Integrating Trauma-Informed Supervision into Psychiatric Rehabilitation in Times of Shared Traumatic Reality
Keywords:
trauma-informed supervision, rehabilitation, case study, shared traumatic reality, recovery, COVID-19Abstract
People with severe mental illness (SMI) are exposed to a greater degree of trauma than the general population. Accordingly, community mental health rehabilitation service providers may be affected by the ongoing exposure to traumatic experiences, and the afermath, in the lives of their service users. Te COVID-19 pandemic constitutes as a shared traumatic reality, bringing to light issues of personal security and traumatization among service users and providers alike. In this article, we propose to broaden and integrate the
perspectives of community rehabilitation processes and the trauma-informed standpoint using a case study. Tus, we present an option of incorporating principles from traumainformed supervision into recovery-oriented supervision during times of emergency and
adversity. Tis integration might be benefcial in areas of function and experience for both service users and service providers. Moreover, recommendations for future research are discussed.
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