REFLECTIONS OF A TRAUMA COUNSELLOR: THEORY MEETS PRACTICE
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https://doi.org/10.15270/44-4-231Abstract
I worked at The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture, which is based in CapeTown, from 2001 until 2007, first as a counsellor and then as a team leader. The organisationoften receives requests from business companies to do debriefing sessions after thesecompanies had experienced a traumatic incident.Downloads
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