Trauma Informed Care Psychotherapy Tx Planner Workbook

If you have been in the mental health field at all, you have probably picked up on the fact that therapy and counseling are personal. Thus trauma is personal. Throughout our field, we learn to celebrate small wins along the way.

? Approximately 70% of adults in the U.S. have experienced some type of traumatic event at least once in their lives. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health, 2020)

? About 20% of these adults will go on to develop PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health, 2020)

? Nearly 4 million adults have PTSD in a given year. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health, 2020)

? Women are twice as likely to develop PTSD as men. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health, 2020)

? Approximately 59% of men and 51% of women have experienced at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. (Source: National Center for PTSD, 2020)

? Over 20 million adults in the United States suffer from some type of mental illness in a given year. (Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2020)

? Approximately 8 million adults are affected by serious psychological distress or major depression in any given year. (Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2020)

? Approximately 8.7% of Americans reported having PTSD at some point in their life. (Source: National Center

The sustainability of TIC must be an active role we take in our industry, whether through movements or committees. Some of us might send Monthly newsletters in our organizations or even write consistent articles on TIC. Various agencies have built? Comfort Rooms into their programs. Crisis stabilization Units have leaned on TIC committees to help with the development of programming and even design! These are just a few examples of tangible change.

It can be truly hard to keep staff engaged in conceptualization in TIC when they do not see tangible physical components.I was recently in a TIC committee group where this was shared

“Data persuades, Stories inspire.”

People remember stories. These become teaching tools. Newsletters are not always about the content, but perhaps just the story itself. Could the story itself be plenty to bring impact?

At this point, for most agencies “All staff”? are trained in TIC principles and practices. The idea is to have the best standards presented on large scale without missing the personal component.?

Here are a few elements to consider in orientating your staff on TIC.

Define Trauma

Realize- statistics of trauma

Recognize- how impactful trauma is on our communities

Respond - using trauma-informed approaches

Recognize- training is essential

Avoid Retraumatizing - both staff and clients!

Having the knowledge of TIC is one thing, but presenting care through a narrative manner impacts lives! Telling stories, creating meaningfulness. We all need guides, training, and slides, but the one thing that we all deeply need is a place in the larger story of life.

Perhaps you are a private practice in the mental health industry, or maybe a large agency trying to get your clinicians on the same page regarding Trauma Informed Care. Consider the Pioneer Counseling Trauma Informed Care Psychotherapy Tx Planner. It really is more than a tx planner, it is a guide and a point of reference.

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Geries Shaheen is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Nationally Certified Counselor operating in and around St. Louis Missouri. Geries holds his MA in Professional Counseling from Lindenwood University, BA in Intercultural Studies from Lincoln Christian University, and holds a certificate in Life Coaching, Geries provides life coaching services to clients online globally. Geries is EMDR trained and DBT Certified, practicing from a TIC lens.