Building resilience to trauma
Subtitle: the trauma and community resiliency models
By: Elaine Miller-Karas
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780415500630; 9780415820585; 9780203134115; 9781136480881; 9781136480898; 9781136480843; 9781136480836; 9781136480867
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Resilience (Personality trait); Community Mental Health Services; Psychic trauma; Psychological Stress; Psychology; Posttraumatisches Stresssyndrom; Psychological Models; 77.72 psychotherapy: general; Life Change Events; Therapy; Resilienz; Psychisches Trauma; Psychological Resilience; Bewältigung
Description: After a traumatic experience, survivors often experience a cascade of physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and spiritual responses that leave them feeling unbalanced and threatened. Building Resilience to Trauma explains these common responses from a biological perspective, reframing the human experience from one of shame and pathology to one of hope and biology. It also presents alternative approaches, the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) and the Community Resiliency Model (CRM), which offer concrete and practical skills that resonate with what we know about the biology of trauma. In programs co-sponsored by the World Health Organization, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, ADRA International and the department of behavioral health of San Bernardino County, the TRM and the CRM have been used to reduce and in some cases eliminate the symptoms of trauma by helping survivors regain a sense of balance. Clinicians will find that they can use the models with almost anyone who has experienced or witnessed any event that was perceived as life threatening or posed a serious injury to themselves or to others. The models can also be used to treat symptoms of vicarious traumatization and compassion fatigue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Resilience and trauma defined / by Elaine Miller-Karas; title: The nervous system, memory, and trauma / by Elaine Miller-Karas and Michael Sapp; title: The trauma resiliency model (TRM) / by Elaine Miller-Karas; title: Working with children who have experienced trauma : a developmental perspective / by Kimberly Freeman and Elaine Miller-Karas; title: Attachment strategies and adult behavior / by Elaine Miller-Karas and Jennifer Burton; title: Veterans, warriors, and their loved ones / by Elaine Miller-Karas and Jan Click; title: The community resiliency model (CRM) / by Elaine Miller-Karas; title: Assessment and interviewing / by Elaine Miller-Karas; title: Integration of TRM/CRM wellness skills into group settings / by Elaine Miller-Karas; title: Research best practices for international environments / by Beverly Buckles with Elaine Miller-Karas.