Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Communication

Document Type

Poster

Campus where you would like to present

Ellensburg

Event Website

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source

Start Date

16-5-2021

End Date

22-5-2021

Keywords

Trauma, Communication, neurobiology

Abstract

As with the basis of cognitive behavioral therapy, it is recognized that the behaviors of the individual are reflection of the individual’s thought processes. For the purpose of this essay, this fact should be pointed out as it translates also to the overt behaviors of an individual with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Complex-PTSD (C-PTSD), or a history of domestic violence (DV). Abnormal, inappropriate affect and behaviors of the like can and should be attributed to the extensive number of traumatic experiences incurred by these individuals throughout the course of their lifetimes. The purpose of this essay is to examine some of these seemingly antisocial behaviors, what longitudinal effects those behaviors may have for the individual, the cognitive processes behind those behaviors, as well as how to challenge some of those behaviors and processes within the individual. The traumatized self will often, unwittingly, set the stage for the recurrence of trauma because of their lack of social and coping skills, their presentation of subjectively frail self-concept, and extreme defense mechanisms. Advocated herein will be the need for creating new treatment methods and models for skill building groups, individual work, and family systems therapy to address these deficits in social functioning. Such communication based skill building is likely to induce psychological healing from past trauma and have a significant impact upon the phenomena of recurrence.

Faculty Mentor(s)

Nicole Dunn, Mark Soelling, and Amy McCoy

Department/Program

Psychology

Additional Mentoring Department

https://cwu.studentopportunitycenter.com/complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-and-communication/

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Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Communication

Ellensburg

As with the basis of cognitive behavioral therapy, it is recognized that the behaviors of the individual are reflection of the individual’s thought processes. For the purpose of this essay, this fact should be pointed out as it translates also to the overt behaviors of an individual with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Complex-PTSD (C-PTSD), or a history of domestic violence (DV). Abnormal, inappropriate affect and behaviors of the like can and should be attributed to the extensive number of traumatic experiences incurred by these individuals throughout the course of their lifetimes. The purpose of this essay is to examine some of these seemingly antisocial behaviors, what longitudinal effects those behaviors may have for the individual, the cognitive processes behind those behaviors, as well as how to challenge some of those behaviors and processes within the individual. The traumatized self will often, unwittingly, set the stage for the recurrence of trauma because of their lack of social and coping skills, their presentation of subjectively frail self-concept, and extreme defense mechanisms. Advocated herein will be the need for creating new treatment methods and models for skill building groups, individual work, and family systems therapy to address these deficits in social functioning. Such communication based skill building is likely to induce psychological healing from past trauma and have a significant impact upon the phenomena of recurrence.

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2021/COTS/79