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Publication Date: 2006-Dec
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Community Therapeutic Intervention for Women Healing from Trauma
McWhirter, Paula T.
Journal for Specialists in Group Work, v31 n4 p339-351 Dec 2006
This article investigates a community-based group therapy intervention designed to address specific needs of women in transition as compared to women also in transition, engaged in a traditional, nonclinical women's program. Both interventions were found to increase social network size, decrease social isolation, and decrease financial stress. The group therapy intervention participants also reported increased self-efficacy beliefs. These findings suggest a need to integrate a group therapy intervention into traditional social service facilities that serve women during times of major life transition. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Intervention, Females, Self Efficacy, Social Isolation, Social Networks, Group Therapy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Coping, Community Health Services, Financial Problems, Stress Variables, Stress Management, Social Services, Comparative Analysis, Homeless People, Outcomes of Treatment, Counseling Effectiveness
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Language: English
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