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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"personal trauma"”.
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Exploring Psychology Graduate Students’ Desire and Ability to Discuss Their Personal Trauma History With Clinical Supervisors
… experiences of self-disclosure of their personal trauma history, a specific type of psychological wound, in clinical supervision. The goal was to explore whether and how students’ trauma history is discussed in clinical supervision; the importance of such discussions for students’ …
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The Effects of Disclosing Childhood Sexual Abuse on an Adult Survivors' Sense of Self-Esteem, Personal Trauma, and Interpersonal Capabilities
… variables, current self-esteem levels, levels of trauma, and interpersonal capabilities. Instruments used included the Disclosure of Abuse Scale, Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale, Trauma Symptom Checklist - 40, and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. The hypotheses of the study included 1) perception …
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Responding To Student Disclosures: A Narrative Inquiry Of Online College Instructors’ Experiences Handling Disclosures Of Personal Trauma In Their Asynchronous Online Classrooms
… higher education indicates students may disclose personal trauma and/or sensitive information in their college classrooms when learning about sensitive academic content; and as a result, these situations may trigger disclosure of previous and/or current personal traumatic experiences (Greener et. …
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A WALK THROUGH TRAUMA
… which describes my journey through layers of personal trauma by the physical act of walking. The thesis begins by exploring the personal trauma connected to the closure of my alma mater but moves into sifting through layers of childhood trauma. The thesis is broken into sections that move back …
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Vicarious Traumatization in Therapists: Contributing Factors, PTSD Symptomatology, and Cognitive Distortions
… ninety-one licensed psychologists who work with traumatized clients completed a survey that examines the impact of personal and professional factors on vicarious traumatization. Quantitative results indicated that therapists' personal variables of sex, personal trauma history, and current …
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Therapists' Experiences of Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Compassion Satisfaction: The Role of Post Traumatic Growth
<p>Experiencing traumatic events can have a profound impact on human beings, ranging from mild distress to severe symptomology. The mental health professionals that serve traumatized populations are also at risk of exposure in their work. While there are many factors that contribute to negative and …
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Vicarious Traumatization: The Impact of Therapists of Treating Trauma Clients
Vicarious traumatization (VT) of mental health professionals who provide services for survivors of traumatic victimization has received increased attention in recent years, though there is still little empirical research examining this phenomenon. The present study examined several factors thought …
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Social Attitudes toward Men and Women with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Although men are more likely to experience traumatic events, the risk of developing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is at least twice as high in women than in men after exposure to comparable traumas. These findings are more consistent in response to some types of trauma (e.g., assaultive violence) …
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Showing the Unsayable: Trauma and Juxtaposition in Persepolis and A Child's Life and Other Stories
… on two comic books by women that interweave personal trauma with the trauma of historical events: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, which explores coming of age against the background of memory of the Iranian Revolution, and A Childs Life and Other Stories by Phoebe Gloeckner, which explores …
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The Voice of the People: Can Gladue Offer a Meaningful Source of Healing to its Clients?
… often carry significant burdens of historic and personal trauma, including intergenerational effects, addiction, and exposure to violence. For many Aboriginal offenders, the Gladue report constitutes the first opportunity to tell their story. As such, many defendants view the Gladue process to be …
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Fostering Trauma-Informed Schools By Considering the Experiences of Teachers in Working With Trauma-Exposed Students
<p>High rates of trauma exposure among youth in the United States and the detrimental effects of trauma on students’ psychosocial and academic outcomes are well-established. Such findings have engendered the emergence of trauma-informed schools across the nation. While research regarding …
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The Influence of Organizational Characteristics and Psychological Empowerment on Secondary Traumatic Stress of Social Workers Working With Family Violence or Sexual Assualt Survivors
… and work teams had lower levels of secondary traumatic stress. Social workers who had more access to organizational strategic information also exhibited lower levels of secondary traumatic stress. However, other organizational support variables, for example, organizational resources and …
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Carry it with you : trauma and identity in Heather Raffo's 9 Parts of Desire and Noura.
… her plays focus on representing both trauma and identity. While trauma studies has only more recently been applied to performance, Raffo's corpus is apt for analyses from the lenses of represented historical, cultural, and personal trauma, as well as consideration in light of …
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Gendered Film Criticism and “Intolerable Images”: Representation of Female Trauma in Brady Corbet’s <em>Vox Lux</em> (2018)
… Lux</em>, focusing on its portrayal of female trauma and the subsequent gendered division in its critical reception. The film centers on Celeste, a survivor of a school shooting who rises to pop stardom, depicting an eighteen-year narrative that transforms her personal trauma into a public …
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Secondary traumatic stress and countertransference in survivor therapists: the role of empathy and differentiation of self
… destructive therapist reactions, secondary traumatic stress (STS) and countertransference, in a sample of mental health professionals currently treating traumatized clients who have also experienced a personal trauma themselves (i.e., survivor therapists). First, I examined the theoretical …
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Bildung beyond the borders: racial ambiguity and subjectivity in three post-apartheid bildungsromane
… subjectivities at the intersections of social trauma and personal trauma brought about and catalyzed by the racist history and current socio-cultural formations in South Africa. Across the two socioscapes of society and family, this trauma is manifest as a gap in language—there is no affirming …
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The Role of Collective Memory and Cultural Trauma in Arab American Identity Formation
In this thesis, I explore the cultural traumas and memories that shape Arab American identity in the US, and how such events influence their interactions and relationships with other Arab and non-Arab Americans. Drawing on memory and trauma literature, this study highlights the impact of collective …
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Rabid and Other Stories
… thirteen stories navigate a patriarchal society, personal trauma, and economic instability. But more than any other theme, these stories explore a culture in which boys are taught to value strength over emotion, a value system that normalizes violence and suppresses vulnerability. In the title …
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Searching for Healing Amidst the Genocidal Logic: Fragmentary Exiled Bosnian (Im)Possibilities
… encounters. In challenging the prevailing trauma frameworks, I critically examine how ‘trauma’ is approached, disseminated, reconfigured, experienced, and reconceptualised within broader discourses and lived experiences. Both a ‘trauma-literalist’ (as literal neurological imprints or …
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Unsaid
… individually as a short story in the field of trauma writing. The purpose of this thesis is to highlight the importance of trauma writing and to explore the impact of grief and the reactions resulting from various traumas.
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