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Trauma,resilience and healthy and unhealthy forms of dissociation |
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| Authors: | Aida Alayarian |
| Abstract: | This paper outlines the difference between healthy and unhealthy forms of dissociation following, and in response to, traumatic experience, in particular the experience of refugees, calling on 30 years’ experience in working with refugees in voluntary and public sectors, including 20 years at the Refugee Therapy Centre, London. It differentiates dissociation from repression, and looks at some of the specific traumatic experiences associated with refugees’ displacement and situation, particularly relating to loss. Four key characteristics of resilience are described: ‘psychic space’, ‘sense of self’, and the use of a ‘listening other’ and ‘healthy dissociation/resiliency’. Two vignettes are given to illustrate the difference between healthy and unhealthy dissociation. |
| Keywords: | dissociation listening other psychic space refugee resilience sense of self Trauma vulnerability traumatisme ré fugié espace psychique quelqu’ un qui é coute ré silience vulné rabilité sentiment de soi dissociation Trauma Flü chtling psychischer Raum zuhö render Anderer Resilienz Verletzlichkeit Selbstgefü hl Dissoziation Trauma rifugiato spazio psichico altro che ascolta resilienza vulnerabilità senso di sé dissociazione т р а в м а б е ж е н ц ы п с и х и ч е с к о г о п р о с т р а н с т в о с л у ш а ю щ и й д р у г о й у с т о й ч и в о с т ь у я з в и м о с т ь ч у в с т в о я д и с с о ц и а ц и я trauma refugiado espacio psí quico otro que escucha resiliencia vulnerabilidad sentido de sí mismo disociació n 创 伤 难 民 心 理 空 间 倾 听 的 他 人 弹 性 脆 弱 自 我 感 隔 离 |