Working through shame in groups for victims of trauma and war

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-178

  Urlic, Ivan ^a,b,d   Simunkovic, Gorana Tocilj ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Regional Center for Psychotrauma   (Croatia)

^c Clinic for Psychological Medicine   (Croatia)

^d NONE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BATTLE INJURY; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMPATHY; GROUP THERAPY; GUILT; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRISONER; REVIEW; SHAME; VETERAN; VICTIM;

AGGRESSION; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPATHY; GRIEF; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PROJECTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SHAME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 65749105689     PISSN: 00207284     EISSN: 00207284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/ijgp.2009.59.2.165     Document Type: Review

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