Building Resilience to Trauma: The Trauma and Community Resiliency Models

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Routledge, Feb 20, 2015 - Psychology - 234 pages

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.

 

Contents

List of Figures
Resilience and Trauma Defined
The Nervous System Memory and Trauma
The Trauma Resiliency Model TRM
A Developmental
Attachment Strategies and Adult Behavior
Veterans Warriors and Their Loved Ones
The Community Resiliency Model CRM
Assessment and Interviewing
Integration of CRMTRM Wellness Skills into Group Settings
Research Best Practices for International Environments
Index
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Elaine Miller-Karas, LCSW, is the executive director and co-founder of the Trauma Resource Institute and is adjunct faculty at Loma Linda University’s School of Social Work and Social Ecology.

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