Reframing Trauma: From Individual Pathology to Power Inequity
- Trauma as misuse of power (gender, race, systemic forces)
- Judith Herman’s framework: CPTSD + sociopolitical context
Foundations of Recovery: Herman’s Model + Expansion
- Three-stage model: safety, remembrance, reconnection
- Expansion toward justice and repair (Truth and Repair)
Collaborative Care as Clinical Intervention
- Reducing power differentials in therapy
- Moving from expert-driven → relational, shared authority
- Centering survivor voice and agency
Clinical Implications for Women’s Trauma Treatment
- Recognizing gendered and cultural trauma patterns
- Avoiding pathologizing adaptive survival responses
- Integrating relational, somatic, and contextual approaches
Beyond the Therapy Room: Justice-Oriented Healing
- Risks, limitations and scope of practice
- Limits of punishment-based systems
- Supporting clients in meaning-making, advocacy, and repair


