The trans-generational impact of trauma

For patients with intergenerational trauma histories that include oppression, war, genocide, and immigration to a new culture, it is important to develop a treatment plan that includes attention to the patient’s affective and cognitive narratives of this history. Therapists will learn how to widen the lens during history taking, preparation and case conceptualization beyond the patient’s individual trauma experiences to identify possible transmission of trans-generational wounding and related themes for EMDR processing targets. Therapists will learn to assist the second-generation patients toward the development of a coherent, regulated narrative that includes preoppression generational experiences, parental trauma experiences, and post-trauma adaptations and resources.

Conference

English

Karen Alter-Reid
Ruth Heber

Alter-Reid, K., & Heber. R. (2018, April). The trans-generational impact of trauma. Presentation at the EMDR Canada Annual Conference, Québec City, QC