Existential Contributions to the Problematization of Trauma: An Expression of the Bewildering Ambiguity of Human Existence
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https://doi.org/10.65828/fxvv4k92Keywords:
Trauma, crisis, uncertainty, existentialism, phenomenology, Counselling Psychology, therapyAbstract
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.
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