Becoming Trauma Informed describes trauma-informed practice at the individual, organizational and systemic levels. The editors and authors bring unique perspectives from various settings and from the diverse groups with which they work, sharing how trauma-informed principles have been integrated into different mental health and addiction treatment and social service environments. They emphasize how trauma-informed services must take into account an understanding of trauma, and place priority on trauma survivors’ safety, choice and control. These contributors offer hope and direction for becoming trauma informed, showcasing their innovation, leadership, practices, ideas and compassion.
This book will be of interest to front-line addiction and mental health workers looking for practical strategies, as well as to program and system planners who want to ensure that institutional and community-based services meet the needs of people who have experienced trauma.
Becoming Trauma Informed can be ordered online for $39.95 from Canada's Centrefor Addiction and Mental Health.
Becoming Trauma Informed Outline:
Part 1: What is “trauma informed” in theory and practice?
THEORY
A developmental understanding of complex trauma
Lori Haskell
Traumatic learning
Linde Zingaro
Using a feminist- and trauma-informed approach in therapy with women
Brenda Toner and Donna Akman
Anti-oppression psychotherapy as trauma-informed practice
Roberta K. Timothy
PRACTICE
Collaborative change conversations: Integrating trauma-informed care and motivational interviewing with women
Cristine Urquhart and Frances Jasiura
Cognitive-behavioural therapy for psychosis: A trauma-informed praxis
Maria Haarmans
Trauma-informed body-centred interventions
Steven Hughes and Paul Hyman
Part 2: Trauma-informed practice for diverse client groups and in specific settings
DIVERSE GROUPS
Working in a trauma-informed way with clients who have a developmental disability
Anna M. Palucka and Yona Lunsky
Trauma-informed care for refugees
Branka Agic
The evolution of trauma-informed practice at the Jean Tweed Centre
Julia Bloomenfeld and Tammy Rasmussen
Show not tell . . . Trauma-informed creative engagement with youth who have FASD
Mary Harber
Girls’ groups and trauma-informed intersectional practice
Natalie Clark
Acknowledging and embracing “the boy inside the man”: Trauma-informed work with men
Roger Fallot and Richard Bebout
An intergenerational trauma-informed approach to care for Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples
Peter Menzies
DIVERSE SETTINGS
Considering trauma in outpatient substance use treatment planning for youth
Gloria Chaim, Susan Rosenkranz and Joanna Henderson
Using a trauma-informed approach to guide the journey of restraint prevention
Athina Perivolaris and Ann Pottinger
Trauma-informed work with families
Sabrina Baker
Trauma-informed care on a women’s inpatient psychiatric unit
Donna Akman and Cheryl Rolin-Gilman
Trauma-informed primary care with immigrant, refugee and non-status women living with HIV/AIDS
Mercedes Umaña
Part 3: Changing the system through education and innovation
EDUCATION
Building community capacity for trauma-informed practice
Barbara K. Peck and Stephanie R. Capyk
Curricula to support trauma-informed practice with women
Stephanie Covington
Responding to women’s self-harm: A 10-year reflection on the need for trauma-informed care
Colleen Anne Dell
A mother’s loss: The unacknowledged grief of child apprehension for women who use substances
Tammy Mackenzie and Amy Druker
INNOVATION
Collaboration between child welfare and substance use services
Diane Smylie and Carolyn Ussher
What do client rights have to do with trauma-informed care?
Jennifer Chambers
Integrated screening, assessment and training as critical components of trauma-informed care
Vivian B. Brown
Breaking out of the mould: Creating trauma-informed anti-violence services and housing for women and their children
Lynda Dechief with Janice Abbott
Integrating treatment of tobacco with other substances in a trauma-informed way
Nancy Poole and Judy Lyon
Responding to the women: YWCA Toronto moves its practice to a trauma-informed approach
Lorraine Greaves in conversation with Jennie McKnight, Ruth Crammond and Heather McGregor
