facilitating growth through adversity- the m.o.v.i.n.g model-201o
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A lecture presented in the international conference of Trauma, Resilience and Growth, Nottingham University. Nurturing a sense of connectedness, hopefulness and meaning are key factors in promoting post-traumatic growth Using stress as an engine to growth (Joseph, 2008), instead of trying to "get rid" of the stress, can expand resources for maintaining emotional regulation, hopefulness, and a sense of meaningfulness.TRANSCRIPT
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vFacilitating Growth Through AdversityA Multimodal Program for Supporting Traumatized Immigrants
Eleanor Pardess, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist,
SELAH- Israel Crisis Management CenterPsycosocial Responses to Trauma, Resilience and Growth, Nottingham University.
1.7.2010
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Outline
• Background- The Selah model• Nature-based workshops • Roots and regeneration- Illustrations• Building bridges -Practical Implications
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Emergency outreach followed by a multimodal model of support
The SELAH Program
Target groups: • Grandparents raising
orphaned grandchildren.• Children coping with
sudden death of family member.
• Siblings raising their younger siblings.
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The Challenges
Uprootedness- Disruption of continuity, identity, culture shock, isolation
Immigrants Coping With Traumatic Loss
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Moving through Uncharted TerritoryMoving through Uncharted Territory
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The Response
A Network of Support
MOVING Encounters combining:
• Nature-based workshops• Expressive arts • Narrative practices
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From Recipients to Supporting Others From Recipients to Supporting Others
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The M.O.V.I.N.G. Model
Learning from the survivor volunteers
Participants • Bereaved parents or injured survivors of traumatic events• Active volunteers ( 3-8 years) supporting the newly bereaved and
injured
Measures
• Post-traumatic growth inventory (Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1995)
• In-depth semi-structured interviews:Meaningful experiences? In what ways have you been moved? What difference has this made in your life?
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Facilitating Growth
Through Moving EncountersKey factors:
MMeaningeaningMMeaningeaningOOpportunitiespportunitiesVValidationalidationIInvolvementnvolvement
NNatureatureGGrouproup
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M - Meaning Making
Re-authoring life narratives through:• Shared Journeys • Exploring the “Landscape of Identity”• Bearing Testimony• Compassionate Caring
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O - Opportunities
“Space for individuals to express themselves in a way that strengthens them” “Opportunities to identify and tap into their coping skill…”
•V - Validation“Being touched by unique, authentic, and personal reactions of others Having one's vulnerability acknowledged as well as strengths.Experiencing others' presence and genuine interest in life left behind..”
•I - Involvement•Expressive Arts/Writing•Movement•Gradual re-engagement
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N - Nature - RE-CONNECTING
“Spending time outdoors”
“Connecting to nature”
“Connecting to oneself and to one’s natural resources”
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G - Group – Weaving Connections
Nurturing a sense of belonging
Building community
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Survival Dislocation Roots Regeneration
Moving Encounters in Nature
MOVING Moving in relation to oneself, others and the world.
RECONNECTINGTo oneself and to one’s resources, to community, to the
country, to nature and to life .
Workshop Structure:
•Outdoor Activity
•Creative activity
•Sharing
•Closure
ILLUSTRATIONS FROM WORKSHOPS
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Enhancing hope and belief in latent constructive forces of recovery and growth
Harnessing the transformative power of imagery and metaphor
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Nature provides endless opportunities to identify survival skills and to observe cycles of life, change and regeneration
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Illustrations
Roots provide anchorage in weathering the storms of life
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The reconfiguration of root systems
An overlooked dimension of growth through adversity
“When the roots of a tree hit a stone, do they try to shove it away or crack it? No, They grow around the obstacle…
The stone may slow down The progress of the tree growing for a while but no stone, no matter how large, can stop a tree from growing"
Illustrations
Reflecting on the struggle of the roots and rocky paths - Hagoshrim Selah Retreat, 2005
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Reconfiguration of root systems
“Some of these obstacles stay “a permanent part of the psyche, just as the stones surrounded by tree roots become part of the tree ..and actually support and strengthen the root structure of the tree while new roots grow and move far past the stones into new territory “
Matsakis, A. Survivor Guilt. New Harbinger 1999
Illustrations
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The search for meaning
Scarcity can promote extensive root development; The human struggle with adversity and the absence of answers to our existential questions, can precipitate a search for meaning.
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• Learning from expert botanists about the vulnerability that can be caused by root loss;
• Most transplanted trees are subject to stress-related problems due to tremendous root loss when dug out of original soil.
• Survival- A tree’s chance of survival and regeneration can be drastically improved through practices that favor establishment of the root system.
SURVIVING “TRANSPLANT SHOCK”
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SURVIVING “TRANSPLANT SHOCK”
• Dislocated plants need some of the ingredients from the former soil to keep the roots alive
Keeping Roots Alive
Illustrations
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Illustrations
“Uprooted plants first invest their energy in developing roots.During this stage they do not grow leaves or produce flowers or fruit, as that would be a waste of energy”Zvia Shapiro, Botanist
Posttraumatic growth is not only the manifest growth – the leaves or flowers, but also the reconfiguration of the root system.
Reframing the absence of manifest signs of growth
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Developing practices that may facilitate building bridges between past, present and future, restoring a sense of continuity through the “re-establishment of a strong root system:
•Narrative practices•Expressive arts/writing•Movement therapy- Grounding exercises
Developing practicesIllustrations
Applications to other populations
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Inviting survivors to tell stories from where they come from. Keeping roots alive and connecting tonourishing memories – “Such memories can comfort us, lift our spirits, and connect us to what is most important to us”
Re-”membering” Conversations- Narrative practices-Bridging continuity & integrating past and new roots:
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Re-membering Conversations “Saying Hullo Again”
Acknowledging pain as a tribute to what is precious
White (2007).
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Programs for Children & Adolescents
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Trees Bearing Testimony - Stories waiting to be told
Programs for Children & Adolescents Combining Expressive arts and Narrative Practices.
Illustrations
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Creating new memories
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Discussion
Facilitating growth in group work with immigrants- Practical guidelines:
•Language
•Culture
•Encounters with “otherness”
•Building bridges between past, present and future
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