Resolving the trauma organized system of sexual abuse by confronting the abuser: A focal family therapy approach with a woman who was a childhood victim of sexual abuse

Bentovim, Arnon; Davenport, Margaret

doi:10.1046/j..1992.00441.x

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“…The participant represented by the being vanquished plotline experienced moral injury that underlined her reason to exit the field. Bentovim and Davenport (1992) coin this phenomenon a “trauma organized system.” This phenomenon has potential to destabilize the very purpose of an organization as the resignation of committed workers has multifaceted impacts that make the organization more vulnerable and disorganized.…”

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What do trauma workers experience when assisting refugee survivors of torture and trauma? A narrative inquiry.

Fernandes,

Rhodes,

Buus

2023

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Refugee narratives of torture and trauma can have profound impacts on refugee trauma workers. This narrative inquiry aimed to explore the lived experiences of the impacts of providing therapeutic interventions to refugees. The purposive sample consisted of 19 therapists who had provided interventions to refugees for at least 1 year. Data generated by semistructured interviews augmented by photo elicitation were analysed utilizing a three phased narrative analysis including narrative construction, analysis of narratives, and narrative configuration. When participants told their unique stories as they interpreted their journeys assisting refugee survivors, two distinct narratives emerged: A narrative of surviving and thriving, and a narrative of striving and yielding. Upon closer examination these narratives generated five interconnected plotlines: Self-transcending, being optimistic, championing, being valiant, and being vanquished. The findings give voice to therapists who have been forced to quit the field despite their commitment and strong desire to continue highlight possible organizational issues and query the dominant binary of trauma versus adversarial growth. To mitigate adverse impacts that acknowledge the need for trauma organizations to accept responsibility to sustain their staff, we recommend the introduction of proactive strategies at a systemic level. Public Significance StatementThis narrative inquiry describes the impacts of working with refugee survivors as a fluid, intersecting continuum between satisfaction of ongoing clinical engagement and incapacity in the clinical field. The study suggests that current strategies to support refugee trauma workers place disproportionate responsibility of managing these impacts on the individual and recommends the need for additional research to inform alternative perspectives at a systemic level.

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What do trauma workers experience when assisting refugee survivors of torture and trauma? A narrative inquiry.

Fernandes,

Rhodes,

Buus

2023

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…A search of the 32 volumes of The Journal of Family Therapy undertaken in January 2010, for example, reveals that there have been four articles with the root ‘trauma’ in the titles up to the end of 2009 (Appendix 1). The first was the now classic article on treating the family system as it is organized around child abuse (Bentovim and Davenport, ). An article in 1996 focused on using writing as a way of addressing issues in families of holocaust survivors (Lange, ).…”

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Systemic psychotherapy as an intervention for post‐traumatic stress responses: an introduction, theoretical rationale and overview of developments in an emerging field of interest

Coulter

2011

Journal of Family Therapy

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The purpose of this article is to critically examine the literature to provide a rationale for including systemic family therapy (SFT) in the psycho‐social treatment of people suffering the impact of post‐traumatic stress (PTS). Attention is drawn to the relatively underdeveloped academic literature on PTS and the family. The impact of PTS is conceptualized within a psycho‐social framework and the current evidence base for psycho‐social interventions for PTS responses is described, highlighting the opportunity and need to undergird this area of daily practice. The impact of PTS on the family at multiple levels is identified, emphasizing its recursive nature. The case for SFT is articulated and a range of models of family intervention for PTS briefly reviewed, concluding with an emphasis on Walsh's key processes in family resilience as a framework for practice.

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Assessing Families: The Family Assessment of Family Competence, Strengths and Difficulties

Miller¹,

Bentovim²

2003

The Practitioner’s Guide to Working With Families

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Resolving the trauma organized system of sexual abuse by confronting the abuser: A focal family therapy approach with a woman who was a childhood victim of sexual abuse

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

What do trauma workers experience when assisting refugee survivors of torture and trauma? A narrative inquiry.

What do trauma workers experience when assisting refugee survivors of torture and trauma? A narrative inquiry.

Systemic psychotherapy as an intervention for post‐traumatic stress responses: an introduction, theoretical rationale and overview of developments in an emerging field of interest

Assessing Families: The Family Assessment of Family Competence, Strengths and Difficulties

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