ABSTRACT
Fortunately, most people who have been exposed to a traumatic event will experience a short period of distress and then go on to live their lives free from haunting memories (Van der Kolk and McFarlane 1996). However, this is not always the case. In this chapter, employees whose workplace was destroyed by an IRA bomb were followed up two years after the incident. All had returned to work and appeared to be coping well, despite occasional problems on Bonfire Night or when there was a fire alarm test. Yet, beneath the surface many of these employees were living and coping with high levels of psychological symptoms. In this chapter the interventions undertaken to support this group of employees is described together with the outcomes. The outcomes indicated that the interventions had brought about a significant improvement in the employees' psychological well-being and quality of life.
