When people live through interpersonal trauma, there is a tendency for many to stay silent about their experiences. Reasons can include loyalty to close others, or the wish to keep family secrets. As a means of protecting others and themselves from the pain of traumatic experiences, many rely on a variety of coping strategies to neutralize or cut off painful memories. For example, some may rationalize away traumatic events, use intellectualization as a defense, or dissociate and keep trauma-related feelings at bay. But silence about the painful past is both emotionally costly, and ultimately unsustainable. How can clinicians help these clients feel safe enough to start opening up about their traumatic histories?
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Helping Challenging Trauma Clients to Open Up
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Robert T. Muller PhD
Course Length: 2 Hours
This workshop Offers 2 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.
When people live through interpersonal trauma, there is a tendency for many to stay silent about their experiences. Reasons can include loyalty to close others, or the wish to keep family secrets. As a means of protecting others and themselves from the pain of traumatic experiences, many rely on a variety of coping strategies to neutralize or cut off painful memories. For example, some may rationalize away traumatic events, use intellectualization as a defense, or dissociate and keep trauma-related feelings at bay. But silence about the painful past is both emotionally costly, and ultimately unsustainable. How can clinicians help these clients feel safe enough to start opening up about their traumatic histories?
1. Doing phase-based trauma work 15 Minutes
2. How family secrecy "protects" clients 25 Minutes
3. How survivors suppress their own trauma stories 35 Minutes
4. What to do when trauma stories appear very early in the therapy 30 Minutes
5. What to do when clients rush into trauma stories 15 Minutes