Trauma-Informed Principles in Group Therapy, Psychodrama, and Organizations

This book presents trauma-informed principles for ethical safe and effective group work psychodrama and leadership. Content includes practical guidelines detailed instructions and diverse examples for facilitating both trauma-informed and trauma-focused groups in treatment community and organizational leadership. Chapters focus on various topics including safety empowerment social justice vicarious trauma and leadership. Organizational leadership is approached through the lens of SAMHSAs guidance and the framework of group work leadership. The book includes significant focus on sociometry and psychodrama as strengths-based and experiential group approaches. Psychodramas philosophies theories and interventions are articulated through a trauma-informed lens offering psychodramatists group workers and organizational leaders new conceptual frameworks and action-based processes. Chapters contain a blend of theory research practical guidance and examples from the authors experience. This book will appeal to group workers therapists psychodramatists creative arts therapists organizational leaders trainers facilitators supervisors community organizers and graduate students. This book offers group facilitators the insight and tools to lead engaging and meaningful groups. The potential for retraumatizing participants is addressed while promoting trauma-informed practice as an ethical imperative.