title: Healing traumatizing provider interactions among women through short-term group therapy.
abstract: A short-term, cognitive group therapy intervention method (Insight: A cognitive enhancement program for women) to reduce or resolve ongoing psychological disruption and/or trauma was tested among women who experienced traumatizing provider interactions (TPI) in their childbearing experience. The sample included nine married, Caucasian women, ages 26-45, college educated; one to five children (n=19). Birth Perception; Posttraumatic Childbirth Stress; and Traumatizing Provider Interaction scores among 19 births confirmed perinatal psychological trauma. Descriptive and statistical comparisons for UCLA Loneliness Scale III, Coopersmith Self-Esteem Scale, Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety Index and Beck Depression Inventory II, revealed marked psychological improvement in postintervention measurements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Graduate Nursing, College of Nursing, Box 2275, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA. dianna_sorenson@sdstate.edu
authors.forename: Dianna Spies
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Sorenson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009742:Nursing Theory; D036801:Parturition / Q000523:psychology*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012649:Self Concept; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome