Healing Crisis and Trauma with Mind, Body, and Spirit

by Barbara Rubin Wainrib EdD

Overview

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We live in a changed world, a world where the enemy is no longer in uniform on the other side of a trench. There is no longer an identified "war zone" and the "enemy" may be the innocent looking person standing next to us. Clear boundaries and an assumption of safety no longer exist.

Learning new skills to address the injuries incurred by sudden trauma and unpredictable lives is essential. This book is written for those persons in the "helping professions." It is also written for those who have a sufficient understanding of psychology and a sufficient awareness of our current world, and want to gain some knowledge about being helpful.

This book offers the educator and the practitioner training methods, exercises, and intervention techniques applicable to the gamut of experiences that we currently encounter. It also will introduce readers to newer concepts and their applications such as role play, spirituality, the role of animals in healing, and the concept of forgiveness. Throughout the book, whether it is in those who represent the highly resilient or those who continue to struggle, a strengths perspective is emphasized. Finally, this book describes the "Phoenix Phenomenon", a concept Wainrib developed during the course of her teaching and practice, which articulates and illustrates an inherent ability to use resilience in the process of converting pain into growth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826132468
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	03/17/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	429 KB

About the Author

Barbara Rubin Wainrib, EdD, is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist in independent practice in Montreal.

Table of Contents

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PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. UNDERSTANDING CRISIS INTERVENTION AND TRAUMA RESPONSE

Introduction: Review of the General Crisis Response
Acknowledging Trauma
Historical Background: Men, Women, and Trauma
Mass Traumas

2. UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA AND ITS IMPACT

September 11, 2001: The Psychological Experience: Reaction and Response
Are We All Victims?
Understanding Reactions
Your Reaction
Understanding Trauma
Vicarious Traumatization
Secondary Victims

3. MASS TRAUMA, PAST AND PRESENT

Part One: Mass Trauma, Past and Present
The Impact of Mass Trauma
Genocide
The Gacaca Process
Ten Years Later
Creating Hope
Aging Victims of Mass Trauma
Treating Survivors
Long Term Impact of Mass Trauma
Part Two: Tsunami!
Part Three: Who Am I? Lost Identity of Child Trauma Victims: Are We Recreating This Phenomenon?

4. WOMEN AND TRAUMA

Why ""Women and Trauma""?
Statisitics, Women, and Trauma
The Women and Trauma Project
Trauma and Women's Health
Women, Trauma, and the Military
Homelessness
The Women of Omarska
The Trauma of Forced Migration and War
Diversity
""Peacekeepers""?

5. TRAUMA FROM WITHIN: LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS

Impact and Role Change of Therapist
Cancer as Trauma
Population and Treating Modalities
Working with Cancer Patients: Patients' Needs and Therapists' Skills
Gender, Family Systems and Trauma
Palliative Care and Facing Death

6. RESILIENCE AND THE PHOENIX PHENOMENON

The Phoenix Phenomenon
Phoenixes Amongst Us

John's Story
Jeff's Story
Senator Max Clelland's Story
Creating Resilience
What Creates ""A Phoenix'?
Toughness/Hardiness
Positive Change Following Trauma
The ""Second Disaster""
Phoenixes Rising From 9-11

7. TRAUMA AND THE MIND

Part One: Experiencing Trauma
Prevalence of Trauma: New Roots, Old Roots
Importance af Early Assessment For PTSD
Part Two: Healing Trauma's Fallout
Current Information on Treatments and Controversies:
The Controversy Over Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
Hypnosis
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Acute Interventions After Disaster
Compassion Fatigue
Care for the Caregivers
Preventive Interventions
Other Resources

8. TRAUMA AND THE BODY

First Do No Harm: Creating a Safe Place
The Body Remembers
The Body as a Safe Place
Choosing Life Exercises
Other Healing and Affirming Exercises

9. SPIRITUALITY AND TRAUMA

Part One: Defining and Understanding Spirituality's Role in Trauma
Part Two: Therapeutic Spirituality: Applying Spirituality to Traumatic Situations

10. NEW SOURCES OF HEALING

Part One: Healing the Healers
Assessing Your Own Resources
Defining Healing
Part Two: Reaching Out To Communities
Using the Media in Healing Political Unrest: The Quebec Referendum and the Anglophone
The Clergy Connection
Part Three: Animals and Healing

11. FORGIVENESS

Thoughts About Forgiveness
Movements Towards Forgiveness
Physiological Components of Forgiveness
Popularity of the Concept of Forgiveness
When Forgiveness Backfires

12. FINAL THOUGHTS

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What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"In a world where every daily newspaper alerts us to threats to our safety, Wainrib offers the reader an antidote of resilience, spirituality and healing. This powerful resource covers everything from genocide and mass trauma to the experiences of individuals who undergo life-threatening illness. Her words teach us forgiveness and manage to leave us with hope in these difficult times."

-Sandra Haber, PhD, former President of Psychologists in Independent Practice, a division of The American Psychological Association

"Healing Crisis and Trauma with Mind, Body and Spirit is truly a remarkable effort. Barbara Wainrib, an internationally known expert in the area of trauma and crisis, has distilled a lifetime of professional experience to write this book. It is a Must Read for every clinician and counselor in this era of terrorism and horrific natural disasters."

-Ronald F. Levant, EdD, ABPP, Co-Editor, A New Psychology of Men, Dean & Professor of Psychology, University of Akron

"... the primary strength of this book lies in Wainrib's inclusion of life threatening illness as a traumatic experience. often this is neglected in trauma research, and Wainrib makes the astute observation..." — Beth S. Gershuny and Danielle R. King from PsycCRITIQUES

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Nicholas Greco IV, MS, BCETS, CATSM, FAAETS (C3 Education and Research, Inc.)
Description: This is one of the premier books regarding trauma and resilience. The author successfully provides the framework and in-depth explanations for her concept of the Phoenix Phenomenon which describes one's ability to convert pain into growth.
Purpose: The purpose of this book is to provide those in the mental health field with new knowledge and skills to address the aftermath of injuries incurred by sudden trauma and the unpredictability of the world around us. On a much larger scale, the book provides a much needed tone of hope and optimism which many readers will find both refreshing and stimulating.
Audience: At a basic level, anyone in the mental health field who is a clinician or researcher involved in trauma will undoubtedly find this to be a valuable reading experience. Graduate students, and to some extent clients who are at an appropriate level in their treatment, will appreciate this book. The author brings an abundance of compassion and knowledge from over 30 years of experience in the trauma field to this book.
Features: The book is only 161 pages long, yet is surprisingly in depth and wonderfully written. The various levels of trauma are discussed with particular emphasis on not only 9/11 but women and trauma. The role that cancer plays in trauma is a poignant and moving chapter. What is most interesting is the author's concept of the Phoenix Phenomenon, a concept that will transform how you understand trauma and allow you to further appreciate resiliency. Various healing exercises are discussed, and a strong chapter on forgiveness rounds out this book.
Assessment: This is truly a tour de force and one of the best books written on trauma. Readers will have a difficult time putting this book down and will certainly read it cover to cover. This is a must read for all clinicians and researchers involved in the field of trauma.

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