Trauma Processing
“Finish the Story!”
Trauma Processing
! Do psycho-education first
! Collect trauma history for a timeline
! Do a practice story to understand the process ! Work chronologically to make processing later traumas
easier
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Trauma Processing
! Guided imagery is optional
! Graphic narrative
! Re-presentation by therapist of the graphic narrative (videotaped)
! Watch video with compassion for the traumatized part
! Parts
! Externalized dialogue
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Graphic NarrativeBYPASSES THE CORPUS CALLOSUM
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Graphic Narrative❑ REFORMATS THE TRAUMA FOR THE
LEFT BRAIN ❑ GIVES A LINEAR SEQUENCE ❑ IS HISTORICAL (PAST TENSE) ❑ IS LOGICAL AND VERBALLY CODED
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Graphic Narrative
! Shows the Instinctual Trauma Response as it happens in a trauma
! Use the observer (third person) perspective
! Draw all the important pictures (including transitions)
! May have several attempts of fight or flee, altered states of consciousness, startles, etc.
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How to Do the Graphic Narrative
! Ask client to tell the story first to get a general list of the important pictures and the sequence
! Use imagination and/or logic to fill in gaps
! “The hand remembers what the mind forgets.” Louis Tinnin, MD
! Identify the aspects of the ITR
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How to Do
the Graphic Narrative
! Use colored markers (thick and thin tips)
! All important pictures must be included
! Do all the drawings first; then include thoughts, emotions, and body sensations
! If a person knows about a drawing but leaves it out, it stays in the forefront
! Put captions after all the drawings are done to help the therapist with the re-presentation
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