Homework: Creating Unique Interventions
Trauma-response helping professionals are often damaged by brutal events and may feel rage and grief over the intentional or unintentional harm done to others. As a result, it is not uncommon to find them traumatized by such experiences. Those who experience primary trauma, including trauma-response helping professionals working with clients, often have similar needs related to treatment. It is essential that you recognize what interventions are appropriate for primary trauma and those interventions appropriate for vicarious trauma.
For this Application, you explore the similarities and differences in symptoms between and among trauma-response helping professionals, survivors of sexual abuse, and natural disasters.
Task: (2 to 3 pages)
1) Identify two similarities and two differences between the symptoms of survivors of sexual abuse and natural disasters, and trauma-response helping professionals experiencing vicarious trauma working with these populations.
2) Using the current research, describe an evidence-based intervention used to treat trauma-response helping professionals experiencing vicarious trauma while working with survivors of sexual abuse and natural disasters.
3) Explain the implications of your training and preparedness in counseling trauma-response helping professionals who work with survivors of sexual abuse and natural disasters. Be specific.
4) Identify one insight you had or conclusion you drew based upon the comparison. Be specific.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.