After the Storm: Healing After Trauma, Tragedy and Terror - Softcover

Kendall Johnson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0897934741 ISBN 13: 9780897934749

Publisher: Hunter House, 2006

Synopsis

Kendall Johnson calls this the New Age of Anxiety. Today we are all challenged with the continual threat of war terrorism job loss and political uncertainty. In the face of such chaos personal crises and disasters still happen. How do we cope? What actions can we take to best respond to personal and social crises? How do we help our children or the children in our care? How can we re-establish meaning in our lives? Using strategies learned and developed over 18 years on the frontlines Dr. Johnson shows people how to manage their emotional reactions in an emergency stabilise those around them and in time work through the lasting effects of crisis. Part I helps readers to understand the scope of human reaction to overwhelming events. Part II explains how the brain deals with shock how to understand delayed and complex reactions to trauma and how to recognise symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Part III is devoted to self-care. It contains an overview of techniques and suggestions for handling anger anxiety extreme grief withdrawal behaviour and numbing. And Part IV takes you beyond managing symptoms. The meaning of the event is explored particularly as it affects who you are and where you are going. Also included is a 20-page appendix entitled Crisis And Your Family: An Emergency Guide which gives instructions for caring for yourself and your family emotionally during and after a traumatic event.

About this title

Synopsis:

A national expert on trauma and crisis management who has worked with many soldiers affected by experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan discusses the long-term effects of trauma and recommends strategies for coping with the anger, withdrawal, and anxiety that results from trauma. Original.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hunter House
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0897934741
• ISBN 13: 9780897934749
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256