Autoethnographic Praxis of Recovery from Complex Trauma
| atmire.migration.oldid | 1691 | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Nicholas, David | |
| dc.contributor.author | Smith-Windsor, Meagan P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-12-18T16:08:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-03-15T07:00:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-12-18 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2013 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This is an exploratory autoethnographic research project using anti-oppression theory on recovery from complex trauma. Data analysis focused on poetry that was generated during my graduate studies. Recovery is an emergent approach to mental health and is a process that has been virtually unresearched. A recovery intervention focuses on hope, taking responsibility for illness management, finding purposeful meaning in life, resuming control of one’s life, and redefinition of self. Emotion-focused coping, spirituality, peer support, and the unconditional positive regard of at least one person are also important in recovery. Hope for recovery gradually shifted from faith in trauma recovery and anti-oppression theories, through an evolving faith in Spirit, through an arising hope in myself, and through an emergent hope in relationships. Indicators of recovery suggested in the literature and reflected in the data include increased capacity for self-regulation, deconditioned traumatic memories, shedding of a victim identity, and identity reclamation. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Smith-Windsor, M. P. (2013). Autoethnographic Praxis of Recovery from Complex Trauma (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25071 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25071 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11023/1204 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Social Work | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject | Social Work | |
| dc.subject.classification | Recovery | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Trauma | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Autoethnography | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | anti-oppression | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | queer | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | feminist | en_US |
| dc.subject.classification | Spirituality | en_US |
| dc.title | Autoethnographic Praxis of Recovery from Complex Trauma | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Social Work (MSW) | |
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