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Integrative Conceptual
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Trauma theory is rooted in both
evidence-based, scientific study and sociopolitical advocacy for human rights.
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The
broad study of the psychobiology of trauma affirms the findings of
biologically psychiatry and fully recognizes that
the brain and the body
matter,
that what happens on a biological level has profound consequences
for psychological, social, and moral adaptation.
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At
the same time, the recognition of the impact of psychological injury on every
aspect of a person’s mind and body demonstrates that to the psyche can be as
profound and disabling – as “real” – as physical injury and hence,
the mind
matters.
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The recognition that traumatic
experience, particularly interpersonal trauma,
disrupts attachment schemas,
even in adults, brings to the fore the large body of study on attachment and
affirms the notion that
development matters
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The confirmation that trauma induces
reenactment and that history repeats itself in the lives of individuals,
families and groups means that the study of history – individual and group
history – is vital if we are to find the most effective means of stopping the
cycle of reenactment. Therefore,
history matters.
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The
recognition that trauma can have extremely damaging effects on the
biologically-based affect system that controls human emotional responses ties
together exposure to overwhelming stress, affect theory, psychobiology, and
attachment studies. As many recent studies demonstrate,
feelings matter.
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It is established that one of the few
attenuating factors during and after a traumatic event is social support and
therefore the role of social support, social norms, social meaning and social
responsibility take on new and greater meaning and provide an important basis
for studying and understanding diverse individuals, families, culture, and
communities. This is why
relationships matter.
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The recognition that some of the most
devastating long-term effects of trauma, effects that impact on the body as
well as the mind, are related to the human need to make sense out of our
experience means that
religion, spirituality, and philosophy all matter.
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The biological fragmentation that
accompanies a traumatic experience does not necessarily spontaneously resolve,
but investigations are under way to find techniques that can help in this
regard and those techniques involve more than talking and instead focus on
nonverbal abilities. As a result, we have a scientifically grounded reason for
why the arts, creativity, mind-body-spirit integrative techniques may be not
just important but even essential:
the arts matter.
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Sanctuary Model of Organizational Change |
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Components of the Sanctuary Model |
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Social Legacy of Trauma |
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Trauma Theory |
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