We cannot explore the individual’s trauma while ignoring the bigger context. The individual exists in a social framework; ‘all of those components (including the therapist) are an integral part of the wider social system including past history, present meaning and the culture of all the participants (Littlewood and Ababio, 2019). Working with trauma social dimension is as important as psychological one. We should pay attention to social, political and historical contexts as t
Recent armed conflicts, violent crimes against individuals and groups, natural and man-made disasters, pandemics have brought a myriad of traumatising experiences to millions of people all over the world. Although, you don't have to go through a traumatic event yourself to be traumatised. Sometimes it's "enough" to witness others' suffering or listen to traumatised people's testimonies and stories. This is what's known as a secondary trauma. Among signs of this indirect traum
