 Criteria for Healed Trauma
What does having our Trauma mean? How do we recognize when we have sufficiently healed from Trauma? This is the list of seven criteria for having resolved trauma. It was created by Claudia Black, Ph.D.
1. The physiological symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder have been brought within manageable limits.
2. The person is able to bear the feelings associated with the traumatic memories.
3. The person has authority over his/her memories. He/she can elect to remember the trauma and to put that memory aside.
4. The memory of the traumatic event/s is a coherent narrative, linked with feeling.
5. The person's damaged self-esteem has been restored.
6. The person's important relationships have been reestablished.
7. The person has reconstructed a coherent system of meaning and belief that encompasses the story of the trauma/s.
Remember: These seven criteria are worked on simutaniously throughout recovery.
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