Existential Contributions to the Problematization of Trauma: An Expression of the Bewildering Ambiguity of Human Existence

Abstract

This paper explores the problematization of trauma through the reductionist assumptions embedded within the medical model. A more holistic and flexible understanding is offered from an existential-phenomenological perspective, repositioning trauma as a potential crisis that bares the bewildering uncertainty and fragility of human existence. Implications for therapeutic practice are emphasised.