Bridging responses: A front-line worker’s guide to supporting women who have post-traumatic stress

Many women who seek help from front-line services have experienced past violence and trauma. Often they do not recognize that many of their difficulties might be associated with responses to complex post traumatic stress. Bridging Responses is a resource for front-line staff who work with women — in health care, literacy, corrections, housing and community services. This book offers information and tools to help recognize responses to post-traumatic stress in women’s lives, and to establish a level of confidence that encourages women who have survived abuse and violence to consider referrals to appropriate services or resources.

• Acknowledgment
• Overview
  • Who is this guide for?
  • What is the guide about?
  • What is post-traumatic stress?
  • Abuse, violence and post-traumatic stress in women’s lives
  • Different kinds of post-traumatic stress - simple and complex
  • Why do we need to know about complex post-traumatic stress disorder?
  • Trauma in a bio-psycho-social framework
• Helpful interventions for front-line workers
  • What can you offer as a front-line worker?
  • Recognizing the signs of post-traumatic stress responses
  • How to screen for post-traumatic stress responses
  • Actively facilitating abuse disclosures: finding the balance
  • Helpful questions for post-traumatic stress response screening
  • Be prepared for and be sensitive to clients’ responses
• Treatment approaches
  • Therapeutic options
  • When medication might be helpful
  • The importance of referrals
  • Collaborative approaches
  • A hopeful concluding note
• Further reading
  • For understanding trauma
  • Sources for survivors
  • References

Bridging responses: A front-line worker’s guide to supporting women who have post-traumatic stress

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