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This article extends the idea of parallel process from the therapeutic situation to crisis circumstances where similar processes can occur. Parallel processes have a particular relevance in a crisis since critical incidents tend to raise the emotional climate of the counseling situation. The processes that occur with a group of victims in the aftermath of a crisis can be reenacted between counsellors working with the victims and this has implications for clinical work. As example of such a situation is discussed as are the ramifications for the debriefing of counsellors.
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Talbot, A. The importance of parallel process in debriefing crisis counsellors. J Trauma Stress 3, 265–277 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00975150
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