Somatic experiencing treatment with social service workers following hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-18

  Leitch, M Laurie ^a,b,d   Vanslyke, Jan ^c   Allen, Marisa ^c  

^a Foundation of Human Enrichment

^b Trauma Research Institute

^c Coletta Reid and Associates ^*  (United States)

^d Foundation for Human Enrichment   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural disaster; Posttraumatic stress; Resilience; Somatic experiencing; Trauma resiliency model

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149485432     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/54.1.9     Document Type: Article

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