The healing power of symbolization in the aftermath of massive war atrocities: Examples from Liberian and Sierra Leonean Survivors

Journal of Humanistic Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-412

  Stepakoff, Shanee ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative arts therapies; Expressive therapies; Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees; Refugee mental health; Symbolization; Trauma counseling; War victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250899198     PISSN: 00221678     EISSN: 1552650X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022167807301787     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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3. Stepakoff, S., Hubbard, J., Katoh, M., Falk, E., Mikulu, J.B., Nkhoma, P., et al. (2006). Trauma healing in refugee camps in Guinea: A psychosocial program for Liberian and Sierra Leonean survivors of torture and war. American Psychologist, 61, 921-932.