Clyde T Angel DMin BCC LPC Vincent Starnino PhD Publications Angel C T Sullivan J E Starnino V S 2021 in press Search for Meaning A spiritually integrated approach for treating veterans with PTSD In P S Richards G E ID: 933790
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A Model for Addressing Trauma and Spiritual Injury
Clyde T. Angel, DMin., BCC, LPC
Vincent Starnino, PhD.
Slide2Publications
Angel, C. T., Sullivan J. E., Starnino, V. S. (2021; in press).
Search for Meaning: A spiritually integrated approach for treating veterans with PTSD. In P. S. Richards, G. E.
Kawika
Allen & Daniel K. Judd (Eds.)
Handbook of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies
. American Psychological Association.
Starnino, V. R., Sullivan, W. P. Angel, C. T., & Davis, L. W (2020). Like a Blanket over a fire: Group work and spiritual repair in military trauma.
Families in Society, 101
(1), 95-109.
Starnino, V. R., Angel, C., Sullivan, J. E.,
Lazerick
, D., James, L.,
Cocco
, J., & Davis, L. W. (2019). Preliminary report on a spiritually-based PTSD intervention for military veterans.
Community Mental Health Journal, 55
(7), 1114-1119.
Starnino, V. R., Sullivan, W. P. Angel, C. T., & Davis, L. W (2019). Moral injury, coherence, and spiritual repair.
Mental Health, Religion, & Culture, 22
(1), 99-114.
Slide3Search For Meaning Intervention
Psychoeducational/processing group
10 weekly sessions; each session is 90 minutes
Co-led by spiritual care (Chaplain; pastoral counselor) and mental health professional (psychologist, social worker, marriage and family therapist)
Open to all belief systems
Slide4Bio-Psycho-Social-Spiritual
Understanding the Spiritual Component
Moral and Spiritual Injury
Spirituality and Religion
The Shattered Soul
Slide5Developing the Spiritual Foundation
Taking Responsibility
Control
Connecting with the inner self
Mantra
Beliefs
Slide6Understanding Our Anger
Anger Management vs. Anger Resolution
Anger understood as a secondary emotion
5 Steps toward Identifying and Understanding Your Anger
Separate
Relax
Two Questions –Why am I angry? And What am I feeling?
Clarify
Communicate
Slide7Grief, Guilt and Shame
Avoidance is the life blood of PTSD … unresolved grief
Complicated Grief
Survivor’s Guilt
Shame -
If shame gets its power from being hidden, then it loses its power through exposure
Slide8Forgiveness
Forgive and Forget
“Love keeps no record of wrongs”
Self-forgiveness
The process of Forgiveness – Mark the day, remind yourself, reinvestigate
Slide9Final Thoughts
The Goal is contentment
Isolation doesn’t work, it never addresses the internal battle
A mantra helps us recenter and return to contentment
Slide10Our Most Recent Study
Multisite study funded by Brigham Young University/John Templeton Foundation
80 veterans completed the Search for Meaning group
Findings
There was significant improvement in PTSD symptoms, psychological health, meaning-making, posttraumatic growth, and spirituality injury
Across all the areas measured, five to 32% of participants experienced significant score changes
Slide11QUESTIONS?
Thank you for the privilege of sharing and your time to listen!