Main description:

An incredibly timely resource in light of the world's current landscape regarding coronavirus and police brutality in the US.
Includes both theoretical frameworks and practical tools when working during mass shared trauma.
Edited by a leader of trauma studies in the field of social work.
Useful for both practicing clinicians as well as for students and teachers of social work.
Includes a sample syllabus, glossary of terms, and practical exercises.
Includes a fantastic range of international contributors sharing their individual experiences and perspectives.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Lost of Contributors

Foreword

Kevin Barry Heaney

Introduction

Ann Goelitz

PART I. Getting Started: Shared Trauma Perspectives

1. Shared Trauma: An Essential Construct for Challenging Times

Carol Tosone and Shari Bloomberg

2. An Investigation of Research on Shared Trauma

Carol Tosone and Julian Cohen-Serrins

PART II. Battlegrounds of Shared Trauma: Traumatic Events

3. Frontline Devotion in a Shared Trauma: Partners of Doctors and Nurses Combatting COVID-19

Alana Siegel and Rachel Dekel

4. Trauma, Policing, and United States Social Work Practice

Aimee Jette and Tina Sacks

5. Social Resilience and Natural Disasters: Effective Social and Community Response to Shared Trauma

Ngoh Tiong Tan

6. Shared Reality as a Result of War and Terror

Orit Nuttman-Shwartz

PART III. Battlegrounds of Shared Trauma: Social Work Modalities

7. Finding Our Way Together: Relational Therapy during a Global Pandemic

Johanna E. Barry and Jonathan B. Singer

8. Shared Trauma in a Group Context

Carolyn Knight and Alex Gitterman

9. Shared Trauma and Community Organizing

Ozy Aloziem and JaLisa Williams

10. In Conclusion: Lessons Learned Going Forward

Ann Goelitz

Glossary of Terms

Appendix 1: Sample Shared Trauma Course Syllabus

Appendix 2: Practice Exercises and Questions

Index