6/4/2020 Post Traumatic Growth Tools for Spiritual Care Finding personal strength, closer relationships, greater appreciation for life, new possibilities, and spiritual development after trauma. --presented by Beth Reece, MDiv, BCC Manager, Spiritual Care, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Dr. Therese Lysaught, Ph.D. Professor, Loyola University, Chicago 1 2 How can trauma upend everything someone knows about himself and force him to build a life with a new and larger sense of self? 3 1
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6/4/2020 7 post traumatic growth Their work showed that 80 per cent of people could achieve one or more of the positive changes, and more than 50 percent could achieve all five! This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC 8 9 3
6/4/2020 10 11 disconnection Trauma disconnects victims from those aspects of their being that can connect with life. The primary would of trauma is one of disconnection—from self, body, other, life and God. –Dr. Groopman, The Anatomy of Hope Who am I now? 12 4
6/4/2020 13 14 grief work ► Acknowledging loss and pain ► Expressing feelings ► Moving through change and transition ► Meaning making ► Saying goodbye to the past Celeste Roberge 15 5
6/4/2020 Your story is yours alone — Arthur Frank, The Wounded Storyteller This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 16 17 18 6
6/4/2020 19 restitution “ Yesterday I was healthy, today I’m sick, but tomorrow I’ll be This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC healthy again.” 20 chaos “Life is never getting better.” This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 21 7
6/4/2020 quest The patient can begin to see her story as a journey. She can place this experience within her larger story and find a way to move forward. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 22 23 natural resource “I am convinced that love and social connection matter more than anything else in life.” - –Peter Marty in The Christian Century Our injuries do not occur in a vacuum, so our healing cannot occur in one either. Our hurts and losses need to be repaired interpersonally. We cannot heal alone .” --Arielle Schwartz , PhD 24 8
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6/4/2020 34 AMEN* AFFIRM: validate his or her position: “Ms. X, I am hopeful, too.” MEET: meet the patient or family member where they are: “I join you in hoping (or praying) for a miracle.” EDUCATE : “And I want to speak to you about some medical issues.” NO MATTER WHAT: assure the patient and family you are committed to them: “No matter what happen, I will be with you every step of the way.” *Cooper, Ferguson, Bodurtha, Smith, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 35 # 4 creativity Creativity and the demand for transformation are embedded in the very fabric of our universe. Separation, transition, and incorporation are cycles seen in nature, death and rebirth, decay and renewal, growth and harvest. The liminal space for the patient, between trauma and recovery, can be a place of great regeneration. 36 12
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6/4/2020 43 44 faith Faith is anticipating and trusting in something not visible yet, often accompanied by hope, grounded in the reality of the past. 45 15
6/4/2020 faith and growth A number of studies have found a HIGH CORRELATION BETWEEN RELIGIOUS FAITH AND GROWTH. Researchers found that those who reported the most positive changes also reported that they used religion as a way of coping with their cancer. One large review of 103 studies of post- traumatic growth found that religious coping was more often correlated with growth than most other attributes including community support or optimism—though those were not too far behind. -–Rendon, Upside 46 47 the journey ► It takes us beyond our old beliefs ► It becomes something alive ► It reveals to us the wisdom of God ► It offers guidance ► We learn to trust ► We learn to relax ► We can experience ► Out of being comes a new doing This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC 48 16
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6/4/2020 transformation Transformation requires a willingness to challenge your basic beliefs about who you are. We must have the faith to trust responses and sensations that we can’t fully understand. Traumatized people must let go of all kinds of beliefs and preconceptions in order to complete the journey… — Peter Levine 52 53 54 18
6/4/2020 55 56 Discuss ► How have you seen one or more of these tools play out in your context? ► What facilitated it? ► Which one might be the most difficult to utilize in your context and why? ► What steps might you be able to take to integrate these tools into your practice? 57 19
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