with Judith Herman, MD, Michaela Mendelsohn, PhD, Melissa Coco, MSW, Diya Kallivayalil, Phd, Jocelyn Levitan, PhD
This workshop presents a unique approach to group treatment for survivors of interpersonal trauma. Based on a stage model of recovery, the Trauma Recovery Group (TRG) is explicitly designed to enlist the healing power of relational connection. Members are helped to develop skills in safe self-disclosure and empathic feedback, so that the processing of trauma memories can take place in a context of restored community. The workshop offers a detailed description of the implementation of the TRG. Invivo role-play demonstrations of group process will be included to illustrate technical challenges of group leadership.