Repairing the effects of childhood trauma: The long and winding road

Christine Palmer; Yorker Williams; Ann Harrington

doi:10.1111/jpm.12581

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Repairing the effects of childhood trauma: The long and winding road

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Repairing the effects of childhood trauma: The long and winding road

Christine Palmer, Yorker Williams and Ann Harrington

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Vol.27(3), pp.205-210

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12581

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Abstract

adult survivors of abuse

domestic violence

psychotherapy

therapeutic relationships

trauma

UniSC Diversity Area - Life Stages

What is known on this subject. Domestic and family violence contributes to mental distress and the development of mental illness and can reverberate throughout a person's life. What this paper adds to existing knowledge. Therapeutic work with people who experience domestic and family violence needs to take considerable time to allow the process to unfold. Understanding the triggers that cause past traumas to be re-experienced helps people to recognise and change their conditioned emotional responses. What are the implications for practice? Time needs to be invested to develop a secure and trusting relationship to enable a person to work through childhood experiences that have the potential to overwhelm. It is important for adults who have experienced childhood trauma to have an opportunity to process the abuse to help minimise its intrusion in their lives.

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Title: Repairing the effects of childhood trauma: The long and winding road
Authors: Christine Palmer (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
Yorker Williams (Author)
Ann Harrington (Author) - Flinders University
Publication details: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Vol.27(3), pp.205-210
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12581
ISSN: 1351-0126
Copyright note: Copyright (c) 2020. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Palmer, CJ, Williams, Y, Harrington, A. Repairing the effects of childhood trauma: The long and winding road. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2020; 27: 205– 210. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12581, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12581. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
Organisation Unit: School of Health - Nursing; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450761402621
Output Type: Journal article

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