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Trauma-informed care ( TIC) or Trauma-and violence-informed care (TVIC), is a framework for relating to and helping people who have experienced negative consequences after exposure to dangerous experiences. [ 1][ 2] There is no one single TIC framework, or model, and some go by slightly different names, including Trauma- and violence-Informed ...
Vicarious trauma (VT) is a term invented by Irene Lisa McCann and Laurie Anne Pearlman that is used to describe how work with traumatized clients affects trauma therapists. [ 1] The phenomenon had been known as secondary traumatic stress, a term coined by Charles Figley. [ 2] In vicarious trauma, the therapist experiences a profound worldview ...
Vicarious trauma affects workers who witness their clients' trauma. It is more likely to occur in situations where trauma related work is the norm rather than the exception. Listening with empathy to the clients generates feeling, and seeing oneself in clients' trauma may compound the risk for developing trauma symptoms. [31]
Plan: Develop a concrete treatment plan, empowering the client and finding meaning. Follow-Up: Arrange for post-crisis evaluation, and potential booster sessions to prevent relapse or recidivism. The crisis intervention stage of Roberts' ACT model aims to resolve the client's present problems, stress, psychological trauma, and emotional ...
Prolonged exposure therapy (PE) is a theoretically based, and is posited to be, a highly effective [ 1] treatment for chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related depression, anxiety, and anger. PE falls under the category of "exposure-based therapy" [ 2] and is supported by scientific studies which reflect its positive impact on ...
Strength-based practice. Strength-based practice is a social work practice theory that emphasizes people's self-determination and strengths. It is a philosophy and a way of viewing clients (originally psychological patients, but in an extended sense also employees, colleagues or other persons) as resourceful and resilient in the face of ...
Cognitive processing therapy. Cognitive processing therapy ( CPT) is a manualized therapy used by clinicians to help people recover from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related conditions. [ 1] It includes elements of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) treatments, one of the most widely used evidence-based therapies. [ 2]
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [b] is a mental and behavioral disorder [8] that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a person's life or well-being.