TY - JOUR
T1 - Shared traumatic reality in communal disasters
T2 - Toward a conceptualization
AU - Baum, Nehami
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - The phenomenon variously termed " shared reality," " shared trauma," or " shared traumatic reality" refers to situations in which helper and helpee, psychotherapist and client, are exposed to the same communal disaster. This article has two aims. One, pursued in the first part of the article, is to trace the development of the concept; analyze the conditions under which it was acknowledged, articulated, and labeled; and review the changes in the term over time. The other, pursued in the second part, is to offer a conceptualization of the phenomenon based on analysis of the literature. Here, the article shows that the phenomenon is characterized by two distinct dynamics, one pertaining to professionals providing help in the emergency phase, the other to professionals conducting ongoing psychotherapy; to offer a preliminary definition of the phenomenon which covers the shared features of the two dynamics; and to present the distinct features of each.
AB - The phenomenon variously termed " shared reality," " shared trauma," or " shared traumatic reality" refers to situations in which helper and helpee, psychotherapist and client, are exposed to the same communal disaster. This article has two aims. One, pursued in the first part of the article, is to trace the development of the concept; analyze the conditions under which it was acknowledged, articulated, and labeled; and review the changes in the term over time. The other, pursued in the second part, is to offer a conceptualization of the phenomenon based on analysis of the literature. Here, the article shows that the phenomenon is characterized by two distinct dynamics, one pertaining to professionals providing help in the emergency phase, the other to professionals conducting ongoing psychotherapy; to offer a preliminary definition of the phenomenon which covers the shared features of the two dynamics; and to present the distinct features of each.
KW - Blurring boundaries
KW - Communal disaster
KW - Helping professionals
KW - Shared trauma
KW - Shared traumatic reality
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77954637455&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/a0019784
DO - 10.1037/a0019784
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C2 - 22402051
AN - SCOPUS:77954637455
SN - 0033-3204
VL - 47
SP - 249
EP - 259
JO - Psychotherapy
JF - Psychotherapy
IS - 2
ER -