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- Raising discussions about faith and religion can be challenging for social workers dealing with trauma victims, as these individuals often feel helpless and question their beliefs.
- Social workers can gain valuable insights from both their understanding of trauma and existing research, which can help them create effective support strategies for those affected by disasters and terrorism.
- The article examines how social workers can ethically assess clients' spiritual views and integrate supportive activities into their recovery process within a compassionately aware framework.
Article Abstract
As a primary intervention, raising the topics of faith and religion with individuals traumatised by terrorism and/or natural disasters can be daunting for social workers, because victims often enter the helping relationship with feelings of helplessness, loss of personal control and of doubt about their relationships, environment, and their cultural and belief systems. Just as clients benefit from knowledge and awareness in the aftermath of a traumatic event, insights gleaned from traumatic experiences and from research can be useful for social workers grappling with the challenges associated with designing and deploying appropriate helping strategies with victims of disaster and terrorism. This article draws on extant literature and survey research, to explore how social workers might ethically assess clients' spiritual perspectives and incorporate helping activities that support clients' recovery, in the context of a spiritually sensitive helping relationship with victims of disaster and terrorism.
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