Full Description
Trauma and the exposure to traumatic events is part of life, making the need for current and informed social work research and training in this area essential. Trauma, Spirituality, and Posttraumatic Growth in Clinical Social Work Practice highlights unique and diverse circumstances throughout a client's lifecycle where trauma is experienced, how one's spirituality is awakened or activated, and how this experience can intersect with interventions toward posttraumatic growth (PTG). More than just a primer on trauma effects, the book offers social workers insights into how to properly assess current resources and individual levels of distress. It also provides practical strategies on how spirituality and spiritual practices can be integrated into psychotherapeutic interventions at various levels of social work practice.
Addressing the impact of trauma-related events and emphasizing the importance of spirituality, the book will inspire and provide transferable knowledge that social workers can use to meet the unique needs of the clients, families, and communities they serve.
Contents
Introduction
Heather Boynton and Jo-Ann Vis
1. Spirituality and Possibilities for Posttraumatic Growth in Children
Heather Boynton
2. Spirituality and Child Welfare Practice with Indigenous Families: Fostering a "Culture of Strengths"
Joey Wark, Heather Boynton, and Jo-Ann Vis
3. Spiritual-Trauma-Informed Schools: Supporting Children Exposed to Interpersonal Trauma
Heather Boynton, Jo-Ann Vis, and Taylor Smith
4. Body-Mind-Oriented Trauma Therapy with Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors: Benefits and Challenges
Joanne Smit and Jo-Ann Vis
5. Exploring Meaning and Purpose: Underpinnings to Posttraumatic Growth for Frontline Professionals
Jo-Ann Vis
6. Grief and Loss: A Shifting Landscape
Susan Cadell
7. The Soulful Journey: A Spirituality-based Group for Treatment
Shelly Poluchowicz and Heather Boynton
8. Offering Social Work Care for Spiritual Needs at the End of Life
Kathy Kortes-Miller
9. Addressing the Effects of Trauma Using Holistic and Creative Mindfulness-based Practices and Concepts
Diana Coholic
10. Posttraumatic Growth: Discovery of Identity and Deep Driving Desire with Mahavakyam Meditation in Clinical Social Work
Indrani Margolin and Tulshi Sen
11. Spirituality and Faith Communities Relative to Developmental Disability and Health Issues: Considerations in Disability, Illness, and End of Life Care
David Nicholas and Christopher Kilmer
Conclusion
Jo-Ann Vis and Heather Boynton
