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Vietnam Gender-based Violence Symposium

September 13, 2024

CRICOS provider number: 00122A | RTO Code: 3046

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Welcome

RMIT’s Commitment to GBV Prevention and Response

The Safer Community team leads the university’s efforts to address GBV. This includes capacity building with external partners and events like this.

RMIT’s Vietnam Country Commitment

Commitment 1: Focus on our degree programs, our research and our community engagement activities on key areas that make a difference to the communities we serve.

This includes a focus on four key areas of emerging technologies, smart and sustainable cities, social innovation and regional collaboration.

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Agenda

9:00-9:45: Service Introductions

9:50-10:40: Exploring the Professional Needs of the GBV Sector

10:45-11:30: Presentation: Can We Empower Post-Traumatic Growth?

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Service Provider Introductions

CRICOS provider number: 00122A | RTO Code: 3046

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Service Provider Presentations

Each provider will have 4 minutes to present then we’ll have 2 minutes for questions.

Please ask questions in the chat.

Organisation

World Vision International

HopeBox Social Enterprise

TeaTalk Vietnam-CoRE

Hagar International in Vietnam

Hanoi National University of Education - Faculty of Social work

Center for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women and Adolescents (CSAGA)

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World Vision�International

Service Provider

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Services Provided

Cities/Provinces Served

    • Dien Bien
    • Hai Phong
    • Hung Yen
    • Thanh Hoa
    • Ha Tinh
    • Quang Binh
    • Quang Tri
    • Quang Nam
    • Quang Ngai
    • Da Nang
    • Dak Nong
    • HCMC

World Vision International

Child Protection

& Participation

Health

& Nutrition

Livelihoods

Disaster Risk Reduction 

& Climate Resilience

STRATEGIC PROGRAMMES

GBV-RELATED SERVICES

WV supports local system to provide services

  1. Training: for adults - GBV prevention, Gender Inclusive Financial Literacy (GIFT), Positive Parenting, Mencare​, for children - Active citizenship, life skills and values, child protection and participation, online safety
  2. Counselling services in schools, reporting in school
  3. Community reporting and referral mechanism
  4. Home visit (community based social support services)
  5. Women clubs, parent clubs, children's groups​
  6. Microfinance loan and Household livelihood support ​
  7. Others: communication, policy recommendations, research

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Collaboration and Partnerships

Referral Process

Contact information: contact_vietnam@wvi.org

For GBV-related inquiries, contact: vu_thi_van_anh@wvi.org

For Safeguarding inquiries, contact: phan_thi_kim_lien@wvi.org

World Vision International

Government

(MOLISA, MOIC,

MOET, MOCST...)

Local level

(WU, FA, YU, schools, social work centers...)

Institutions & Association:

(VNISA, VACR...)

Networks

(CRWG, CRG,

GBVNet,...)

UN Agencies

(UNICEF, IOM,

UN Women...)

INGO and LNGOs

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HopeBox�Social Enterprise

Service Provider

Web: https://hopeboxvn.com/

Email: info@hopeboxvn.com

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Services Provided

Cities/Provinces Served

    • Hanoi, Vietnam

HopeBox Social Enterprise

WOMEN ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

OUTREACH PROGRAM

BUSINESS & PARNERSHIP

  • Participants: GBV survivors, young girls
  • Delivery Method: Face to face
  • Language: Vietnamese
  • Details: 6 months training (baking skills; employability & interpersonal skills)

  • Both local & international​
  • Raise awareness
  • Move for Hope, Run for Hope, Talkshow & Workshop 'Trans Bodies Trans Choice Talk show

  • Product & Service Order (Study tour, Cooking Class, Catering, etc,..)
  • Internship Program (RMIT Vietnam, Fulbright,..)

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Collaboration and Partnerships

Referral Process

  • Local partners: CSAGA, Peace House; high schools or universities (RMIT Vietnam, UNIS,..); Health care support & training (STAR KickBoxing,..), GBV Network in Vietnam; and SE & Big Cooporate (KOTO, Vietnam Airlines, Uniqlo, Vin AI,..).

    • International partners: UN agencies (UNFPA, UN Women); iNGO (Blue Dragon Children,..); Embassies in Vietnam; International Embassies (New Zealand, Canada, Netherlands, …)

    • Opportunities for future collaboration: Communication campaigns to raise awareness for publicity,...

HopeBox Social Enterprise

Process for trainee:

1.Receiving case information

2. Reviewing profile to identify fit support

3. Providing direct support or referring client to suitable services

4. Following up and recording case file

info@hopeboxvn.com

+84 32 8289818 (hotline)

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TeaTalk Vietnam - CoRE

Service Provider

✔https://www.teatalkvietnam.vn ✔https://www.corevn.org

Email: hello@teatalkvietnam.com

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Services Provided

Cities/Provinces Served

Vietnam

TeaTalk Vietnam-CoRE

LET'S DATE

To strengthen marriages among young married couples.

LET’S PAL

Living values & life skills training course for children

LET’S TALK- EMOTIONAL

FIRST-AIDERS

COUNSELLING SERVICE

(for individuals, couples, families)

LET’S FARM

Therapeutic & educational Farm

LET’S CARE

Volunteer tourism, retreats and culture exchanges

    • Mental health literacy workshops
    • Basic Christian counseling skills
    • Building Resilience - Mental health care during the pandemic
    • The importance of Self Compassion
    • How to be friend with your children?
    • Enhancing skills for volunteers supporting children & families
    • How to organize activities for children?

For Companies and Organizations

Customised training and workshops

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Collaboration and Partnerships

Referral Process

TeaTalk Vietnam-CoRE

Youth & Children & Family

Communities

Schools

Companies & Organizations

hello@teatalkvietnam.com

✔Tea Talk: https://www.teatalkvietnam.vn

✔CoRE: https://www.corevn.org

0973.693.886

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Hagar International in Vietnam (Hagar Vietnam)

Service Provider

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Services Provided

Cities/Provinces Served

    • Services: Support women and children affected by human trafficking, domestic violence and sexual abuse through the following free services:

- Safe accommodation

- Health care

- Trauma therapy consultation. Crisis consultation after the event; long-term therapy.

- Education and life skills training

- Enhancing economic capacity.

    • Population: Women and children
    • Language(s): Vietnamese and English
    • Delivery method: face to face, online
    • Hanoi, Hoa Binh, Cao Bang, Nghe An, Yen Bai

Hagar International in Vietnam (Hagar Vietnam)

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Collaboration and Partnerships

Referral Process

    • TBA
    • Hotline (24/7): 0943111967
    • Phone (during working hours):
    • 024 37282342

If a client contacts Hagar and is not in their service area, they will try to find another organization who will assist.

Hagar International in Vietnam

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Faculty of�Social Work, HNUE

Service Provider

Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/khoaCTXH.DHSPHN

Website: http://ctxh.hnue.edu.vn

Adress: 3rd floor, D3 Building, 136 Xuan Thuy street, Cau Giay district, Hanoi.

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Services Provided

Cities/Provinces Served

    • Teaching modules: "Gender and development", "Social work with LGBT+", "Social work in preventing school's violence" for bachelor students
    • Providing training, and developing materials related to GBV for teachers, students, and community staff in some projects with international NGO.
    • Researching on GBV
    • Providing counseling for students, and parents of LGBT+ students.
    • Organising talkshows, events, projects
    • Target population: students, adults, children, women, LGBTQ+, etc.
    • Language(s) of direct services: Vietnamese
    • Delivery method: face to face, online
    • Hanoi
    • Depending on projects of partners: Hanoi, Ha Giang, Lai Chau, Quang Binh, Kon tum, Hai Phong...

Faculty of Social Work, HNUE

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Collaboration and Partnerships

Referral Process

    • Local govement partners: MOLISA, MOET,...
    • Local NGO partners (CSAGA, CCIHP, iSEE, ICS, Peace House...)
    • International partners (Plan International, GVI, GNI, Childfund, UNICEF, SC)
    • International universities: New England, San Jose State, Artervelde, Kagel de Gote, Sunshine Coast
    • Opportunities for future collaboration: Organise conferences/workshops/seminars; Apply for a proposal to run a research project and promote the Well-being model to colleges and universities; organize campaigns for students; Exchange lecturers,...

    • Students/Clients can be referred to our counseling service by contact directly with lecturers or online:

 

    • The process for intake:

Receiving client's information

Accessing client’s situations, and identifying their needs

Providing counseling, and suitable supports or referring clients to suitable services

Faculty of Social Work, HNUE

Fanpage: https://www.facebook.com/khoaCTXH.DHSPHN

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Center for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women and Adolescents (CSAGA)

Service Provider

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Services Provided

Cities/Provinces Served

Support services: Psychological support; Support in developing safety plan and providing necessary information; Referral services (Emergency sheltering, Medical services, Police and Legal services,…)

Target population: Women experiencing gender-based violence; LBTI+ people experiencing violence or discrimination based on SOGIESC; Man perpetrating or having high risks of perpetrating; Bystanders (Survivors’ family members or friends)

Language(s) of direct services: Vietnamese

Delivery method: Online via hotline and chat; Face to face at CSAGA’s offices in Hanoi, Danang, Ho Chi Minh city or in-field based on the victim’s status

Other activities related to gender-based violence: Young women/Girls Empowerment and Leadership skills enhancing; Capacity building for service providers; Support services mapping; Public awareness raising activities; Communication activities, including online campaigns and annual campaigns (exhibitions, running race,…)

• Head office: Hanoi

• Representative offices: Danang and HCM City

• Online support services served over the country

Center for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women and Adolescents (CSAGA)

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Collaboration and Partnerships

Referral Process

Local partners: Women unions, Police, Social work centers, Legal aid centers, Shelters (Anh Duong House, Peace House,…), other local organizations focusing on GE/GBV, high schools or universities,…

International partners: UN agencies (UNFPA, UN Women); iNGO; Embassies in Vietnam; international networks for example Global Network of Women Shelters,…

Opportunities for future collaboration: Capacity building activities (Training, Workshop); Technical support for establishment/operation of internal counselling stations, Communication campaigns for public or for students,…

Key channels:

Process for intake:

Receiving case information

Accessing victim’s situation and identifying victim’s needs

Providing direct support or referring client to suitable services

Following up and recording case file

Center for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women and Adolescents (CSAGA)

Hotline

024 3333 5599

Fanpage

Yeu thuong va tu do

Referred from other

organizations/community

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5 Minute Break

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Exploring the Professional Needs of the GBV Sector

CRICOS provider number: 00122A | RTO Code: 3046

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Exploring the Professional Needs of the GBV Sector

Goals for this Session

  • Identify areas for professional development
  • Identify areas for collaboration

What will happen after today?

  • RMIT will send you a summary of the conversation
  • We will use this to plan future events and initiatives

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Focus Areas

  1. Professional Development for Staff Working Directly with Clients

  • Leadership & Program Management

  • Research and Data Collection

  • Collaboration with Other Organizations and Government

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Exploring the Professional Needs of the GBV Sector

  1. We will have 4 breakout rooms. An RMIT staff will be there to help facilitate.
  2. You will have 15 minutes to discuss with your group.
  3. We’ll come back together and share.

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Focus Areas

  1. Professional Development for Staff Working Directly with Clients

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Focus Areas

2. Leadership & Program Management

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Focus Areas

3. Research and Data Collection

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Focus Areas

4. Collaboration with Other Organizations and Government

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  • Date: 28 February 2025
  • Time: 8:30am-5:45pm
  • Location: RMIT Saigon South Campus and locations around Vietnam!

Summit Local Partners

Would your organisation like to locally host a satellite location for the Summit? RMIT is offering funding support for organisations to host. Full details on this partnership opportunity is here. We will organise a virtual information session for organisations interested in applying in September. Please contact wellbeing@rmit.edu.vn to be invited to the information session. To apply, please complete this form.

Call for Breakout Session Proposals

The National Organising Committee for the Summit is taking proposals for sessions and panel discussions. For detailed information on what's involved in offering a session, see our Session Guidelines. Please submit the Call for Proposals by 30 September.

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Can We Empower Post Traumatic Growth?

Michael Tower

RMIT Vietnam

CRICOS provider number: 00122A | RTO Code: 3046

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Objectives

  • What constitutes a “trauma”?
  • Understand factors in post-traumatic growth
  • Provide resources for assessing an organization’s ability to enable post-traumatic growth

About Me

Masters in Clinical Social Work, Masters in Organization and Leadership

Work Experience: child protection and investigation, adoption family services, trauma-informed parenting, safeguarding in schools.

Trigger Warning

We will be addressing trauma today but avoiding specific scenarios.

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What actually is a trauma?

(SAMHSA 2014)

Event

-harm or threat of harm

-physical or psychological

-self or loved one

Trauma

Experience

-perception of powerlessness, shame, guilt, humiliation

Effects

-short or long term

-physical, cognitive, emotional, social trust

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Assessing Potential for a Traumatic Experience

A quick screener…

Assessment for PTSD Symptoms (P. 63)

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After Trauma, Clients Move in Different Directions

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Post Traumatic Growth: Remarkable Possibilities

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Examples of Post Traumatic Growth

Many trauma survivors more than just accept what happened to them: "They feel it made them better human beings than they would ever have been without it. And it made them wiser and willing to take the risk of being more fully alive." -Stephen Joseph, PhD

Nelson Mandela

Anti-Apartheid Activist

Who Can You Think Of?

Malala Yousafzai

Human Rights Activist

How About Your

Clients?

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How to Assess Post-Traumatic Growth in a Client

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What Do You Think Could Be the Factors that Promote Post Traumatic Growth?

Think about factors that occur after the trauma related to the survivor. Possibilities include engagement with service, individual coping styles, ways of thinking.

Go to the website and use the code below – or – scan the QR code

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How to Identify Post Traumatic Growth Support for an Organization

Whether you are an NGO, university staff, or direct service provider, evaluate the following:

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Factors that Promote Post Traumatic Growth

  1. Rumination
  2. Personal Crisis
  3. Sharing Negative Emotions & Social Support
  4. Coping Strategies
  5. Narrative
  6. Growth Actions

For today, we will discuss factors that organizations can influence through service delivery.

(Henson, Truchot, Canevello 2021)

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Factors that Promote Post Traumatic Growth

For today, we will discuss 6 factors that organizations can affect through service delivery.

We will avoid fixed client characteristics, such as age, culture, or socio-economic status.

(Henson, Truchot, Canevello 2021)

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Factors that Promote Post Traumatic Growth

1. Rumination. Empirical studies suggest that cognitive processing is associated with higher levels of PTG. For example,

Calhoun, Cann, Tedeschi, and McMillan (2000))

investigated rumination and growth in a group of 54 young adults who had experienced a traumatic event. Their results indicated a positive relationship between event-related rumination and the level of reported PTG: The more rumination participants reported experiencing soon after the event, the greater the degree of posttraumatic growth.

2. Personal Crisis. Palmer, Murphy, and Spencer-Harper (2016) add in one of their studies that veterans tend to report growth after reaching a certain “turning point” following the traumatic event. This turning point typically occurs after several years of living with PTSD symptoms and is generally prompted by the veterans themselves after reaching extreme levels of despair due to their symptoms. In other words, the authors suggest that, in some cases, growth may be triggered by a posterior crisis situation caused by dealing with PTSD symptoms.

3. Sharing Negative Emotions

According to

Calhoun and Tedeschi (2013)

, cognitive engagement and cognitive processing of traumatic events could be fostered by the sharing (or the "disclosure") of one’s internal experience with others, as long as the individual’s social environment is able to provide the necessary support. Indeed, the disclosure of internal cognitive processes with a supportive social environment reduces the risks of depression and/or promotes higher levels of growth (

Nolen-Hoeksema & Larson, 1999

;

Saltzman et al., 2018

). This is consistent with

Ogińska-Bulik and Kobylarczyk (2015)

and Dirik and Göcek-Yorulmaz’s (2018) results showing that venting negative emotions is positively associated with PTG (

Fig. 2

).

Social Support. Therefore, disclosure could be considered as a mediator of the relationship between cognitive engagement and PTG. This appears to be particularly true when sharing with people who have gone through similar traumatic experiences, as it has the positive effect of normalizing the individual’s situation and feelings (

Coping Strategies. Indeed, religious coping was strongly correlated to growth. As stated by

Pargament, Koenig, and Perez (2000))

, religious coping could have various positive consequences for individuals in their daily lives (e.g., giving meaning to negative events, providing a sense of control and comfort during difficult times, fostering social relations through the religious community, and helping individuals make major life changes). Furthermore, spirituality predicted moderate positive changes (

Prati & Pietrantoni, 2009

;

Rzeszutek, Oniszczenko, & Firląg-Burkacka, 2017

,

Danhauer et al., 2013a

,

Tsai & Pietrzak, 2017

). Spirituality differs from religious coping in that it is defined as “an individual’s sense of peace, purpose, and connection to others, and beliefs about the meaning of life”; whereas religion is defined as a set of beliefs and practices associated with a particular religious tradition or denomination (

Vallurupalli et al., 2012

). According to

Prati and Pietrantoni (2009)

, spirituality may foster PTG because it increases feelings of belonging within the religious community, ensures the presence of social support through the community, and promotes beliefs that encourage individuals to search for meaning. Thus, spirituality may only be indirectly related to growth.

Positive reappraisal coping was also associated with PTG. This coping strategy implies the individual’s attempt to construe negative events in a more positive way which, consequently, may generate positive changes. This is consistent with several studies suggesting that positive reframing/reinterpretation, positive affect/attitude, and positive sense-making are positively correlated to PTG

Growth Actions

Hobfoll et al. (2007) make a distinction between growth actions and growth cognitions, stating that cognitive change alone is not sufficient for growth to occur. Indeed, they show in one of their studies that PTG may only be beneficial if it includes taking action.

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Rumination (definition: thinking deeply about something)

Factor 1: Rumination

Two types of rumination are associated with Post-Traumatic Growth:

  • Deliberate Rumination”
  • “Intrusive Rumination”

When client’s don’t ruminate on a trauma, what are they doing instead?

(Taku, Cann, Tedeschi, and Calhoun 2009)

Interventions

  • Psychoeducation-–providing information to guide clients
  • Support groups to guide how their processing their experience

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Sharing Negative Emotions & Social Support

Factor 2: Sharing Negative Emotions

& Social Support

Disclosure of internal cognitive processes with a supportive social environment reduces the risks of depression and/or promotes higher levels of growth.

Sharing with people who have gone through similar traumatic experiences has the positive effect of normalizing the individual’s situation and feelings.

What’s the opposite of sharing negative emotions?

(Nolen-Hoeksema & Larson, 1999)

Interventions

  • Survivor-led support groups
  • Peer support programs

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Personal Crisis

Factor 3: Personal Crisis

Individuals report growth after reaching a certain “turning point” following the traumatic event. This turning point typically occurs after several years of living with PTSD symptoms and is generally prompted by reaching extreme levels of despair due to their symptoms.

In the absence of a personal crisis, what do we see with clients?

(Palmer, Murphy, and Spencer-Harper 2016)

Interventions

  • Psychoeducation
  • Long-term counseling and/or support groups
  • ”Buddy” or mentor programs

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Coping Strategies

Factor 4: Coping Strategies

Positive reappraisal coping was also associated with PTG. This coping strategy implies the individual’s attempt to construe negative events in a more positive way which, consequently, may generate positive changes.

Religious coping could have various positive consequences for individuals in their daily lives (e.g., giving meaning to negative events, providing a sense of control and comfort during difficult times)

Interventions

  • Survivor-led support groups

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Narrative

Factor 5: Narrative

Construing a traumatic experience as central to one’s identity may result in more posttraumatic cognitions (deliberate and intrusive rumination) which, as demonstrated previously, is highly associated with PTG.

High event centrality may only be beneficial soon after the traumatic event occurred, as it may help trigger cognitive processes related to growth outcomes (e.g. intrusive and deliberate rumination).

(Taku et al., 2009)

Interventions

  • Acute trauma interventions: counseling, group therapy, psychoeducation

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Growth Actions

Factor 4: Growth Actions

Growth actions promote post traumatic growth, not growth cognition. Cognitive change alone is not sufficient for growth to occur.

Hobfoll et al. (2007) 

Interventions

  • Opportunities for survivors to engage in advocacy and community service
  • Opportunities for survivors to develop and contribute to initiatives in your organization, serve on advisory boards

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Factors in Post Traumatic Growth are NOT Exclusively Clinical Interventions

Factors

  1. Rumination
  2. Sharing Negative Emotions & Social Support
  3. Personal Crisis
  4. Coping Strategies
  5. Narrative
  6. Growth Actions

Clinical Interventions

  1. Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
  2. Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
  3. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
  4. Prolonged Exposure

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Takeaways

A trauma is a significant life experience, but it does not need to result in negative long-term impacts.

Survivors need to know there are positive possibilities in the future, that they will not always be struggling with their current symptoms and difficulties.

Enabling post-traumatic growth requires consideration of our approach to supporting survivors.

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Thank you��&��Q&A

Many trauma survivors more than just accept what happened to them: "They feel it made them better human beings than they would ever have been without it. And it made them wiser and willing to take the risk of being more fully alive." -Stephen Joseph, PhD

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Brief Treatment Options

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools: A skills-based child group intervention. Useful in non-clinical settings.

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Brief treatment model for children and adolescents.

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References��

Charlotte Henson, D. Truchot, Amy Canevello. What promotes post traumatic growth? A systematic review. European Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 2021, 5 (4), pp.100195.10.1016/j.ejtd.2020.100195 . hal-03642872

Hobfoll S. E, Watson P, Bell C. C, Bryant R. A, Brymer M. J, Friedman M. J, et al. Five essential elements of immediate and mid-term mass trauma intervention: Empirical evidence. Psychiatry. 2007;70:283–315. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Taku K, Cann A, Tedeschi RG, Calhoun LG. Intrusive versus deliberate rumination in posttraumatic growth across US and Japanese samples. Anxiety Stress Coping. 2009 Mar;22(2):129-36. doi: 10.1080/10615800802317841. PMID: 18937084.

Nolen-Hoeksema S, Larson J, Grayson C. Explaining the gender difference in depressive symptoms. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1999 Nov;77(5):1061-72. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.77.5.1061. PMID: 10573880.

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References��

Palmer E, Murphy D, Spencer-Harper L. Experience of post-traumatic growth in UK veterans with PTSD: a qualitative study. J R Army Med Corps. 2017 Jun;163(3):171-176. doi: 10.1136/jramc-2015-000607. Epub 2016 Aug 16. PMID: 27531661.

SAMHSA’s Concept of Trauma and Guidance for a Trauma-Informed Approach. Office of Policy, Planning, and Innovation. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 2014.

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PTG

The shift, the benefits, and the paradox.