Strengthening Family Coping Resources: Intervention for Families Impacted by Trauma
Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : 2015
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 244
- Category :
Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy - Category 2 :
Trauma and Violence - Catalogue No : 36753
- ISBN 13 : 9780415729536
- ISBN 10 : 041572953X
About the Author(s)
Laurel Kiser, PhD, MBA, is a psychologist and an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the protective role of rituals and routines within families, schools, and neighborhoods, and the development of interventions to strengthen these to reduce the effects of trauma. Dr. Kiser was awarded an NIMH-mentored career development grant in support of this work and has also received funding from SAMHSA for dissemination and evaluation. Her articles appear frequently in the professional literature and she is a regular presenter and invited lecturer at national conferences.