When Trauma Survivors Return to Work: Understanding Emotional Recovery

Author:   Barbara Barski-Carrow
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Edition:   Second Edition
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9781538105771


Pages:   206
Publication Date:   19 February 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Barbara Barski-Carrow
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Edition:   Second Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781538105771


ISBN 10:   1538105772
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   19 February 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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PART I. UNDERSTANDING THE TRAUMATIC LIFE EXPERIENCE (TLE) 1Why I Wrote This Book 2What is a Traumatic Life Experience (TLE)? 3What Is It Like to Be a Returning TLE Employee? 4What Can Managers Do? 5What To Tell Co-Workers? 6What Does Psychology Tell Us About Trauma? 7What Can an Employee Assistance Program Do? PART II. TAKING PRACTICAL STEPS 8What is a Dialogue Circle? 9How to Set Up a Dialogue Circle? 10Putting Out a Welcome Mat: The First Dialogue Circle 11Lending a Listening Ear: The Second Dialogue Circle 12Offering a Helping Hand: The Third Dialogue Circle PART III. SOME SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES 13When an Entire Group Is Traumatized 14What Challenges Does a Facilitator Face? 15Helping Yourself after a Traumatic Life Experience 16How Does an Employee’s Trauma Affect His Children?

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Dealing with traumatized people returning to work is a major problem. Barski-Carrow has hit on an issue that is relevant in today's society. She has provided both co-workers and managers, an easily understandable format--a helpful and caring way of dealing with people returning to the workplace after a trauma.--Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind This is a must read for employee's re-entering the workplace after a trauma. If you want an enlightened guide for post-trauma healing and recovery--this is it!!--April Ryan, White House Correspondent-American Urban Radio Networks, CNN Analyst; Author, The Presidency in Black & White and At Mama's Knee


Dealing with traumatized people returning to work is a major problem. Barski-Carrow has hit on an issue that is relevant in today’s society. She has provided both co-workers and managers, an easily understandable format—a helpful and caring way of dealing with people returning to the workplace after a trauma. -- Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind This is a must read for employee’s re-entering the workplace after a trauma. If you want an enlightened guide for post-trauma healing and recovery—this is it!! -- April Ryan, White House Correspondent-American Urban Radio Networks; CNN Analyst; author


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Dr. Barski-Carrow’s work focuses on relationships in the workplace. She brings to this issue more than 30 years experience in a variety of management, administrative and technical positions in the government, public and private sector. Her research, presentations, workshops, conferences and publications of popular and professional articles have earned her international acclaim. She was featured in a Wall Street Journal Article relating to workplace issues in 2003. Her roots are from Northeastern Pennsylvania. She relocated to Washington, D.C., and built her career in the Department of Energy and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Her specialty was building healthy relationships in the workplace. At HHS she became the Acting Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity/Office of the Secretary. In this position she created, designed and implemented the award-winning Sexual Harassment Program, training over 1,200 employees in the headquarters and regional offices. She served on the faculty of the Northern Virginia Community College, Mr. Vernon College in Washington, D.C. She has been affiliated with The Women’s Center, Vienna Virginia, Department of Defense & the William Wendt Center for Loss & Healing, Washington, D.C., and has given workshops at the Jungian Society in Washington, D. C. She resides in Milton, Delaware and is associated with the Cancer Consortium of Delaware, the Rehoboth Art League, the Coastal Camera Club, Member of the Fund for Women (Delaware Community Foundation) and is President of Carrow Associates.

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