Trauma Recovery and Empowerment: A Clinician's Guide for Working with Women in Groups PDF

Rating: (5 reviews) Author: Maxine Harris ISBN : 9780684843230 New from $28.53 Format: PDF

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This one-of-a-kind guide serves as a rich and essential resource for mental health professionals working with women whose lives have been shattered by the trauma of sexual, physical, or emotional abuse. The principles set forth are based on Maxine Harris's groundbreaking work with some of the most symptomatic trauma survivors, including women who have been incarcerated or institutionalized, and those with histories of drug addiction, serious mental illness, and/or homelessness.

The detailed treatment presented in Trauma Recovery and Empowerment is based on the author's conviction that symptomatic behavior often begins as a survivor's response to overwhelming trauma. Part One of the intervention focuses on empowerment and wellness issues designed to help women overcome feelings of victimization. Women are then better able to tackle the topics in parts Two and Three of the manual on emotional, sexual, and physical abuse and the far-reaching impact such trauma has on their relationships, emotional stability, and careers. Leaders are guided through the intervention with specific discussion questions, a sampling of typical responses, and experimental exercise for each topic. The manual concludes with step-by-step procedures for tailoring the intervention to specific populations.

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• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Free Press; Original edition (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684843234
• ISBN-13: 978-0684843230
• Product Dimensions: 1.1 x 7.3 x 9 inches
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Trauma Recovery and Empowerment: A Clinician's Guide for Working with Women in Groups PDF

In the mental health field we find ourselves constantly understaffed and underfunded. Trying to meet the wide variety of needs presented by clients can be overwhelming. It seems impossible to provide the proper support to people who present with addictions and years of trauma. Add in dual diagnosis and homelessness and it seems we're facing an impossible task.

But the Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (TREM) provides a well scripted approach to addressing ALL the concerns you'd see in clients in a community mental health setting. I was skeptical that a group setting could provide appropriate support to clients dealing such a wide variety of problems. However, I started using the manual with a group of women in long term inpatient rehabilitation for substance abuse. It has been surprisingly successful. The pace of each group is perfect as it starts with goals, progresses through questions for all participants to answer, and closes with an activity. The clients love the structure of the sessions and remind us if we don't follow the script exactly. Women have opened up and shared very intimate things that I thought they'd never share in a group. The women leave with a sense that they shared openly and feel accepted by the group and own the beginning of their healing.

I believe TREM is an invaluable resource. I have a wonderful series of group sessions set out that require a minimum of preparation. The clients in the TREM group can address their concerns in a safe setting. The agency I work for is able to serve many women at once who would receive no trauma counseling if we didn't have the TREM group. Ideally, it would be best for each woman to have unlimited one on one counseling to address trauma, but that won't happen because of time and funding and staffing.