Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: The 'Other World' of the Survivors' Suffering -- Pt. I. Facing the Dark Shadow -- Ch. 1. Opening the Door to the World of Extreme Trauma -- Ch. 2. Personal Preparation to Confront the Dark Shadow -- Ch. 3. The Complexity of Trauma -- Pt. II. Learning from Survivors How to Respond to Atrocity -- Ch. 4. Working with the Effects of Extreme Trauma -- Ch. 5. Rethinking our Therapeutic Approaches -- Pt. III. A Therapeutic Model for Working with the Aftermath of Atrocity -- Ch. 6. Encounters with Survivors -- Ch. 7. Translating Trauma into a Meaningful Therapeutic Language -- Ch. 8. Building a Meaningful Therapeutic Service with those who have undergone Severe Trauma -- Ch. 9. Developing Services with Holocaust Survivors -- Pt. IV. Integrating Trauma -- Ch. 10. Connecting Two Worlds -- Ch. 11. Exploring the Usefulness of the Therapeutic Services in the Lives of Survivors -- Pt. V. A House Next Door to Trauma: Particular and Universal Dimensions.

Ch. 12. Like a Mother with her Second Child: Work with Recent Refugees from War Trauma -- Ch. 13. Developing Co-Ordinated Therapeutic Responses to War Trauma -- Ch. 14. Closing the Final Page.