International Handbook of Workplace Trauma Support

Rick Hughes · Andrew Kinder · Cary Cooper

Apr 2012 · Sold by John Wiley & Sons

About this ebook

The International Handbook of Workplace Trauma Support provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary standards and best practices in trauma support that draws from the latest research findings and experience of international experts in the field.

• Reviews the major contemporary post-trauma intervention models in both theory and practice
• Includes Trauma Risk Management (TRiM), Support Post Trauma (SPoT), Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness and Psychological First Aid (PFA)
• Incorporates multi-cultural perspectives by reporting on the pervasive violence in South Africa, constant threats in Israel and emerging developments in China
• Includes social, psychosocial, psychological, and organizational dimensions to offer a detailed mapping of trauma support
• Provides latest thinking for supporting those in the military context

About the author

Rick Hughes is Lead Advisor: Workplace for the British Association for Counseling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the lead body for the therapeutic community in the UK. Hughes has supported individuals and organizations in a range of circumstances including post-9/11, the London bombings, and the Asian tsunami.

Andrew Kinder is a Chartered Counselling & Occupational Psychologist and Chief Psychologist with Atos Healthcare, and a Fellow of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Cary Cooper CBE, is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University, President of the British Association for Counseling & Psychotherapy (BACP), President of RELATE, Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences, and Editor of Stress and Health.