ABSTRACT
When a Community Weeps provides a model for effective counselor intervention in bereaved communities. Individual chapters have been written by traumatologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and family members who have witnessed the effects of traumatic events first hand. Each chapter presents a specific traumatic event and gives perspectives on how these events affected the individuals involved as well as the community as a whole.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |17 pages
Introduction
part 1|98 pages
Humanmade and Natural Disasters
part 2|41 pages
The Loss of Leaders and Heroes
part 3|77 pages
Terrorism and Political Action
chapter 10|21 pages
The Threat to Belonging in Enniskillen
Reflections on the Remembrance Day Bombing
part |20 pages
Synopsis
chapter 12|18 pages
Summary and Incorporation
A Reference Frame for Community Recovery and Restoration