| Intergenerational transmission of trauma may occur in families when resulting from social, personal or historical trauma. War trauma literature focuses on the survivor's avoidance of thoughts and feelings, the identification of recurring themes and patterns that reflect the war trauma, and how attachment patterns determine perceptions of self and others related to the war experience. Current evidenced-based treatment models for survivors of war trauma focus on symptom remission through cognitive and behavioral treatments which may reinforce cycles of re-experiencing and re-traumatization of the war experience. This study developed an alternative psychodynamic group treatment manual that addressed the short and long-term intra-psychic and interpersonal dynamics of the intergenerational transmission of war trauma. A theoretical manual was developed and assessed by expert evaluators using a brief qualitative survey. The proposed manual was projected to be successful. Suggestions for future research and for revisions to the proposed manual are included in the narrative responses to the survey. |
