2003/10/10 by Bonnie Burstow · 2 citations
Psychology · Health Professions · #Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications #Child and Adolescent Health #Child Abuse and Trauma
paper · doi:10.1177/1077801203255555
openalex publication_date 2003/10/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
The purpose of this article is to help pave the way for more radical counseling with traumatized individuals, communities, and nations. The author critiques the post-traumatic stress disorder conceptualization and psychiatry fundamentally, builds on and critiques feminist and other radical contributions to trauma theory, suggests directions for feminists, theorizes trauma from a radical perspective, and draws implications for practice. Conclusions include the following: A deficit trauma model is inappropriate; institutions of the state must be seen as critical in the creation of trauma; there must be a fundamental break with psychiatry; and trauma work should move in the direction of radical adult education.