Deepening Trauma Practice: A Gestalt Approach to Ecology and Ethics

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Clinical application of neuroscience has focussed on what to do about trauma, but far less on how to be with traumatised individuals. The therapeutic imperative of increasing emotional regulation, social engagement and a sense of safety is held in dynamic tension with states of overwhelm, dissociation and expeClinical application of neuroscience has focussed on what to do about trauma, but far less on how to be with traumatised individuals. The therapeutic imperative of increasing emotional regulation, social engagement and a sense of safety is held in dynamic tension with states of overwhelm, dissociation and experience of threat. How the therapist positions themselves in the presence of trauma is informed by their uniquely individual relationship to trauma, their defences and unconscious biases. Together, therapist and client create a finely balanced eco-system of attunement, which is a microcosm of the wider field and is both the ground from which traumatic experience emerges and the context in which we work. At the leading edge of relational psychotherapy, 'Deepening Trauma Practice' provides a thoughtful exploration of the conditions that both create and heal trauma, and argues that radical self-care by the therapist is a crucial therapeutic intervention. The therapeutic endeavour can then be understood as a part of the greater ecological whole in a unitary rather than a fragmented field. Using clinical vignettes, case studies and reflection points, the major themes of the book are woven together through the metaphor of the Trickster. As a companion volume to Miriam Taylor's first book 'Trauma Therapy and Clinical Practice', 'Deepening Trauma Practice' is an invaluable and unique contribution to the study of trauma therapy.