Kyle D Killian
Kyle D. Killian, Ph.D., LMFT is faculty in Marriage and Family Therapy at Capella University. A clinical supervisor and couple and family therapist with 28 years of experience , Dr. Killian has over 55 publications on trauma and loss, immigrant, refugee and multiracial families, resilience, and professional self care. His books include Intercultural Couples: Exploring Diversity in Intimate Relationships (Routledge, 2008), Interracial Couples, Intimacy and Therapy: Crossing Racial Borders (Columbia University Press, 2013), and Time, Temporality and Violence in International Relations (Routledge, 2016). Dr. Killian has delivered over 70 presentations at national and international professional meetings, including American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, the International Studies Association, and the American Family Therapy Academy. Dr. Killian is also co-Founder of Global Change Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus, a non-governmental organization that provides education and training for professionals and advocacy for immigrants and migrant workers.
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the adaptation process of Greek Cypriot refugee families
who suffered the traumas of displacement and death of family
members in 1974. Members of 30 refugee and 12 non-refugee
families (N = 118) completed 10 self-report inventories measuring
their resources, coping styles, well-being, and traumatic
stress symptoms. Results indicate that the resources of social
support, income, and adaptability, gender, and seeking support
predicted adaptation to war trauma. Twenty-two percent
of the refugee family sample and none of the non-refugee
family sample could be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). Of those diagnosed with PTSD, 94% were
women. Families with a PTSD-afflicted member reported
lower well-being and more support seeking behaviors.
Implications for working with refugee families are discussed.
and self-care practices, increased consciousness about power and privilege relative to clients’ social location, and increased capacity for remaining present while listening to trauma narratives. The Cronbach’s alpha reliability of the VRS was .92 and, as hypothesized, the VRS was moderately and positively correlated with posttraumatic growth and compassion satisfaction, indicating convergent validity. The VRS was not significantly correlated with compassion fatigue (CF) or burnout, indicating discriminant validity and that vicarious resilience is a unique construct that is not merely “the opposite” of CF or burnout. Conclusion: The VRS possesses sound psychometric properties and can be utilized in
supervision and training contexts and for self-assessment by professionals working with trauma survivors to aid the recognition and cultivation of vicarious resilience.
Papers by Kyle D Killian
the adaptation process of Greek Cypriot refugee families
who suffered the traumas of displacement and death of family
members in 1974. Members of 30 refugee and 12 non-refugee
families (N = 118) completed 10 self-report inventories measuring
their resources, coping styles, well-being, and traumatic
stress symptoms. Results indicate that the resources of social
support, income, and adaptability, gender, and seeking support
predicted adaptation to war trauma. Twenty-two percent
of the refugee family sample and none of the non-refugee
family sample could be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). Of those diagnosed with PTSD, 94% were
women. Families with a PTSD-afflicted member reported
lower well-being and more support seeking behaviors.
Implications for working with refugee families are discussed.
and self-care practices, increased consciousness about power and privilege relative to clients’ social location, and increased capacity for remaining present while listening to trauma narratives. The Cronbach’s alpha reliability of the VRS was .92 and, as hypothesized, the VRS was moderately and positively correlated with posttraumatic growth and compassion satisfaction, indicating convergent validity. The VRS was not significantly correlated with compassion fatigue (CF) or burnout, indicating discriminant validity and that vicarious resilience is a unique construct that is not merely “the opposite” of CF or burnout. Conclusion: The VRS possesses sound psychometric properties and can be utilized in
supervision and training contexts and for self-assessment by professionals working with trauma survivors to aid the recognition and cultivation of vicarious resilience.