A new publication by Dr Scott Giacomucci – Trauma Survivor’s Inner Role Atom: A Clinical Map for Posttraumatic Growth
The Journal of Psychodrama, Sociometry, and Group Psychotherapy.
Abstract:
The treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related maladies requires psychotherapists to be equipped with a dependable clinical map that can guide them through the difficulties of trauma therapy. The Therapeutic Spiral Model—a clinically sophisticated and research-supported adaptation of classical psychodrama that has been used in over 30 countries—comes equipped with a comprehensive clinical map called the Trauma Survivor’s Inner Role Atom (TSIRA), which emphasizes safety, containment, and strengths. The Trauma Survivor’s Inner Role Atom provides a guide to intrapsychic structural change conceptualized in the simplicity of role theory while drawing from continued developments in neuroscience research. It offers a triune map beginning with prescriptive roles to build strengths, connection, accurate observation, containment, and safety. The trauma roles offered by the model’s intrapsychic trauma triangle are explored only after the prescriptive roles have been established, with the clinical functions of each demonstrated. And finally, the transformative roles—the internal manifestation of posttraumatic growth—emerge and are integrated as a completion of the clinical map’s three spirals. The implementation of this inner role atom as a clinical map prevents retraumatization while providing emotional regulation to protagonists and the group, keeping them within their window of tolerance.
