Citation

Pharaon NA. Trauma, group, and couple therapy 2008; 32(3): 223-234.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers)

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Abstract

This article attempts to shed some light on the interface of trauma, groups, and culture as demonstrated in a therapeutic group that aimed at providing support to victims of domestic violence within the Arab American community. The author uses her personal and professional experiences since 9/11 in running a Family Well-Being group to illustrate how the group members used the power of group therapy to help them deal with their traumatic experiences, where culture played a mediating role in the group therapy process. These women faced many challenges as they dealt with double jeopardy, such as being Arab American women traumatized personally by violence within their own community and, concurrently, being the subject of discrimination and hatred due to ignorance about Arabs and Muslims within the larger society. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)