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Carole Warshaw, MD, National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
Eleanor Lyon, PhD, NCDVTMH
Mary Ann Dutton, PhD, Georgetown University Medical Center
Gwendolyn D. Packard, N/A, NIWRC
- Describe an integrated approach for responding to trauma in the context of ongoing domestic violence.
- Discuss the strengths and limitations of existing evidence-based trauma treatment modalities and the applicability of complex trauma models for survivors of DV
- Describe the concepts of mental health and substance use coercion and strategies for incorporating them into screening, assessment and brief counseling
- Describe how the ongoing legacies of social, political and historical trauma impact survivors and their communities and the implications of taking a more collective approach to transforming trauma and its long-term effects.
Description:
Responding to trauma in the context of DV raises a number of issues for research and practice. While there are numerous interventions designed to reduce trauma-related symptoms, most were developed to address events that occurred in the past. Yet, for many survivors the abuse is ongoing and may include efforts to undermine their sanity, sobriety and recovery. This not only affects safety and well-being but impacts treatment as well. Many survivors also experience collective forms of trauma, highlighting the need for collective as well as individual approaches. Presenters will discuss existing evidence-based trauma treatment modalities for survivors of DV, the applicability of complex trauma models that have not yet been studied in a DV context, and the implications of recent research on mental health and substance use coercion. They will also discuss implications of ongoing social/political trauma for DV survivors and their communities and approaches to transforming its long-term effects.