Mrs. McIntyre job activities include with the clients are crisis inventions, resources, resolve challenges, and develop strategies. She explained to me that she’s required to find resources for her clients. E.g. a client needs assistances with providing food for his/her family. It’s her job to provide the family with the resource needed that will be beneficial to the family. For this client Mrs. McIntyre informed that she utilized the resource from Department Human Services (DHS). Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). According to Arkansas Department of Human Services, “the purpose of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is to help end hunger and improve nutrition and health. Low income households who receive SNAP…
The following court case against Compton Unified School District shares that there is trauma/complex trauma that has been affecting students who are from “high poverty neighborhoods”. Students who experience “violence and loss” are likely to have trauma. Students who are exposed multiple events of “violence and loss” experience complex trauma. to the point where they can no longer cope with their disability in order reach their fullest academic potential. Trauma is similar to PTSD because students cannot focus alongside their peers when they have been a part of a horrific event. Within the text, Peter was shown as an ideal student who experienced complex trauma, due to the fact that he had been a victim of both sexual and physical trauma in…
In general, the TSI measures the response an individual had to a traumatic event not the stimulus (Fernandez, nd). However, the TSI has ten subscales including, anxious arousal, depression, anger/irritability, intrusive experiences, defensive avoidance, dissociation, sexual concerns, dysfunctional…
According to the DSM-5 trauma is defined as “exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violation” (APA, 2013). The exposure must be as a result of either: direct experience the traumatic event, observed the traumatic event personally, learnt of a traumatic event that happened to a close family member or close friend, or experiences first-hand repeated or extreme exposure of traumatic event (not through pictures, media, television, or movies) (APA, 2013). More so, in treating trauma and any disorder as a result of traumatic events there are so many interventions that have been proposed in treatment. Nonetheless, Cloitre, Cohen, and Koenen (2006) in their book titled Treating survivors of childhood abuse: Psychotherapy…
Instead of focusing on the negative outcome of sexual abuse, the focus is shifted to looking at individuals overcoming trauma. With post-traumatic recovery individuals will be able to have a positive experience. They changed up the post-traumatic model so that they can see the attachment style, gender, and time since trauma, so that the individual will have a better recovery. It is explained that recovery from sexual abuse takes many years. Professionals want to get a better understanding of the pathways that assist recovery, so that there will be an increase of positive outcome.…
The last relationship that the patient describes as meaningful is her relationship with her partner. Aside from the past abuse, the patient feels she is safe and supported when with her partner. And while, from clinical standpoint,…
In this article response paper, I decided to review the article “7 Ways To Calm a Young Brain in Trauma.” This article focuses on how to relax a child’s mind who have experience trauma. The author thesis is to provide guidance to a teacher who has a student that has trauma and make them feel a part of the class. The author then discusses the seven ways that teachers can calm the students to get them through a day of learning.…
Currently I am working with clients with substance use disorders at an all men residential treatment program. I had developed my theoretical orientation from Albert Ellis’s Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Aaron Beck’s Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and Carl Roger’s Client-Centered Therapy (CCT). Combining examining faulty thinking, distinguishing thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and practicing distress management skills, I have seen significant progress clients have made in recovery. The Rogerian idea of providing a warm and safe environment for client to express feelings and thoughts…
Keane, T.M., Marshall, A.D., Taft, C.T. (2006). Posttraumatic stress disorder: etiology, epidemiology, and treatment outcome. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. (Vol. 2) pg. 161-197.…
The machines were beeping and there were pools of blood beside the woman. She was laying in the middle of the floor but nothing could be done. The victim was on the television. The incident wasn’t real, but the experience was undeniable. Medical dramas have become so realistic, that we often blur the line between what is real and what is fictional. On television, hospitals experience abundant traumas, rarely experience death, and doctors are glorified as heroes, whereas in reality it is not as dramatic.…
Resiliency is an important aspect of recovery in populations that experience adversity. Many experts and professionals have similar working definitions of resilience (Astier, Almedom, & Douglas; 2007; Cowden, Kobayashi, and Mellman, 2014; Eschleman, Bowling, & Alacron, 2010; Funk, 1992; Schaubroeck, Riollo, Peng, & Spain, 2001), which highlight the complexity of the word. The ability to return to a state of well-being and face adversity as a challenge instead of an overwhelming mountain unable to be scaled because of prior trauma is a challenging…
In my own definition a trauma can be described as an event that upsets the individual’s normal causing psychological, physical, and emotional harm. A trauma has different meanings to each individual however, anyone can experience a trauma. Bessel A. van der Kolk an expert in the field of traumatic stress states that, “experiencing trauma is an essential part of being human; history is written in blood” (Van der Kolk, McFlarlane, &Weisaeth, 2007). Some examples of a trauma include rape, physical abuse, violence, war, and injury. A trauma does not always require the victim to be to be the one experiencing the initial threat in fact; the victim may simply be a witness or a person offering help during the traumatic event. A DSM-IV criterion…
Your post provided some insightful information. I recognized the trauma that was inflicted on Laura by her mother during the early stages of her life, but I had not taken into consideration that the excessive amounts of time spent in the hospital only added to the fragile mother /daughter disconnection. Virginia was an adequate “care provider” for her daughter, but she lacked the necessary maternal skills needed for Laura to sustain healthy growth. Since there are still emotional scars in the relationship between Laura and her mother, I found your idea of creating new traditions together helpful in building stronger bonds between the two of them. It is an important ritual that the family can craft together. They can make some happy memories that they will be able to reflect back on as they grow older. Lastly, many people who have been suffering from trauma may feel safer to open up to others who have experienced trauma themselves. Laura and Virginia would be a great resource to their community if…
Complex trauma, or Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), is a form of repetitive, interpersonal trauma that often occurs during childhood, such as sexual abuse or domestic violence (Courtois, 2008). In 2015, 9.2 out of every 1000 children were reported as victims of neglect (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2017). As these children develop into adulthood, evidence of complex trauma may appear in the form of cognitive and behavioral impairments, as well as various mood and personality disorders (Olson-Morrison, 2017). Treatment is often focused on the disorders rather than the actual trauma itself. Courtois (2008) outlines seven areas of impairment which serve as diagnostic criteria for complex trauma. She argues that cultivating…
On May 2, 2013, Junior Seau, a former NFL linebacker for the San Diego Chargers, lay dead on his bedroom floor after suffering a gunshot wound. The news of Seau death would not only rock the nation, but stun those closest to him. In the past, Seau had reportedly admitted to various different sources that he had struggled with long-term side effects of concussions such as headaches, anxiety, and depression. Though never being treated for any injury of those injuries, Seau continued to play time and time again without considering the destructive effect that would be left over. Therefore, it is certainly no doubt that Seau may have suffered various types of head traumas Various sources speculate that he may have had a condition known as CTE, a…