TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychotherapy for massively traumatized refugees
T2 - The therapist variable
AU - Kinzie, J. David
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In the treatment of severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), much emphasis is put on techniques, especially behavioral therapies. Such techniques negate the importance of the therapist as an individual in the treatment of complex PTSD as presented in severely traumatized refugees. The specific difficulties encountered by this population and the therapist responses are discussed: the need to tell the trauma story and the therapist's ability to listen; the patient's need for constancy and therapist's ability to stay; the patient's need to give and the therapist's ability to receive; the patient's problem with evil and the therapist's ability to believe. Case examples illustrate the approach and then discuss how generalizable this experience is to other populations. Research implications are suggested.
AB - In the treatment of severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), much emphasis is put on techniques, especially behavioral therapies. Such techniques negate the importance of the therapist as an individual in the treatment of complex PTSD as presented in severely traumatized refugees. The specific difficulties encountered by this population and the therapist responses are discussed: the need to tell the trauma story and the therapist's ability to listen; the patient's need for constancy and therapist's ability to stay; the patient's need to give and the therapist's ability to receive; the patient's problem with evil and the therapist's ability to believe. Case examples illustrate the approach and then discuss how generalizable this experience is to other populations. Research implications are suggested.
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U2 - 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2001.55.4.475
DO - 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2001.55.4.475
M3 - Article
C2 - 11824215
AN - SCOPUS:0035686266
SN - 0002-9564
VL - 55
SP - 475
EP - 490
JO - American Journal of Psychotherapy
JF - American Journal of Psychotherapy
IS - 4
ER -