The family trauma. Therapeutic interventions and resilience

Journal title PSICOBIETTIVO
Author/s Michel Delage
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2016/1 Language Italian
Pages 20 P. 57-76 File size 123 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSOB2016-001004
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The family trauma refers to the fact that a family, who is confronted with a serious issue, undergoes a wound in the relations that harshly impact the family life permanently. Sometimes, these bounds are destroyed completely. The aim of this work is to examine the symptoms of the family trauma, for example analyzing the consequences of the trap in which several partners find themselves in when they become unable to share and mentalize their emotions. Resiliency involves an interpersonal process, which allows finding in the family an efficient functionality allowing a neutralization work likely to transform the trauma into a story integrated into family life. Therapeutic interventions aim at re-establishing a sufficient security in the family, and he work of emotional regulation and the development of narrative activity.

Keywords: Traumatic Crise; Traumatic Trap; Family Resiliency; Narrative Activity; Mentalisation

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Michel Delage, Trauma familiare Interventi terapeutici e resilienza (traduzione di Carlotta Romano) in "PSICOBIETTIVO" 1/2016, pp 57-76, DOI: 10.3280/PSOB2016-001004