We were surprised, contrary to popular belief, when the trauma specialist knew where to tap, trauma could be healed without long hours of therapy, without painful reliving of memories, and without a continuing reliance on medication. Instead, the root causes of the child or family’s trauma symptoms could be quickly identified and healed in the here and now using the correct tools and the right timing.
Up until now, the structural-strategic theory had not been formally used in family trauma treatment. Therefore, the question remains: “Why is theory so essential to helping the trauma therapist know where to tap to discover the root causes of their client’s trauma quickly?”
Read the full article on familytrauma.com.
Scott P. Sells, PhD, MSW, LCSW, LMFT, is the author of three books, Treating the Tough Adolescent: A Family-Based, Step-by-Step Guide (1998), Parenting Your Out-of-Control Teenager: 7 Steps to Reestablish Authority and Reclaim Love (2001), and Treating the Traumatized Child: A Step-by-Step Family Systems Approach (2017).
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