Authors: Maxine Harris
ISBN-13: 9780684843230, ISBN-10: 0684843234
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Date Published: September 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Millions of women seek help every year for troubling depression or anxiety, for puzzling physical symptoms like headaches, muscle aches, and stomach cramps, for addictions to drugs, alcohol, or food and for problems with relationships. What their therapists or physicians are beginning to discover is that trauma, whether past or ongoing, is the cause of many of these problems. For almost five years, 27 clinicians and more than 500 participants have developed and refined the interventions contained in this manual, combining the best elements of the social skills training, psycho-educational and psychodynamic techniques, and the peer support groups that studies show are highly effective with survivors. Trauma Recovery and Empowerment guides leaders through the entire trauma recovery process. Each section includes specific discussion questions, a sampling of typical responses, and experimental exercises for each topic. A first-person account by a trauma survivor or therapist brings each session to life.
Introduction | ||
General Instructions to Group Leaders | 1 | |
Pt. I | Empowerment | |
1 | Introductory Session | 13 |
2 | What It Means to Be a Woman | 19 |
3 | What Do You Know and How Do You Feel About Your Body? | 26 |
4 | Physical Boundaries | 34 |
5 | Emotional Boundaries: Setting Limits and Asking for What You Want | 41 |
6 | Self-Esteem | 49 |
7 | Developing Ways to Feel Better: Self-Soothing | 56 |
8 | Intimacy and Trust | 62 |
9 | Female Sexuality | 68 |
10 | Sex with a Partner | 74 |
11 | Transition Session from Empowerment to Trauma Recovery | 81 |
Pt. II | Trauma Recovery | |
12 | Gaining an Understanding of Trauma | 87 |
13 | The Body Remembers What the Mind Forgets | 96 |
14 | What Is Physical Abuse? | 103 |
15 | What Is Sexual Abuse? | 109 |
16 | Physical Safety | 115 |
17 | What Is Emotional Abuse? | 120 |
18 | Institutional Abuse | 125 |
19 | Abuse and Psychological or Emotional Symptoms | 130 |
20 | Trauma and Addictive or Compulsive Behavior | 135 |
21 | Abuse and Relationships | 141 |
Pt. III | Advanced Trauma Recovery Issues | |
22 | Family - Myths and Distortions | 153 |
23 | Family Life: Current | 161 |
24 | Decision Making: Trusting Your Judgment | 167 |
25 | Communication: Making Yourself Understood | 172 |
26 | Self-Destructive Behaviors | 178 |
27 | Blame, Acceptance, and Forgiveness | 184 |
28 | Feeling Out of Control | 189 |
29 | Relationships | 196 |
30 | Personal Healing | 202 |
Pt. IV | Closing Rituals | |
31 | Truths and Myths About Abuse | 209 |
32 | What It Means to Be a Woman | 215 |
33 | Closing Ritual | 219 |
Pt. V | Modifications or Supplements for Special Populations | |
1 | Women Diagnosed with Serious Mental Illness | 227 |
2 | Incarcerated Women | 249 |
3 | Women Who Are Parents | 278 |
4 | Women Who Abuse | 324 |
5 | Male Survivors | 354 |
Pt. VI | Appendix | |
Item A | Trauma Group Notebook | 403 |
Item B | Self-Esteem Thermometer | 406 |
Item C | Self-Esteem Achievement Chart (Example) | 407 |
Item D | Self-Esteem Achievement Chart | 408 |
Item E | Comfort Strategies | 409 |
Item F | Intimacy Network | 410 |
Item G | Road Map | 411 |
Item H | Literature Sources | 412 |
Item I | Autobiography in Five Chapters (Poem) | 413 |