title: Group therapy for partners of combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  An 18-month group-therapy experience with women partners of combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the application of group process and feminist theory to the planning and development of a group of women partners of veterans with PTSD.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors' clinical work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using group psychotherapy theory and feminist theory, the group content and process involved the themes of rescuing, dissociation, and individuation. The exploration of transference and countertransference were useful in facilitating individual as well as process.
authors.affiliation: Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education, Spokane, WA, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*