The face your fear Club: Therapeutic group work with young children as a response to community trauma in Northern Ireland

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-124

  Stewart, David ^a,b   Thomson, Kirsten ^a  

^a NOVA ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Bocombra Lodge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous traumatic stress; Groupwork; Trauma; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 13744249252     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch165     Document Type: Article

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