Multiplex CBT for Traumatized Multicultural Populations

"With trauma-related disorder being a major public health issue, and with increasingly diverse populations being treated for trauma, including across countries as well as among minority and refugee populations, there is a great need for appropriate treatments. Our treatment is culturally adapted and takes a unique approach emphasizing somatic and sensorial aspects of experiencing. Such an approach is appropriate for diverse populations who have a wide range of education and frequently a somatic emphasis. Our treatment for trauma has been shown to be well accepted and effective for a wide range of groups, including Cambodian and Vietnamese refugees, Spanish-speaking populations, Afghan, Egyptian, Syrian, and Turkish populations, and even South African tribal groups. The manual is written so that clinicians of a wide range of education levels can use it in treatment, from trained layperson to social workers and psychologists. This accessibility greatly increases the potential demand for the volume"--