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Counseling Victims of Sexual AssaultA 5 Phase Model
Empowerment & Encouragement
Effective assessment skills Empathic Strengths based
approach CBT and Gestalt-based
interventions
IMPLICATIONS
5 TREATMENT PHASES
Assessment & Education
Phase 1
Rapport & Strengths
Phase 2
Cognitive Interventio
n
Phase 3
Emotion Focused
Phase 4
Trauma Narrative
Phase 5
MODEL TENETS
CONTACT
Brooke Bagley MS, NCC – Sexual Assault Center, Knoxville, TN & Joel F. Diambra, EdD, LPC-MHSP, NCC – University of TennesseeACA 2015 – Orlando, Florida
RATIONALE• Each year, there are about
237,868 victims of sexual assault.
• 1 out of every 6 American women and 3% of men have been the victim on an attempted or completed rape.
• Victims of assault are• 3x’s more likely to suffer
from depression• 6 x’s more likely to suffer
from PTSD• 26 x’s more likely to
abuse drugs• 4x’s more likely to
contemplate suicide
Brooke [email protected]
Higher client retention rate Up to 70%
Clients report: Decrease in acute
stress/trauma related symptoms
Overall increase in functionality after 3 sessions
Clients approach and engage in trauma narrative work sooner in the therapeutic process than those treated otherwise.
Sessions 1-2 Sessions 2-3 Sessions 3-4 Sessions 4-5 Sessions 5-6
• Psychosocial assessment/
• Education materials related to common trauma reactions
• Rapport and trust are 99.99% of the therapeutic process
• Focus on client reported strengths
• Identification of triggers
• Negative thought patterns
• Gestalt & Mindfulness
• Dissociation/ body and mind “disconnect”
• Once a client has reached stability evident througho Self-reporto Presenting mood, behaviors, & languages
• Helpful in gaining awareness of perceived safety, coping, and potential for resilience
• Normalizes and validates client’s experience
• Language is HIGHLY important
• Survivors often report:
o Reduced perception of control
o Diminished trust in others
o Negative self views
o Decreased worth related to being loved, cared for, and valued.
• Introduction of CBT based education and interventions:
• Helps combat self-deprecating thoughts/beliefs
• Increased sense of control
• Amplified awareness of emotional reactions
• Helpful with trigger identification
• Works to encourage clients to develop more positive self-views
• New language and positive self-views incorporated into narrative
• Encourages new meaning making
• Re-telling decreases severity of trauma response