Using metaphor and narrative ideas in trauma and family therapy

Everyday people living in South Africa experience trauma, either first hand through accidents, crime, violence and abuse or through being witnesses to the traumatic event. This results in people in South Africa suffering from anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other sever...

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Main Author: Mike N. Witney
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2012-09-01
Series:HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/article/view/1165
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Narrative ideas
Trauma
Meaning making
memory
Tree of life
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title Using metaphor and narrative ideas in trauma and family therapy
title_short Using metaphor and narrative ideas in trauma and family therapy
title_full Using metaphor and narrative ideas in trauma and family therapy
title_fullStr Using metaphor and narrative ideas in trauma and family therapy
title_full_unstemmed Using metaphor and narrative ideas in trauma and family therapy
title_sort using metaphor and narrative ideas in trauma and family therapy
publisher AOSIS
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2072-8050
publishDate 2012-09-01
description Everyday people living in South Africa experience trauma, either first hand through accidents, crime, violence and abuse or through being witnesses to the traumatic event. This results in people in South Africa suffering from anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other severe mental health issues. One only has to read a newspaper, watch or listen to the news to get a glimpse of the landscape of trauma in our country. In this article I looked at using narrative ideas and metaphor in therapy with trauma and family therapy.
topic Narrative ideas
Trauma
Meaning making
memory
Tree of life
url http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/article/view/1165
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