Disaster Mental Health Counseling: A Guide to Preparing and Responding

This book brings together 17 chapters on disaster mental health counseling. Mental health specialists from North America cover foundations, including special skills and strategies, the effects of disaster on the brain and body, assessment, compassion fatigue, and ethical standards; disaster and trauma response in the community, including mass violence (with discussion of the Pulse nightclub massacre), veterans, children and adolescents, survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and international deployment; and disasters and mass violence at schools and universities, including Newtown. Each chapter ends with counselors’ personal stories. Previously published as Terrorism, Trauma, and Tragedies: A Counselor’s Guide to Preparing and Responding, this edition has been revised and expanded and reflects the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs 2016 Standards for graduate training; provides practical disaster mental health skills and strategies for counselors and mental health professionals working in different settings; compiles information, research, resources, and practices in disaster mental health counseling for professional development and training; and incorporates the knowledge of responders in the field. It has new and updated chapters that address refugees and complex humanitarian crises, as well as companion website and companion curriculum guide. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)