE T. DECARVALHO, PHD, is the Director of Behavioral Health Services at the Central Valley General Hospital in Hanford, California.?? She is coauthor, with Julia Whealin and Edward M. Vega, of Clinician's Guide to Treating Stress After War: Education and Coping Interventions for Veterans and Strategies for Managing Stress After War: Veteran's Workbook and Guide to Wellness, both published by Wiley. JULIA M. WHEALIN, PHD, is the Deputy Director for Education and a Research Health Scientist at the National Center for PTSD in the Veterans Affairs Pacific Islands Health Care System.?? She is coauthor, with Lorie T. DeCarvalho and Edward M. Vega, of Clinician's Guide to Treating Stress After War: Education and Coping Interventions for Veterans and Strategies for Managing Stress After War: Veteran's Workbook and Guide to Wellness, both published by Wiley.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118218631
• Artikelnr.: 38230006

Rezensionen

"Healing Stress in Military Families offers practical help for military families coping with the myriad repercussions of their loved ones' duties, from their deployment to their return home." (Socialworktoday.com, April 2012)"This excellent book will be highly useful for providers and anyoneinterested in helping military families reconnect and become moreresilient in the setting of the enormous stress these families faceon a daily basis. Using a clear format that avoids jargon,providers and families can work through the eight practical stepsthat focus on reconnecting the family and improving resiliency. Thebook includes highly useful "Making It Real" and "Taking Action"exercises that families can readily use and practice as they workthrough

these chapters. This excellent book will surely become corematerial for anyone interested in working with militaryfamilies."
--Bradford Felker, MD, Director Deployment HealthService and Mental Health Primary Care Service Department ofVeterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System Commander, UnitedStates Reserves

"Military families are faced with incredible challenges such asdeployment separation, constant relocation, and caring for lovedones with physical and psychological injuries. Unfortunately, dueto the necessary attention paid to service members, families areoften unintentionally overlooked. Drs. DeCarvalho and Whealin do anexcellent job detailing the various challenges faced by militaryfamilies and provide practical and helpful tips for increasingtheir resiliency in the face of adversity."
--Bret A. Moore, Psy.D., ABPP

"Healing Stress in Military Families: Eight Steps toWellness is a timely, practical publication that recognizes andaddresses the impact of traumatic stress on countless "hiddenvictims," our military families. The focus on empowerment andgoal-directedness--versus illness, disorder and dysfunction isso needed today."
--Mark D. Lerner, Ph.D., President, Institute forTraumatic Stress