Letting the story unfold: A case study of client-centered therapy for childhood traumatic grief

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 199-212

  Goodman, Robin F ^a,c   Morgan, Alison V ^b   Juriga, Sandra ^b   Brown, Elissa J ^b  

^a National Child Traumatic Stress Network   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

9 11; Bereavement; Child treatment; Client centered therapy; Grief; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD TRAUMATIC GRIEF; COUNSELING; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; TERRORISM;

EID: 4944267206     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220490509534     Document Type: Article

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