PSY-8316: Diversity in Trauma and Disaster Response

Pleines, K. E. (2019). An attachment-informed approach to trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy. Clinical Social Work Journal, 47(4), 343-352.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is used for many different things, but this article is specifically focused on trauma. The trauma-focused cognitive behavioral (TF-CBT) therapy model supports not only the child of the victim but the parent as well.

Ray, L., Outten, B., Andrews, P., & Gottlieb, K. (2019). Disrupting the intergenerational transmission of trauma among Alaska Native people: A conceptual model for the Family Wellness Warriors Initiative. Journal of Health Disparities Research & Practice, 12(2), 40–68.
Another intervention that focuses on a certain population is evaluated in this article. The Family Wellness Warriors Initiative (FWWI) focuses on the Alaskan Native population. This program addresses traumatic events that are the foundational cause of family violence.

Kelley, A., & Small, C. (2020). Healers need healing too: Results from the good road of life training. American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 27(2), 60–75.
This article examines the intervention titled the Good Road of Life that works with American Indian/American Native populations. It researches the impact of this training on mental health professionals who work with this group. The interesting thing about this intervention is that it addresses the professionals dealing with the intergenerational victim rather than the victim themselves.

Felsen, I. V. (2021). "Web-based, second-best togetherness": Psychosocial group intervention with children of Holocaust survivors during COVID-19. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 91(2), 171–180.
This resource offers you recent, post COVID-19 information on its effect regarding adult children of Holocaust survivors and proposes an intervention of webinars to support the unique challenges experienced during a shelter in place and social distancing.