Kim M. Anderson
University of Missouri
Biography
Kim M. Anderson, Ph.D., LCSW, is an associate professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Missouri and a licensed clinical social worker. Dr. Anderson is the author of Enhancing Resilience in Survivors of Family Violence, a book informed by her research on, teaching about, and practice in the field of family violence. It provides empirical findings and conceptual insights for helping professionals to assist people affected by violence and oppression to cultivate their strengths and resilient capacities so they may reclaim lives of potential, possibility, and promise. Dr. Anderson has also written several journal articles and book chapters and presented at several national and international conferences on the subject of resilience. Dr. Anderson’s scholarship bridges gaps between theory and practice by offering conceptual frameworks that captures the interplay of trauma and resilience for survivors of family violence and mental health practitioners. Additionally, Dr. Anderson leads the Trauma-Responsive Institute (TRI), a consulting firm for human service organizations interested in developing and delivering trauma-responsive solutions to ease the suffering and mental anguish of their clientele affected by trauma.
Abstract
Abstract : Assessing PTSD and Resilience for Adult Daughters of Abused Women