Shared Traumatic Experiences

May 18, 2020

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Shared Traumatic Experiences

Curt and Katie chat about the potential that clients will take care of us because we’re all going through the global pandemic. We look at the humanization and boundary shifts that can happen. We also talk about how to handle the nuance of the changes in the therapeutic relationship to help sustain stronger clinical efficacy.

It’s time to reimagine therapy and what it means to be a therapist. To support you as a whole person and a therapist, your hosts, Curt Widhalm and Katie Vernoy talk about how to approach the role of therapist in the modern age.

In this episode we talk about:

How clients may become more aware of their therapist’s own challenges due to the pandemic
Clients testing to see if we have capacity to manage what is happening AND their issues as well
The reality of the additional disclosure that is happening with telehealth
How we’re managing the conversations about the human experience, the unique situations we’re facing, and our clients’ concerns
The disinhibition effect for both clients and therapists via telehealth
Discussions about availability and flexibility with clients
Research on Shared Traumatic Experiences
Boundary shifts that need to be discussed
How to handle the shifts in the relationship with nuance
The need for therapists to take care of themselves – more deliberately and differently than we might have done prior to the pandemic
The added stressors that are being put on therapists that our clients are likely aware of
The importance of not pathologizing our clients wanting to take care of us during this time
The positives for telehealth and some of the boundary shifts
The importance of community for therapists right now
Acknowledging that therapists who have stayed in the office require support as well
Risk factors for therapists who wear different hats and have different projects

Resources mentioned:

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Article by Lori Gottlieb in the Atlantic

Article about the Disinhibition Effect

Article: Therapeutic Intervention in a Continuous Shared Traumatic Reality: An Example from the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

Article: Negative consequences of helping and the length of work experience

Article: Shared Traumatic Reality and Boundary Theory: How Mental Health Professionals Cope With the Home/Work Conflict During Continuous Security Threats

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