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Transforming Trauma Valerie DeVille LMHC Director of Therapy Betty Griffin House 904-540-2840
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Objectives Identify
the impact of trauma on survivors
Address
the traumatic aspects of the experience as viewed by the survivor
Assist
survivors of trauma to reclaim their power and sense of connection to others and themselves
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A Story Group done at the Victim Center
Disclaimer: One size Does NOT fit all!
**Remember: Recent memory = Recent trauma
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Exploring the make up of trauma
Trauma and the brain
Hard wired responses to trauma
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Stuck in Fight/ Flight Hyperarousal
symptoms:
Difficulty sleeping Hyper vigilance Nightmares Flashbacks
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Stuck in Freeze Avoidance
Numb, reports as if it happened to someone else Actual avoidance Dissociation Body Sensations that mirror event
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Experience Choose
a partner
Choose
a small t trauma Draw your trauma using the pieces of the ITR Tell
your partner about your trauma and your pictures
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Examining the demographics of a trauma
Looking at the trauma piece by piece
Parts of the self in response
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Working with the memory (without retraumatizing) Telling
the story while staying in the here and now Example exercise.
Visualization
and the Healing Narrative
Example.
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Questions/ Comments
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Resources
Gantt, L.M. & Tinnin, L.W. The instinctual trauma response. In D. B. Arrington (Ed.), Art, angst, and trauma: Right brain intervention with developmental issues, (pp. 168-174). Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas, 2007. Lewis, Robert. (2007) Robert Scaer’s Neurobiological Model for PTSD and Psychosomatic Illness. World Wide Web Site. http://www.bodymindcentral.com/pdf/pubs/Lewis Pub_Scaer_PTSD.pdf. Scaer, Robert. (2011) The Dissociation Capsule. World Wide Web Site. http://www.traumasoma.com/apa_review.html.
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Resources (Cont.)
Schwartz, R. (2011) The Larger Self. World Wide Web Site. http://web.selfleadership.org/the-larger-self.html. Tinnin, L. (1990) Mental unity, altered states of consciousness and dissociation. Dissociation. 3:3, 154-160. Terr, Lenore. (1992) Too Scared To Cry: Psychic Trauma In Childhood New York: Basic Books. Van der Kolk, B. & van der Hart, O. (1991) The intrusive past: The flexibility of memory and the engraving of trauma. American Imago. 48(4) 425-454.
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