Full Description
This edited volume looks at the phenomenon of shared trauma and how it affects social workers and their clients alike. Bringing together established voices from the field of social work, Shared Mass Trauma in Social Work presents ideas of how to provide resilient care and practice while social workers and their clients are both experiencing the same mass trauma.
Social workers are often on the front line when community trauma occurs, and the boundary between their experiences and those of clients can become blurred. In this timely resource, Ann Goelitz and the contributors aim to share both their findings and evidence-based tools to help professionals look after themselves and their clients in times of turmoil. Beginning by setting a conceptual framework for shared trauma and reviewing related research, the contributors discuss the concept as it relates to events such as the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and natural disasters, police brutality and racism, and war and terrorism. Filled with case studies that bring the text to life, chapters then move to the modalities of psychotherapy, group work, and community organizing, before concluding with reflections and lessons learnt for future practice. The glossary of terms, sample syllabus, and practical exercises to support training social workers are a bonus for educators.
Shared Mass Trauma in Social Work incorporates specific implications, trauma-informed care, social work principles, and practical tips to support training and established clinicians working in unprecedented circumstances.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Lost of Contributors
Foreword
Kevin Barry Heaney
Introduction
Ann Goelitz
PART I. Getting Started: Shared Trauma Perspectives
1. Shared Trauma: An Essential Construct for Challenging Times
Carol Tosone and Shari Bloomberg
2. An Investigation of Research on Shared Trauma
Carol Tosone and Julian Cohen-Serrins
PART II. Battlegrounds of Shared Trauma: Traumatic Events
3. Frontline Devotion in a Shared Trauma: Partners of Doctors and Nurses Combatting COVID-19
Alana Siegel and Rachel Dekel
4. Trauma, Policing, and United States Social Work Practice
Aimee Jette and Tina Sacks
5. Social Resilience and Natural Disasters: Effective Social and Community Response to Shared Trauma
Ngoh Tiong Tan
6. Shared Reality as a Result of War and Terror
Orit Nuttman-Shwartz
PART III. Battlegrounds of Shared Trauma: Social Work Modalities
7. Finding Our Way Together: Relational Therapy during a Global Pandemic
Johanna E. Barry and Jonathan B. Singer
8. Shared Trauma in a Group Context
Carolyn Knight and Alex Gitterman
9. Shared Trauma and Community Organizing
Ozy Aloziem and JaLisa Williams
10. In Conclusion: Lessons Learned Going Forward
Ann Goelitz
Glossary of Terms
Appendix 1: Sample Shared Trauma Course Syllabus
Appendix 2: Practice Exercises and Questions
Index
