Beyond Trauma: Conversations on Traumatic Incident Reduction

Victor R. Volkman
Loving Healing Press (2nd edition, 2005)
ISBN 1932690042
Reviewed by Danielle Feliciano for Reader Views (3/06)

“Beyond Trauma: Conversations on Traumatic Incident Reduction” provides a wealth of information on traumatic incident reduction in a very reader-friendly format. Each chapter is self-contained, making it easy to find information relating to a particular situation without having to read the book from cover to cover. This book contains a detailed explanation of what “traumatic incident reduction” is, as well as offering a wide variety of situations in which TIR would be useful (for instance, grief and loss, crime, terrorism, and accidents). Each chapter has its own reference list, making it easy to find further reading for each particular subject within this book. The book is comprised of the experiences of a number of people with experience with TIR, so the reader is given quite an array of opinions on the subject. The book neatly wraps up with four appendixes, including a well thought out “Frequently Asked Questions” section.

“Beyond Trauma: Conversations on Traumatic Incident Reduction” is an essential reference book for any professional interested in or already working in this area of expertise. Furthermore, it would be beneficial to anyone who has suffered trauma and is interested in a deeper understanding of this particular method of reduction and treatment. It does read a bit like a textbook, which could be intimidating to the average reader. But the information contained within these pages is well worth reading.

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