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Integrating a Trauma Lens into a Family Therapy Framework: Ten Principles for Family Therapists
Author(s) -
James Kerrie,
MacKin Laurie
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1017/aft.2012.25
Subject(s) - family therapy , psychotherapist , intervention (counseling) , through the lens metering , project commissioning , psychology , lens (geology) , medicine , publishing , psychiatry , engineering , political science , law , petroleum engineering
This paper aims to show how a trauma lens can be incorporated into existing family therapy practices, changing how therapists perceive presenting problems and therefore the issues and sites of intervention. After reviewing the family therapy literature concerning trauma and defining different types of trauma, the paper discusses how traumatic memories differ from ordinary memories. Ten principles for practice are described to guide therapists in integrating the trauma lens into their family therapy practice. Three case studies are used to illustrate these principles.