The Importance Of Trauma Informed Care

I attended a seminar entitled Trauma Informed care which was presented by Center for Urban Community Services the Institute for Training & Consulting. The facilitator opened the training by defining Trauma informed care which is an engagement technique that recognizes the presence of trauma history and acknowledges the role of trauma in the lives of survivors’. The training provided an overview of the new diagnostic criteria from DSM-5 of Post Traumatic Disorder and other trauma related disorders (generalized anxiety, panic disorder, dissociative disorder) as well as other symptoms and behaviors that can result from trauma. The trainer also discussed vicarious trauma and its impact on staff supporting clients with trauma history.

The ADHS trauma stakeholder workgroup held its December meeting last week and I attended along with Dr. O’Neil. My notes are below.

" A large part of a human service professional's role in a medical or healthcare setting is to provide crisis and trauma counseling to patients and their families. A goo model for how to approach an individual or family in crisis is one developed by Abraham Maslow. Maslow (1954) created a model focus in on needs motivation"(Martin, 2014, p. 223) Having a person that can help them understand and process the unfortunate event is paramount for both the victim and the family. Using the Maslow hierarchy of needs model is a great approach while dealing with crisis and trauma. " when individuals are facing a significant crisis, they often feel compelled to get their most basic needs met." (Martin, 2014. p224) in other words in case of crisis and to get over it, people will react to their basic needs, this is like a coping mechanism of making the best out of bad situation per

Furthermore, it is reasonable to assume that if a person’s culture and traumatic experiences are not considered, potentially helpful services may be rendered ineffective or cause more harm. Trauma-informed care is a strategy employed to minimise retraumatisation and provide a safe, affirming and respectful environment (Browne et al., 2016). This approach is achieved by an organisation’s staff being knowledgeable in how historical trauma, ongoing violence and discrimination still effect Indigenous Australians today (Browne et al., 2016). Additionally, a close connection to culture, community and family are considered important contributors in maintaining health and wellbeing for many Indigenous Australians (Priest, Mackean, Davis, Briggs, & Waters, 2012). Therefore, culture needs to be central to how organisations operate, as dismissive professionals lead to skepticism, hostility, unwillingness and hypervigilance (Herring, Spangaro, Lauw, & McNamara, 2013). Consequently, service providers should demonstrate that they can provide a safe, non-judgmental and understanding environment where culture is embraced (Herring et al., 2013). In addressing these issues, organisations can set the ground work for the most appropriate and effective services. Henceforth, ensuring a safe and respectful environment to encourage participation and

The above listed five authors, employed at the College of Social Work, University at Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. USA was the persons that produced the systematic review (SR). Those same persons were all involved in conducting this review. This review focused on short-term psychotherapeutic modalities used when working with survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) in both community settings and shelters. Accordingly, potential reports, to be considered, were only studies that could be identified

Better Way of Miami (BWOM) treatment center has made it a priority to make sure that its administrative staff and therapists have knowledge about trauma and how it has played a significant role in disrupting clients' ability to have healthy interpersonal dynamics, interpersonal relationships, and life- management. Further, BWOM appears to be a trauma-informed organization that integrates “best practice” trauma-informed therapy in IC’s sessions and therapeutic intervention groups in order impact to educate clients how to set boundaries, seek safety, and coping skills against triggers that can otherwise be hazardous to their overall well-being.

Trauma-informed care (TIC) consist of an extensive understanding of traumatic strain with the feedbacks and public reactions to trauma. Providers need to comprehend how trauma can have an emotional impact with management appearance, commitment, and the conclusion of behavioral health services. This observes the shared involvements that survivors can or may come upon instantaneously, subsequent or a prolonged time after a traumatic involvement.

The evidence displayed in these various studies supports the importance of trauma informed care. This concept is especially important for “service providers to understand trauma theory as a conceptual framework for clinical practice and to provide trauma-informed services for their clients” (Covington, 2008, p. 381). The author discusses three stages in helping a client work through trauma while working through their substance use. Her belief lies in the first stage of safety, which the provider creates a safe atmosphere for the client to work through their trauma that is contributing to their substance abuse. Secondly, she suggests remembrance and mourning which providers will encourage the client to tell their traumatic stories. Lastly,

Traumatic events or experiences, whether in the formative years or during adulthood, can adversely affect the behavioral and mental health of those victimized. Childhood exposure to traumatic events, such as child abuse or neglect, violent crime or domestic violence can lead to mood and behavior regulation problems, such as difficulty maintaining interpersonal relationships, emotional lability and lack of personal insight. There are several types of trauma including historical, domestic violence, homelessness, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and chronic toxic stress. The homeless population have experienced traumatic events in their formative years, so they lack the social and life skills that remain housed, maintain employment and develop health interpersonal relationships. Trauma Informed Care (TIC) is a framework whereby a client’s needs are

In this chapter I briefly introduce the topic of secondary trauma and its impact on Children’s Caseworkers who work with traumatized children. Next I explain the problem statement and the research question. In the last sections of the chapter, I include a list of key definitions and limitations and delimitations, explain my perspective as researcher of this study.

I think the first step as Christian Counselors which will help counselees re-experience their trauma in they safety of our offices is to begin with prayer and inviting the peace, healing, love, wisdom, security, and Truth of the Lord into the situation. As stated previously, trauma brings a sense of powerlessness and hopelessness, thus we MUST bring into the center of our therapy the Hoper Giver and the Healer. Next, I feel it’s important to not only express to our counselees that what they are experiencing is “normal,” but to also give them permission to express and verbalize what they are feeling and experiencing. The counselee must give himself or herself permission to do this as well (and made need assistance from us in doing that).

Clients I work with vary in age from childhood to adulthood and have directly or indirectly experienced trauma related incidents that include but are not limited to; sexual offences, domestic violence, and murder. This has enabled me to mobilize the appropriate interventions necessary to deal with this client group which includes making appropriate referrals.

There are many issues that could arise if you aren't aware of the trauma that your clients has gone through. Courtois and Ford (2009) stressed that assessing someone is an important step in the treatment process. For me, this helps guide the conversation. I feel that if there is a lack of awareness that there could be something that triggers the person you are trying to help and wouldn’t even be aware of it. Also, I don’t feel that healing will begin unless the team ( helper and client) are aware of what is being worked towards. in most cases in order to do this goal setting, back group trauma would be good information to have. Along the line of healing and triggers, it is hard to create a safe place, if the helper doesn't know about the trauma.

The current study evaluated the efficacy of a trauma-informed perspective for women attending dual diagnosis mental health and substance use treatment. Univariate analysis was conducted to help determine the efficacy of the trauma-informed perspective. Table 1 shows the results from the univariate analysis of data. The standard deviation of the entire sample was .50. From the control group who did not participate in a trauma-informed group, 50% were successfully discharged and 50% were unsuccessfully discharged. Amongst participants who received a trauma-informed group, 70% were successfully discharged from treatment where 30% were unsuccessfully discharged from treatment.

The traumas that are addressed in this question do impact me from time to time. Most recently, I had a young lady in my office tell me stories of when she was sexually assaulted. She went into details as to how it happened and also the impact on her. She now has to watch her every move and is always on alert in case the person who did it is nearby. For me, I was impacted by this story and filled with anger, despair and many questions. The main question that came to mind revolved around what kind of world do we live in where this would be ok. Luckily for myself and the clients that I work with I have a very good set of boundaries and self-care practice. our working relationship isn't affected because of these. I tend to use clients stories