Trauma-Informed Groups: Recommendations for Group Work Practice

Baird, Stephanie L.; Alaggia, Ramona

doi:10.1007/s10615-019-00739-7

Cited by 12 publications

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“…Professionals in our study, however, continually emphasized the importance of slowing children down in wanting to talk about their traumas in the group, to prevent too much exposure and compromising the sense of safety in the group. This parallels recommendations made in the literature that group safety is achieved by keeping conversations away from possibly detailed and re‐traumatizing representations of traumatic experiences (Baird & Alaggia, 2019). TTT may therefore be less suitable for children stable enough to talk about and process their trauma (Lindauer, 2015).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

A resilience enhancing trauma‐informed program for children and mothers in domestic violence shelters: A qualitative study

Hoeven

Widdershoven

Duin

et al. 2022

Child & Family Social Work

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In domestic violence (DV) shelters, offering psychosocial support services to mothers and children is vital. The program 'Time for Tony the Turtle' has been developed for mothers and children residing in DV shelters in the Netherlands. It aims to foster attachment and regulation skills, which can also prepare for trauma treatment if sought after later on. This qualitative study explores the experiences of mothers, children and professionals with the program and its perceived impact and what components function as facilitators and barriers in the implementation of such a program in DV crisis shelters in the Netherlands. We conducted in-depth interviews with 15 mothers, 11 children and 18 professionals from three organizations offering DV shelters. We used thematic analysis to identify patterns of meaning in the interviews.Mothers, children and professionals valued that the program provided a calm moment for reflection in hectic times and that the playfulness in which the program addressed trauma-related topics. However, mothers find it difficult to attend the program in the beginning of their shelter stay, therefore hampering the applicability of the program. Our findings suggest that integrating the topic of discussing father in a program in crisis shelters is complex and deserves more attention.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

A resilience enhancing trauma‐informed program for children and mothers in domestic violence shelters: A qualitative study

Hoeven

Widdershoven

Duin

et al. 2022

Child & Family Social Work

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“…Moreover, SHO staff often makes contact with members and are often involved in the coordination of activities. Thus, adequate staff supervision is important in ensuring that staff is committed to organizational goals and provides good quality support to members [29,35].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring Development of Self-Help Organizations for Patients with Chronic Health Conditions in Hong Kong: Development and Validation of the Self-Help Organization Development Scale (SHODS)

Ngai

Jiang

Cheung

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Self-help organizations (SHOs) enable patients with chronic health conditions (PCHCs) to overcome common difficulties through the exchange of knowledge and mutual assistance, which serves as the basis for promoting the self-reliance and well-being of PCHCs. Nevertheless, practical challenges persist because little is known about what and how to evaluate for the developmental outcomes of SHOs. To address this knowledge gap, the present study seeks to develop and validate the Self-Help Organization Development Scale (SHODS). A total of 232 core members from 54 SHOs in Hong Kong participated in our study. The SHODS structure was validated by confirmatory factor analysis. This analysis derived five factors: citizen support, business support, member recovery and mutual aid, organizational health, and functional sustainability. The five-factor structure demonstrated stability across various types of SHOs, as validated by the subgroup analysis based on two criteria: duration of SHO establishment and organization affiliation. Good concurrent validity was supported by significant correlations between the SHODS factors and organizational variables, including staff supervision, staff understanding, networking, advocating, and educating the public and patients. The SHODS also showed excellent internal consistency. In conclusion, the SHODS is a psychometrically sound instrument for measuring the developmental outcomes of SHOs.

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“…Despite growing recognition of the need for trauma-informed group work, inadequate attention in the literature has been given to the application of trauma principles in group settings, and in particular to the principles for resourcing individuals in auxiliary groups not oriented towards traumaprocessing per se (Baird & Alaggia, 2021). The focus in this article is to provide group facilitators with information and pragmatic cautionary guidance in understanding the role of auxiliary resource-oriented programs, which may be integrated across phases of trauma treatment, ideally as adjuncts to individual treatment.…”

Section: Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal Of Australiamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Mindfulness and Embodiment in Group-Based Trauma Treatment

Tempone-Wiltshire

2024

Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia

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Embodiment and mindfulness interventions provide a range of benefits for individuals living with trauma yet a lack of clarity surrounds their integration in group work practice. This article provides a framework for the integration of embodiment and mindfulness interventions in group settings for trauma. While such interventions can be utilised in primary trauma processing and open process group psychotherapy, this article provides particular guidance for the more general integration of these tools in structured format resourcing groups. Attention is given to the value and features of a phasic, staged integration of these interventions for specialised trauma-oriented group work. This article details how mindfulness and embodiment interventions support participants to cultivate the capacity to counter experiential avoidance and reorient attention towards the present moment, consequently increasing bodily and affective self-awareness. This serves to reduce patterns of reactivity, thereby supporting symptom stabilisation, improved reflective and mentalising ability, and cultivation of the self- and co-regulatory capacities necessary for trauma-processing group work. These interventions also possess supportive implications for the facilitator’s wellbeing, the formation and cohesiveness of the group, and, crucially, the norming process, both implicit and explicit. Attention is given also to safety considerations, including contraindications of mindfulness practices with certain trauma presentations, and the necessary screening requirements and exclusion criteria in the formation of a trauma-oriented group.

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Trauma-Informed Groups: Recommendations for Group Work Practice

Cited by 12 publications

References 35 publications

A resilience enhancing trauma‐informed program for children and mothers in domestic violence shelters: A qualitative study

A resilience enhancing trauma‐informed program for children and mothers in domestic violence shelters: A qualitative study

Measuring Development of Self-Help Organizations for Patients with Chronic Health Conditions in Hong Kong: Development and Validation of the Self-Help Organization Development Scale (SHODS)

The Role of Mindfulness and Embodiment in Group-Based Trauma Treatment

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