Citation

Foeken I. Women Ther. 1999; 22(1): 91-106.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J015v22n01_08

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The personal experiences of the author working with women's organizations in regions destabilized by war is the focus of this article. The author summarizes the results of a report commissioned by the Dutch government to analyze the state of para-professional work, describes her own work in the Former Yugoslavia and makes recommendations for the training of Western feminists to work in war regions. She also examines the effects of the trauma of doing this work on her own life.

Keywords

Trauma; refugees; feminist counseling; AD-MIRA; nationalism