RESPONDING TO TRAUMA
Access to articles, handouts and resources
Access to articles, handouts and resources
Emergency Trauma Guide Excerpts
Source: American Art Therapy Association
Contains extensive list of crises, trauma, and disaster relief resources for professionals and members of the community.
http://www.americanarttherapyassociation.org/upload/emergencytraumaguideexcerpts.pdf
Psychological First Aid (PFA)
(Available in English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese)
Source: Psychological First Aid, The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD are pleased to make the Second Edition of Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide and accompanying handouts available. Psychological First Aid is an evidence-informed approach for assisting children, adolescents, adults, and families in the aftermath of disaster and terrorism.
http://www.nctsn.org/content/psychological-first-aid
When Should I Be Concerned?
TRAUMATIC STRESS REACTIONS / PTSD SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN
Source: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: After the Injury, Helping parents help their children recover.
Includes helpful guide with information as to what to expect after a trauma, and when a child needs additional resources.
http://www.aftertheinjury.org/when-should-i-be-concerned?gclid=Cj0KEQjw9IS-BRC4qZXagbLs6uMBEiQAYHBh-_UDOjz5s00yWSc6TyalQXeR5v3g6uNP0Vi1TtnJ-MkaAulo8P8HAQ
How to Speak to Someone About an Unspeakable Loss
By Linda Carroll
Tiny Budha.com
You can’t fix what happened, but you can sit with someone, side by side, so they don’t feel quite so alone. That requires only intention, a willingness to feel awkward, and an open, listening heart. It’s the one gift that can make a difference.
http://tinybuddha.com/blog/speak-someone-unspeakable-loss/
Trauma-Informed Approach and Trauma-Specific Interventions
Source: (SAMSHA) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Website contains resources for clinicians seeking additional training in trauma response.
SAMHSA’s Six Key Principles of a Trauma-Informed Approach:
Trauma-informed approach reflects adherence to six key principles rather than a prescribed set of practices or procedures. These principles may be generalizable across multiple types of settings, although terminology and application may be setting- or sector-specific: 1. Safety 2. Trustworthiness and Transparency 3. Peer support 4. Collaboration and mutuality 5. Empowerment, voice and choice 6. Cultural, Historical, and Gender Issues.
http://www.samhsa.gov/nctic/trauma-interventions
UTILIZATION OF ART THERAPY
IN RESPONSE TO TRAUMA:
Past, Ongoing, and Recommended Techniques
The Healing Arts After a Crisis: 7 Essential Practices
Just how do we help those who survive mass violence?
by Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT
Source: Psychology Today, Arts and Health
One question that always emerges in the wake of a large-scale traumatic event is, “What should we do first?” Practitioners of the “healing arts”—art therapy, music therapy, and other expressive arts therapies—often ask, “How can we use the arts to help survivors cope with tragedy and loss after a horrific, life-changing event?” There are some essential practices, including the healing arts, that helping professionals can apply in the first days and weeks with trauma survivors including those who are exposed to violence.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/arts-and-health/201207/the-healing-arts-after-crisis-7-essential-practices
Art Therapy and Trauma
Source: Art Therapy Without Borders
Not that long ago it was regularly suggested that it was better to forget than remember traumatic events and that children who witnessed violence would eventually stop thinking about their nightmarish memories. Fortunately, we now know the importance of acknowledging, validating, and, when needed, providing mental health intervention to help the smallest witnesses tell their stories. Creative acts, as simple as drawings, give young survivors a voice when silence is self-imposed or imposed by others.
http://www.atwb.org/what-is-art-therapy/art-therapy-trauma/
Humanitarian Art Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
by Julia Byers
..An example of the integration of humanitarian art therapy and mental health counseling principles in an approach that provides culturally sensitive post-disaster community support.
https://www.counseling.org/resources/library/vistas/2011-V-Online/Article_50.pdf
When Trauma Happens, Children Draw, Part II
Children's art and the visual vocabulary of war tell the truth.
by Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT
Psychology Today, Arts and Health
Words tell our stories, but art makes it possible to bear witness to them. For the children of Darfur, art became the unexpected vehicle for exposing the atrocities of violence, oppression, and genocide, breaking the silence through a visual vocabulary of war.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/arts-and-health/200805/when-trauma-happens-children-draw-part-ii
Art Therapy Helps Children in Nepal Cope After Earthquake
by Bibbi Abruzzini
Children are especially vulnerable during emergencies. Over the years, art therapy has been used in disaster relief as a highly feasible means of reaching out to traumatized children and victims of natural catastrophes and war. Children put on paper the unspeakable – their fears, their emotions, their mourning. The creative process allows them to reveal their suffering, thereby relieving themselves of their psycho-emotional burden.
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/art-therapy-helps-children-nepal-cope-earthquake/
Please click on "In the Media" for additional information regarding the application of art therapy.
Source: American Art Therapy Association
Contains extensive list of crises, trauma, and disaster relief resources for professionals and members of the community.
http://www.americanarttherapyassociation.org/upload/emergencytraumaguideexcerpts.pdf
Psychological First Aid (PFA)
(Available in English, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese)
Source: Psychological First Aid, The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD are pleased to make the Second Edition of Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide and accompanying handouts available. Psychological First Aid is an evidence-informed approach for assisting children, adolescents, adults, and families in the aftermath of disaster and terrorism.
http://www.nctsn.org/content/psychological-first-aid
When Should I Be Concerned?
TRAUMATIC STRESS REACTIONS / PTSD SYMPTOMS IN CHILDREN
Source: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: After the Injury, Helping parents help their children recover.
Includes helpful guide with information as to what to expect after a trauma, and when a child needs additional resources.
http://www.aftertheinjury.org/when-should-i-be-concerned?gclid=Cj0KEQjw9IS-BRC4qZXagbLs6uMBEiQAYHBh-_UDOjz5s00yWSc6TyalQXeR5v3g6uNP0Vi1TtnJ-MkaAulo8P8HAQ
How to Speak to Someone About an Unspeakable Loss
By Linda Carroll
Tiny Budha.com
You can’t fix what happened, but you can sit with someone, side by side, so they don’t feel quite so alone. That requires only intention, a willingness to feel awkward, and an open, listening heart. It’s the one gift that can make a difference.
http://tinybuddha.com/blog/speak-someone-unspeakable-loss/
Trauma-Informed Approach and Trauma-Specific Interventions
Source: (SAMSHA) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Website contains resources for clinicians seeking additional training in trauma response.
SAMHSA’s Six Key Principles of a Trauma-Informed Approach:
Trauma-informed approach reflects adherence to six key principles rather than a prescribed set of practices or procedures. These principles may be generalizable across multiple types of settings, although terminology and application may be setting- or sector-specific: 1. Safety 2. Trustworthiness and Transparency 3. Peer support 4. Collaboration and mutuality 5. Empowerment, voice and choice 6. Cultural, Historical, and Gender Issues.
http://www.samhsa.gov/nctic/trauma-interventions
UTILIZATION OF ART THERAPY
IN RESPONSE TO TRAUMA:
Past, Ongoing, and Recommended Techniques
The Healing Arts After a Crisis: 7 Essential Practices
Just how do we help those who survive mass violence?
by Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT
Source: Psychology Today, Arts and Health
One question that always emerges in the wake of a large-scale traumatic event is, “What should we do first?” Practitioners of the “healing arts”—art therapy, music therapy, and other expressive arts therapies—often ask, “How can we use the arts to help survivors cope with tragedy and loss after a horrific, life-changing event?” There are some essential practices, including the healing arts, that helping professionals can apply in the first days and weeks with trauma survivors including those who are exposed to violence.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/arts-and-health/201207/the-healing-arts-after-crisis-7-essential-practices
Art Therapy and Trauma
Source: Art Therapy Without Borders
Not that long ago it was regularly suggested that it was better to forget than remember traumatic events and that children who witnessed violence would eventually stop thinking about their nightmarish memories. Fortunately, we now know the importance of acknowledging, validating, and, when needed, providing mental health intervention to help the smallest witnesses tell their stories. Creative acts, as simple as drawings, give young survivors a voice when silence is self-imposed or imposed by others.
http://www.atwb.org/what-is-art-therapy/art-therapy-trauma/
Humanitarian Art Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
by Julia Byers
..An example of the integration of humanitarian art therapy and mental health counseling principles in an approach that provides culturally sensitive post-disaster community support.
https://www.counseling.org/resources/library/vistas/2011-V-Online/Article_50.pdf
When Trauma Happens, Children Draw, Part II
Children's art and the visual vocabulary of war tell the truth.
by Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT
Psychology Today, Arts and Health
Words tell our stories, but art makes it possible to bear witness to them. For the children of Darfur, art became the unexpected vehicle for exposing the atrocities of violence, oppression, and genocide, breaking the silence through a visual vocabulary of war.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/arts-and-health/200805/when-trauma-happens-children-draw-part-ii
Art Therapy Helps Children in Nepal Cope After Earthquake
by Bibbi Abruzzini
Children are especially vulnerable during emergencies. Over the years, art therapy has been used in disaster relief as a highly feasible means of reaching out to traumatized children and victims of natural catastrophes and war. Children put on paper the unspeakable – their fears, their emotions, their mourning. The creative process allows them to reveal their suffering, thereby relieving themselves of their psycho-emotional burden.
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/art-therapy-helps-children-nepal-cope-earthquake/
Please click on "In the Media" for additional information regarding the application of art therapy.
