Anita Mandley – Cultural and Historical Traumas: Invisible Barriers to Healing and Change

Outline

Awareness, Acknowledgement and Assessment

• Acknowledgement and Awareness of The Intergenerational Impact and Memory Traces of Cultural and
• Historical Traumas on Clients and The Therapist’s Own Self
• Relevant Areas for Assessment
• Structured Model of Assessment
• Case Examples of The Clinical Implications of Traumatic Experiences in The Present

Moving from Reflexive Reactivity to Connection, Fluidity and Coherence in The Here and Now

• Difference Between Bias, Prejudice and the “Isms”
• The Process to Regulate the Neurobiology of Bias
• The Benefit and Power of Providing the Resources of Witness, Protector and Comforter to Heal Intergenerational Wounds

How to Uncover the Survival Narrative, Validate the Trauma, And Move to A Strengths-Based Process of Empowerment and Healing

• Studying, Listening to And Validating the Client’s Traumatic Cultural Narrative, While Listening for The Resources That Helped Them Survive
• Using the Client’s Own Survival Resources, As Well As Cultural-Specific Rituals and/or Creating New Rituals for Acknowledging and Processing the Loss and Grief Connected to Historical Traumas
• New Ways to Establish Boundaries and Self-Defense and Self-Protection