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Transforming Trauma

Resilience and Healing Through Our Connections With Animals

by Philip Tedeschi, Molly Anne Jenkins

Transforming Trauma

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Book Description

Have you ever looked deep into the eyes of an animal and felt entirely known? Often, the connections we share with non-human animals represent our safest and most reliable relationships, offering unique and profound opportunities for healing in periods of hardship. This book focuses on research developments, models, and practical applications of human-animal connection and animal-assisted intervention for diverse populations who have experienced trauma.

Physiological and psychological trauma are explored across three broad and interconnected domains:
1) child maltreatment and family violence;
2) acute and post-traumatic stress, including military service, war, and developmental trauma; and
3) times of crisis, such as the ever-increasing occurrence of natural disasters, community violence, terrorism, and anticipated or actual grief and loss.

Contributing authors, who include international experts in the fields of trauma and human-animal connection, examine how our relationships with animals can help build resiliency and foster healing to transform trauma. A myriad of animal species and roles, including companion, therapy, and service animals are discussed. Authors also consider how animals are included in a variety of formal and informal models of trauma recovery across the human lifespan, with special attention paid to canine- and equine-assisted interventions and psychotherapy. In addition, authors emphasize the potential impacts to animals who provide trauma-informed services, and discuss how we can respect their participation and implement best practices and ethical standards to ensure their well-being. The reader is offered a comprehensive understanding of the history of research in this field, as well as the latest advancements and areas in need of further or refined investigation. Likewise, authors explore, in depth, emerging practices and methodologies for helping people and communities thrive in the face of traumatic events and their long-term impacts. As animals are important in cultures all over the world, cross-cultural and often overlooked animal-assisted and animal welfare applications are also highlighted throughout the text.

This open book is licensed under a Open Publication License (OPL). You can download Transforming Trauma ebook for free in PDF format (5.0 MB).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1
The Impact of Human-Animal Interaction in Trauma Recovery
Chapter 2
Advocacy and Rethinking Our Relationships With Animals: Ethical Responsibilities and Competencies in Animal-Assisted Interventions
Chapter 3
Clinical Objectives for Animal-Assisted Interventions: Physiological and Psychological Targets in Trauma-Informed Practice
Chapter 4
Implications of Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Through the Lens of Interpersonal Neurobiology
Chapter 5
The Power of Play and Animals: Animal Assisted Play Therapy as an Integrative Practice Model for Mental Health Treatment
Chapter 6
Children and Animals: The Importance of Human-Other Animal Relationships in Fostering Resilience in Children
Chapter 7
The Healing Power of Nature: The Impact of Interventions in Farm Settings
Chapter 8
Horses in the Treatment of Trauma
Chapter 9
Why the Dog?
Chapter 10
Animals in Action: Therapeutic Roles in Healing Military Trauma
Chapter 11
The Battle for Hearts and Minds: Warrior Canine Connection\xE2\x80\x99s Mission-Based Trauma Recovery Program
Chapter 12
Animal-Assisted Crisis Response: Offering Opportunity for Human Resiliency During and After Traumatic Incidents
Chapter 13
Loss, Grief, and Bereavement in the Context of Human-Animal Relationships
Chapter 14
The Global and Cross-Cultural Reach of Trauma-Informed Animal-Assisted Interventions

Book Details

Title
Transforming Trauma
Subject
Medical
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Published
2019
Pages
511
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13
9781557537959
ISBN10
155753795X
ISBN13 Digital
9781612495194
ISBN10 Digital
1612495192
PDF Size
5.0 MB
License
Open Publication License

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