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COUNSELLING TRAUMATIZED PATIENTS
AND THEIR FAMILIES
E. Anthony AllenConsultant Psychiatrist andConsultant in Whole Person Health and Church-sponsored Health Ministries
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OUTLINE
I. THE NATURE OF TRAUMA AND CHANGE
II. STEPS AND SKILLS IN COUNSELLING
III. SPECIFIC GOALS AND TECHNIQUES FOR
TRAUMA
IV. STRENGTHENING THE FAMILY UNIT
V. THE EFFECTIVE COUNSELLOR
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I. NATURE OF TRAUMA
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DIAGNOSESOF TRAUMA Reactions
ACUTE STRESS DISORDER (ASD) (up to 4 weeks)
PTSD (4 weeks +) :
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ASPECTS OF TRAUMA
UNUSUAL EVENT
POSING SEVERE THREAT TO LIFE OR WELLBEING OF SELF/OTHERS
INESCAPABLE
APPROPRIATE SENSE OF HELPLESSNESS AND HORROR
CRITICAL ROLE OF VULNERABILITY OR RESILIENCE
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Aspects of TRAUMA and the family
AFFECTS THE WHOLE FAMILY - STRUCTURE
- TEAMWORK
RESOLUTION NEEDS THE WHOLE FAMILY
- STRUCTURE
- TEAMWORK
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LOOK OUT FOR TRAUMA EVENTS
A. INTERPERSONAL ABUSE WITHIN RELATIONSHIPS STRANGER ASSAULT/THEFT/KIDNAPPING INTER-GANG/COMMUNITY VIOLENCE MASS CONFLICTS
B. SITUATIONAL ACCIDENTS DISASTERS CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS TRAGIC RELATIONSHIPS/ LOSSES FINANCIAL/EMPLOYMENT LOSSES
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SOURCES OF TRAUMA affecting the family
1. EXOGENOUS - Involving Members
- Involving Whole Family
2. FAMILY SYSTEM - GENERATED - Relationship Abuse
- Affairs
- Divorce
- Severe Acting Out
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PRESENTING FEATURES OF TRAUMA
REEXPERIENCING
AVOIDANCE
AROUSAL
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TRAUMA, LOSS AND BEREAVEMENT stages*
1. NUMBING OR PROTEST 2. YEARNING 3. DISORGANIZATION OR DESPAIR (depressing features)
4. REORGANIZATION
(N/P, Y, D,R)
* (J. Bowlby)
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WAYS OF RESPONSE TO TRAUMATIC EVENTS
HOROWITZ’S1 THEORY OF CHANGE IN TRAUMA
1. HOW DO I FEEL AND BEHAVE?: STATES OF MIND
2. HOW ARE MY LIFE SUPPOSITIONS AFFECTED?
PERSONAL SCHEMAS 3. HOW DO I HANDLE THE INCONGRUENCE?
CONTROL PROCESS A CHANGE IN THESE RESPONSES THIS AFFECTS OUTCOME
1Mardi Horowitz, Centre of the Study of Neuroses, University of California, San Francisco
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I. STATES OF MIND HOW DO I FEEL AND BEHAVE?
1. UNDERMODULATION Denial, avoidance, numbing
2. OVERMODULATION Intrusive repetitive thoughts (Re-experiencing) and Arousal
3. OSCILLATION
STRESS RESPONSE SYNDROME IS PHASE ORIENTED
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Undermodulation: PERSISTENCE AVOIDANCE OF ASSOCIATED
STIMULI
COGNITIVE- AVOIDANCE OF THOUGHTS, CONVERSATIONS
- INABILITY TO RECALL IMPORTANT ASPECTS BEHAVIOURAL - AVOIDANCE: OF ACTIVITIES, PLACES, PEOPLE
AFFECTIVE - RESTRICTED RANGE OF AFFECT - AVOIDANCE OF FEELINGS (NUMBING) - DIMINISHED INTEREST AND PARTICIPATION - DETACHMENT AND ESTRANGEMENT - SENSE OF FORSHORTENED FUTURE
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OVERMODULATION:REEXPERIENCING OF TRAUMA
-INTRUSIVE RECOLLECTIONS - RECURRING DREAMS
- ACTING/FEELING AS IF EVENT IS
RECURRING (ILLUSIONS, HALLUCINATIONS, DISSOCIATIVE
FLASHBACKS etc.) - PSYCHOLOGICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL DISTRESS WITH SYMBOLIC CUES
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OVERMODULATION:PERSISTENT SYMPTOMS OF INCREASED
AROUSAL
- INSOMNIA,
- IRRITABILITY/ANGER,
- HYPERVIGILLANCE,
- STARTLE RESPONSE
- CONCENTRATION,
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I. STATES OF MIND HOW DO I FEEL AND BEHAVE?
1. UNDERMODULATION Denial, avoidance, numbing
2. OVERMODULATION Intrusive repetitive thoughts (Re-experiencing) and Arousal
3. OSCILLATION STRESS RESPONSE SYNDROME IS PHASE ORIENTED
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II. PERSONAL SCHEMAS HOW ARE MY LIFE
SUPPOSITIONS AFFECTED?
SCHEMAS RELATE TO: SELF, OTHERS, THE WORLD
THE MEANING OF TRAUMA EVENT:
1. Can redefine schemas2. Not initially integrated “suppositions in
flux”
3. Needs to be positively integrated with one’s schemas for opportunity in crisis
- schema strengthening/transformation
- growth vs. victim role
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III. CONTROL PROCESS(for incongruity avoidance)
HOW DO I HANDLE THE INCONGRUENCE?
CONFLICTS (or incongruence) develop BETWEEN:
(a). NEW SITUATION and
(b). PREVIOUS SCHEMAS (e.g. of safety and predictability)
Contribute to distraught feelings (anxiety etc) & undesirable negative thoughts,
Persons use CONTROLS for avoidance of handling these Conflicts
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CONTROL PROCESS CONT’D
Goal of treatment = reduce needs for
controls Negative conflictual thoughts and
feelings re incongruity can be: - recognized - communicated - processed - integrated
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II. STEPS AND SKILLS IN THE COUNSELLING
PROCESS
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STEPS IN THE COUNSELLING PROCESS
(for individuals and family)
1. ENTRY AND CLARIFICATION (history)
2. EXPLORATION AND PROCESSING FEELINGS
3. SUMMARIZING AND INTERPRETING (issues)
4. EDUCATING
5. PLANNING AND ACTION for - Referral out - Counselling goals and techniques + Adjunctive referrals
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CLARIFICATION WITH THE FAMILY
1. (HISTORY)
- Sources of Trauma
- Effects on presenting patients
- Effects on other family members
- Effects of family as a whole
- Adaptation of family so far
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LISTENING AND EMPATHY SKILLS
ATTENDINGLEADINGELICITING FEELINGSREFLECTING (facts and
feelings)
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EDUCATE THE PATIENT AND FAMILY
- STRESS DISORDERS & GRIEF
- POSSIBLE DELAY OF SYMPTOMS AND RECOVERY TAKING TIME
- CAUTION RE USE OF ALCOHOL/DRUGS
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REFERAL OUT TO MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
VS. COUNSELLINGCRITERIA:
1. SEVERITY SEVERE STRESS SYNDROMES
2. VULNERABILITY PERSONALITY DISORDERS
HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE
CHRONIC TRAUMATIC/ABUSIVE LIFE SITUATIONS
REFER DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY (ALSO AS “SOURCE OF TRAUMA”)
3. COMORBIDITY
Major depression, psychosis, other anxiety disorders
NB Continue to Support!
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SPECIAL ADJUNCT REFERRALS
SUPPORT GROUPS -GRIEF,TRAUMA, VICTIM SUPPORT
WOMEN’S CRISIS CENTRE
POLICE RAPE UNIT
CHILD DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MEDIATION
BEREAVEMENT COUNSELLING
COUPLES OR FAMILY COUNSELLING
CLERGY
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III.SPECIFIC GOALS AND TECHNIQUES
IN TRAUMA COUNSELLING
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INVOLVING THE FAMILY IN GOALS
1. INTEGRATE THE FAMILY INTO INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING
- As assistant in goals for individual change: ADJUSTMENT, EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT, RESILIENCE BUILDIDNG
2. COUNSEL THE “FAMILY AS PATIENT”
i) Use similar steps and goals as for individual: ADJUSTMENT, EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT, RESILIENCE BUILDIDNG
ii) Help strengthen the family unit - Promote – a healthy family structure - Promote - healthy teamwork functioning
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GOALS OF TRAUMA COUNSELLING
A. ADJUSTMENT (For positive" SCHEMA”)
B. EMOTION MANAGEMENT (For handling
“STATES OF MIND” and “CONTROL PROCESS”)
C. RESILIENCE BUILDING
NB. APPLY GOALS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND AS NECESSARY
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a. ADJUSTMENT GOALS OF TRAUMA COUNSELLING
(for schema)
Is it normal to be this way? 1. ACKNOWLEDGING AND ACCEPTING THE TRAUMATIZED SELF
Can I/we get back on top of things? 2. REGAINING MASTERY
How will this affect my/our suppositions? 3. INTEGRATION OF THE TRAUMATIC INFORMATION INTO ONE’S
SCHEMA
How can I/we choose to grow? 4. VIEWING TRAUMA AS A CHALLENGE
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TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTING ADJUSTMENT GOALS (FOR
SCHEMA)
Is it normal to be this way? HELP THE PATIENT/FAMILY
ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT HIS/HER/THEIR TRAUMATIZED SELF
- Facilitate working through: a) fear of loss of control, b) perceived ‘weakness’ (shame over helplessness)
- Help patient/family normalize reactions (e.g. crying, complaining, self pity)
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Can I/we get back on top of things? HELP THE PATIENT/FAMILY REGAIN
MASTERY (of external and internal worlds)
- Assist confronting of mistrust of self and world - Aid strategies to counter helplessness:
▪ re-entering life, ▪ making decisions,
▪ seeking support, ▪ limiting demands, ▪ controlling transitions between intrusions and denial states
TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTING ADJUSTMENT
GOALS CONT’D (FOR Schema)
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TECHNIGUES FOR IMPLEMENTING ADJUSTMENT
GOALS CONT’D (FOR Schema)
How will this affect my/our suppositions?
HELP PATIENT/FAMILY INTEGRATE THE TRAUMATIC INFORMATION INTO
HIS/HER/THEIR “SCHEMA”:- Explore the “pains of incongruence”
- Help restore a ‘safe’ sense of self, others and the world - AIDS: Facilitate a “transcending world view” - Explore practical adjustments - Facilitate new coping and resilience skills (whole person
lifestyles !)
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TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTING ADJUSTMENT
GOALS CONT’D (FOR Schema)
How can I/we choose to grow?4. HELP THE PATIENT/FAMILY VIEW TRAUMA AS
A CHALLENGE - Encourage embracing opportunities for growth vs. victim role
- Explore embracing possibilities for ‘good out of evil’
- Enable experiencing life fully with its vulnerability and finality
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B. EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT GOAL OF TRAUMA COUNSELLING
MANAGING INTRUSION - DENIAL PHASES
or
“STATES OF MIND”
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EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT ASPECTS OF MANAGING
INTRUSION-DENIAL PHASES
HELP REDUCE THEIR INTENSITY AND FREQUENCY
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EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING THE DENIAL PHASE (undermodulation)
- ENCOURAGE FEELINGS: ▪ Abreaction and encouraging Ventilation ▪ Exploration of emotional aspects ▪ Encourage grieving ▪ Encouraging emotionally supportive relationshipsNB Avoid collusion with denialRather: Empathize, Interpret
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EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING THE INTRUSION PHASE (overmodulation)
1. FACILITATE EMOTIONAL RELIEF AND CONTROL
2. ENABLE PROTECTIVE DISTANCING
3. ADDRESS NEGATIVE COGNITIONS
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EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING
THE INTRUSION PHASE
1. FACILITATE EMOTIONAL RELIEF AND CONTROL
▪ Provide support ▪ Relaxation methods
▪ Evoke other emotions (e.g. hope)
▪ Desensitization for phobic
responses (Exposure)
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EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING
THE INTRUSION PHASE CONT’D
2.ENABLE PROTECTIVE DISTANCINGExplore accepting external ‘relief
interventions’ :for overwhelmed patients:
- ‘taking over’, -‘structuring’ of life,
- reducing external stimuli - rest
- removing reminders – “taking a break”
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EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING THE INTRUSION PHASE
3. ADDRESS NEGATIVE COGNITIONS (producing anxiety and depression)
A. BLAME TO SELF &/or OTHERS
B. GUILT/SHAME -SURVIVOR GUILT -GUILT/SHAME OVER RAGE AT THE SOURCE (including “God”)
C. FUTURE PREDICTIONS4 . ATTRIBUTING REPETITION TO THE FUTURE5. ATTRIBUTING IDENTIFICATION OR MERGER WITH VICTIMS TO FUTURE (“It will happen to me too”)
HELP QUESTION AUTOMATIC THOUGHTSENCOURAGE RATIONAL SELF-TALK
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c.Resilience goals Dennis Charney 2007 *
BE OPTIMISTIC DEVELOP COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY - Restructure knowledge in adaptive ways HOLD SHATTERPROOF BELIEFS - Religion or Spirituality BE ALTRUISTIC - The belief in a survivor mission RESILIENT ROLE MODEL BE ADEPT AT FACING FEARS DEVELOP ACTIVE COPING SKILLS SUPPORTIVE SOCIAL NETWORK KEEP FIT SENSE OF HUMOUR *Charney Dennis. (2007) .People can learn markers on road to resilience. Psychiatry News,
volume 42, (5)
Also: FORGIVENESS !
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IV. STRENGTHENING THE FAMILY unit
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PROMOTE HEALTHY TEAMWORK FUNCTIONING
- COMMUNICATION- SHARING ACTIVITIES AND RITUALS- POSITIVE EMOTIONAL RELATING (Affection, Affirmation, Respect etc)- EFFECTIVE CONFLICT
MANAGEMENT- PROBLEM SOLVING
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PROMOTE A HEALTHY FAMILY STRUCTURE
- PARENTAL COALITION - INTERGENERATIONAL LINES- ROLE MANAGEMENT- FLEXIBLE BOUNDARIES - Parental
- Intergenerational
- External
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V. THE
EFFECTIVE COUNSELLOR
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QUALITIES OF THE EFFECTIVE
COUNSELLOR
EMPATHY WARMTH NON-JUDGEMENTAL RESPECT CONCRETENESS GENUINESS CONFRONTATION CONFIDENTIALITY
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PITFALLS
- MONITOR TRANSFERENCE AND COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
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OUTLINE
I. THE NATURE OF TRAUMA AND CHANGE
II. STEPS AND SKILLS IN THE COUNSELLING
PROCESS
III. SPECIFIC GOALS AND TECHNIQUES FOR
TRAUMA
IV. STRENGTHENING THE FAMILY UNIT
V. THE EFFECTIVE COUNSELLOR
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SUMMARY
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ASPECTS OF TRAUMA
UNUSUAL EVENT
POSING SEVERE THREAT TO LIFE OR WELLBEING OF SELF/OTHERS
INESCAPABLE
APPROPRIATE SENSE OF HELPLESSNESS AND HORROR
CRITICAL ROLE OF VULNERABILITY OR RESILIENCE
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STEPS IN THE COUNSELLING PROCESS
(individuals and families)
1. ENTRY AND CLARIFICATION (history)2. EXPLORATION AND PROCESSING
FEELINGS3. SUMMARIZING AND INTERPRETING (issues)4. EDUCATING5. PLANNING AND ACTION for - Referral out - Counselling goals and techniques + Adjunctive referrals
(Use LISTENING and EMPATHY skills)
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GOALS and techniques OF TRAUMA
COUNSELLINGA. ADJUSTMENT (For promoting positive" SCHEMA”)
1, accepting, 2.mastery, 3.integrating, 4.challenge
B. EMOTION MANAGEMENT (For handling “STATES OF MIND” and
“CONTROL PROCESS”)
1.HELP MANAGE DENIAL&NUMBING: Encouraging feelings 2. HELP
MANAGE INTRUSIONS : Promote
i) relief, ii) protective distancing, iii) addressing negative
cognitions
C. RESILIENCE BUILDING
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INVOLVING THE FAMILY IN GOALS
1. INTEGRATE THE FAMILY INTO INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING
- As assistant in goals for individual change: ADJUSTMENT, EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT, RESILIENCE BUILDIDNG
2. COUNSEL THE “FAMILY AS PATIENT”
i) Use similar steps and goals as for individual: ADJUSTMENT, EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT, RESILIENCE BUILDIDNG
ii) Help strengthen the family unit - Promote – a healthy family structure - Promote - healthy teamwork functioning
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CONCLUSION
TO BE WITH PERSONS IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS,
TO LISTEN AND EMPATHIZE,
IS TO BE DESTINY’S TOOL OF OPPORTUNITY!
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REFERENCES
America Psychiatry Association: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision. Washington, DC, American Psychiatry Association, 2000.
Brammer, Lawrence M. and MacDonald, Ginger. The Helping Relationship: Process & Skills. Massachussetts: Allyn & Bacon, 1996
Milne, David. People Can Learn Markers on Road to Resilience. Psychiatry News, volume 42, (5), (2007)
Levenson, Hanna, et al. Concise Guide to Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Press, 2005
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Thank you