Therapy After Terror examines the 2001 World Trade Center attack from the perspectives of New York City mental health professionals who treated the psychologically wounded following the attack‎.‎ Therapists discuss the attack‎'‎s effects on their patients‎,‎ its personal and professional consequences for them‎,‎ and the ways it challenged fundamental aspects of clinical theory and practice‎.‎ The book describes crisis mental health services that were established after the attack‎,‎ as well as longer‎-term treatments‎.‎ It also examines notions of trauma‎,‎ diagnostic procedures‎,‎ and the politics of psychological treatment‎.‎ Seeley uses her unique interdisciplinary background as she provides a detailed study of the post‎-9/11 mental health crisis‎,‎ including depictions of the restricted ‎'‎hot spots‎'‎ such as the Lexington Avenue Armory‎,‎ Family Assistance Centers‎,‎ and Respite Centers at Ground Zero‎,‎ where mental health workers delivered aid‎.‎