REFLECTIONS OF A TRAUMA COUNSELLOR: THEORY MEETS PRACTICE

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  • Fatima Williams Teaching assistant in the Department of Social Development at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/44-4-231

Abstract

I worked at The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture, which is based in Cape
Town, from 2001 until 2007, first as a counsellor and then as a team leader. The organisation
often receives requests from business companies to do debriefing sessions after these
companies had experienced a traumatic incident.

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2014-06-19

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Williams, F. (2014). REFLECTIONS OF A TRAUMA COUNSELLOR: THEORY MEETS PRACTICE. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 44(4). https://doi.org/10.15270/44-4-231

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