Although my five-phase model is based in foundational counseling theories and skills, I offer it here as one guide for counseling clients who have experienced sexual assault.

The amount of time spent in this phase typically ranges from one to three sessions depending on the client’s trauma history, presentation and comfort with therapy, and assessment of the client’s basic needs.

To facilitate an environment that feels supportive and safe, I use the client’s own language, focus on appropriate and accurate reflections, and allow the client to emote without much intervention on my part.

I complete the assessment to focus more on trauma-related history, both specific to sexual trauma and complex trauma (any previous trauma-related incidences a client identifies as having experienced).

This focus is helpful in gauging client resilience, gaining insight into a client’s threshold for stress and obtaining increased awareness of potential maladaptive cognitive patterns the client might possess related to any current situations or traumas.

Phase 1 also consists of a psychoeducational focus that is helpful in increasing the client’s confidence in pursuing and maintaining therapy services.

After completing the psychosocial assessment, I file the assessment in the client’s chart to review later in the therapeutic process and provide the client with trauma-related materials on normative responses that may be experienced in all facets of the client’s functioning (cognitive, emotional, physical, mental, social, etc.) At this time, I walk the client through a trauma symptoms checklist that includes emotion-, behavior- and cognitive-related questions.

In phase 2, I encourage clients to take a break from our immediate focus on the sexual trauma and to instead explore their perceived strengths.

This phase deviates slightly from other trauma-focused therapies by offering clients allotted time to engage in intrapersonal exploration that is separate from their trauma.

I often explain the difference between empathy and sympathy during this phase to help clients identify which felt most supportive and when.

In this phase, I encourage clients toward increased positive views of self and self-confidence and the ability to seek support from individuals who can provide it.

In phase 3, I explore clients’ cognitive processing.

During this phase, I recall the initial assessment (initial narrative of recent trauma) and work with clients to identify how they retell their history and describe their current functioning.

The hope is that clients will then recognize the potential in their support systems and, incorporating increased self-confidence from the previous phase, will feel comfortable conveying and eliciting more effective and efficient support from friends and family members.

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Source: Counseling survivors of sexual assault

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A esperança é que os clientes então reconheçam o potencial em seus sistemas de apoio e, incorporando a maior autoconfiança da fase anterior, sintam-se confortáveis ao transmitir e obter um apoio mais eficaz e eficiente de amigos e familiares.

Eu separo isso deliberadamente e o coloco após a fase cognitiva porque descobri que existem respostas emocionais residuais e intensas que frequentemente superam a capacidade dos clientes de racionalizar ou se acalmar.

Clientes com trauma complexo ou falta de habilidades de enfrentamento eficazes frequentemente relatam entorpecimento, sensação de desconexão do corpo, respostas de ansiedade intensas e aparentemente incontroláveis, e comportamentos de automutilação ou automedicação em várias formas.

Nesta fase, utilizo principalmente intervenções baseadas na Gestalt para ajudar os clientes a compreender melhor a comunicação mente-corpo em relação à resposta emocional.

Peço aos clientes que me descrevam um episódio recente relacionado ao trauma, fazendo-os focar no que sentiram corporalmente em comparação com o emocional ou cognitivo.

É neste ponto do processo terapêutico que os clientes demonstram e relatam respostas emocionais e cognitivas mais estáveis ao estresse, além de um uso mais eficaz de habilidades de enfrentamento saudáveis.

Esses mesmos clientes se envolveram no trabalho de trauma mais cedo no processo terapêutico do que nossos clientes tratados sem o modelo de cinco fases.

Os princípios deste modelo incluem habilidades de avaliação eficazes, foco na história do cliente e trauma complexo, empoderamento e incentivo aos clientes, uma abordagem empática baseada em pontos fortes e a incorporação de intervenções de TCC/REBT e baseadas na Gestalt.


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