Written by Canadian social workers, this book addresses the impact of trauma-related events and emphasizes the importance of spirituality and post-traumatic growth.
Trauma and the exposure to traumatic events is part of life, making the need for current and informed social work research and training in this area essential. Trauma, Spirituality, and Posttraumatic Growth in Clinical Social Work Practice highlights unique and diverse circumstances throughout a client's lifecycle where trauma is experienced, how one's spirituality is awakened or activated, and how this experience can intersect with interventions toward posttraumatic growth (PTG). More than just a primer on trauma effects, the book offers social workers insights into how to properly assess current resources and individual levels of distress. It also provides practical strategies on how spirituality and spiritual practices can be integrated into psychotherapeutic interventions at various levels of social work practice.
Addressing the impact of trauma-related events and emphasizing the importance of spirituality, the book will inspire and provide transferable knowledge that social workers can use to meet the unique needs of the clients, families, and communities they serve.
Show moreWritten by Canadian social workers, this book addresses the impact of trauma-related events and emphasizes the importance of spirituality and post-traumatic growth.
Trauma and the exposure to traumatic events is part of life, making the need for current and informed social work research and training in this area essential. Trauma, Spirituality, and Posttraumatic Growth in Clinical Social Work Practice highlights unique and diverse circumstances throughout a client's lifecycle where trauma is experienced, how one's spirituality is awakened or activated, and how this experience can intersect with interventions toward posttraumatic growth (PTG). More than just a primer on trauma effects, the book offers social workers insights into how to properly assess current resources and individual levels of distress. It also provides practical strategies on how spirituality and spiritual practices can be integrated into psychotherapeutic interventions at various levels of social work practice.
Addressing the impact of trauma-related events and emphasizing the importance of spirituality, the book will inspire and provide transferable knowledge that social workers can use to meet the unique needs of the clients, families, and communities they serve.
Show moreIntroduction
Heather Boynton and Jo-Ann Vis
1. Spirituality and Possibilities for Posttraumatic Growth in
Children
Heather Boynton
2. Spirituality and Child Welfare Practice with Indigenous
Families: Fostering a “Culture of Strengths”
Joey Wark, Heather Boynton, and Jo-Ann Vis
3. Spiritual-Trauma-Informed Schools: Supporting Children
Exposed to Interpersonal Trauma
Heather Boynton, Jo-Ann Vis, and Taylor Smith
4. Body-Mind-Oriented Trauma Therapy with Childhood Sexual Abuse
Survivors: Benefits and Challenges
Joanne Smit and Jo-Ann Vis
5. Exploring Meaning and Purpose: Underpinnings to Posttraumatic
Growth for Frontline Professionals
Jo-Ann Vis
6. Grief and Loss: A Shifting Landscape
Susan Cadell
7. The Soulful Journey: A Spirituality-based Group for
Treatment
Shelly Poluchowicz and Heather Boynton
8. Offering Social Work Care for Spiritual Needs at the End of
Life
Kathy Kortes-Miller
9. Addressing the Effects of Trauma Using Holistic and Creative
Mindfulness-based Practices and Concepts
Diana Coholic
10. Posttraumatic Growth: Discovery of Identity and Deep Driving
Desire with Mahavakyam Meditation in Clinical Social Work
Indrani Margolin and Tulshi Sen
11. Spirituality and Faith Communities Relative to Developmental
Disability and Health Issues: Considerations in Disability,
Illness, and End of Life Care
David Nicholas and Christopher Kilmer
Conclusion
Jo-Ann Vis and Heather Boynton
HEATHER M. BOYNTON is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary, an adjunct professor of Kinesiology at Lakehead University, and faculty at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and Vice President of the Canadian Society for Spirituality and Social Work.
"This is a refreshing new take for the social work literature in
the field of spirituality. There is no disputing that Heather
Boynton and Jo-Ann Vis are acquainted with the trauma literature
and I commend the authors for their innovative approach. This
volume will be of interest to social work practitioners." --Beth
Crisp, Professor in the School of Health and Social Development,
Deakin University
"In social work, spirituality has grown markedly as a topic of
practical and scholarly concern. This book highlights various
practice-relevant clinical aspects of spirituality in professional
social work practice. Featuring contributions from emerging and
established Canadian authors, this book is highly recommended for
scholars, students, and practitioners alike."--John Graham,
Professor, School of Social Work, University of British Columbia
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