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Beyond the Body: Healing & Emotional Resilience After Medical Trauma
Unraveling layers of complexities together, in order to guide clients towards cultivating, nurturing, and fortifying their inner resilience.
The complexity of medical trauma can impact a person from infancy to present day. For many of our clients who have traversed the various mazes of healthcare, encounters with appointments, procedures, tests, scans, surgeries, & treatments can feel daunting & endless. The echoes of feeling unseen, unheard, not believed, or uncared for resonate deeply within those who bear the scars of mistreatment & harm done by medical staff & providers. Navigating a myriad of somatic activation and emotional responses before, during, & after, our clients impacted by medical trauma find themselves entwined with sensations & thoughts of fear, unpredictability, uncertainty, and various levels of danger. Let’s unravel some layers together, in order to guide clients towards cultivating nurturing, and fortifying their inner resilience.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to-
- Assess clients’ medical histories and experiences to pinpoint instances of medical trauma, enabling targeted clinical interventions.
- Recognize clients’ obstacles in establishing or reestablishing relationships with healthcare providers, while delving into interpersonal dynamics to promote selfadvocacy, thereby mitigating occurrences of medical gaslighting, dismissiveness, and minimization.
- Acknowledge and compassionately address avoidance behaviors concerning medical care, advocating for trauma-informed approaches on behalf of clients.
- Collaborate with clients to explore innovative strategies for nurturing protective factors and enhancing resilience.