“Official” disasters are by legal definition acute and dramatic: natural disasters, industrial or technological accidents, and episodes of mass violence, and are analogous to “big T” trauma. Just as with the concept of “little t” trauma, we can think of “little d” disasters as events and circumstances that beset communities and sew trauma, e.g. community violence, hate crimes, toxic pollutants, etc. The tools of EMDR Early Intervention can be applied in a wide variety of creative ways to alleviate the suffering of larger groups of people, thus contributing to their resilience in disaster response or social change. Learn more in this article from the September 2018 issue of Go With That magazine by Rebecca E. Rosenblum, Psy.D.
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Date
September 1, 2018
Creator(s)
Rebecca E. Rosenblum
Topics
Tragedies
Practice & Methods
EMDR Early Intervention, Resilience
Extent
1 page
Publisher
EMDR International Association
Rights
Copyright © 2018 EMDR International Association
APA Citation
Rosenblum, R. E. (2018, September). Social Change, Little "D" Disasters & Why EEI Protocols are Essential to Everyone's Practice. Go With That magazine, 23(3), 19.
Volume
23
Issue
3
Audience
EMDR Therapists
Language
English
Content Type
Magazine, Magazine Article
Original Source
EMDR Therapy Early Intervention (September 2018), Go With That magazine
Access Type
Members Only
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