Spirituality and transcendent meaning making: Possibilities for enhancing posttraumatic growth.

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In 1 sentence, identify an existential question with which you have grappled in relation to a client who has been traumatized.
Reflect on your fieldwork, or perhaps identify an existential question that might arise in working with the client in the case study you have selected throughout the course.
In 3–4 brief sentences, describe where there is potential for growth for the client as a result of the trauma.
In 3–4 brief sentences, explain where there is potential for growth for you, the social worker, as a result of listening to the client’s stories and bearing witness to their trauma.
Describe any challenges you may experience between the meaning you hold based on your personal beliefs and working within the client’s potentially different belief framework.

 

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Existential Question: How can I truly understand and validate another person’s experience of trauma without imposing my own worldview?

Client Growth Potential: The client may develop increased resilience, a stronger sense of self, and healthier coping mechanisms. They may also discover new strengths and abilities they never knew they possessed.

Social Worker Growth Potential: Deepening empathy, expanding cultural competence, and strengthening boundaries between personal and professional experiences.

Challenges: Navigating differences in cultural beliefs about trauma, healing, and spirituality while maintaining professional boundaries and ethical standards.

 

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