VICTIM SUPPORT
Objectives
• To introduce with different ranges of supportive therapies
• To acquaint with the use of Eidetic therapy for victim support
• To know about the different use of narrative therapy
Supportive Therapies:
Debriefing
Another technique used to provide support to Victims is debriefing or Psychological debriefing that is semistructured conversation with an individual who has experienced a stressful or traumatic event. In most
cases, the purpose of debriefing is to reduce any possibility of psychological harm by informing people about their experience or allowing them to talk about it.
Desensitization
It is human psychology that avoidance of situation wires in persistence of problem, desensitization is a process for reducing the harmful psychological effects of traumas. It also occurs when an emotional
response is repeatedly evoked in situations in which the psychological problems that is associated with the traumatic event of crime proves irrelevant or unnecessary.
Self-Esteem problems
Victims of more hideous crimes like rape e.t.c, experience the immense lack in self worth/self evaluation and self esteem. Male victims and female victims differ in problems like if a man is raped his “manhood” is badly effected by this trauma so self esteem squash badly.
Female victims can encounter adverse family reactions if married husband can divorce and if unmarried can receive obscurity in getting married and even if get married can have ambivalent feelings with her for
through out the life.
Whether victims of violence or rape self esteem boosting therapies are essential elements
Self-Esteem Therapy
How to boost self-esteem?
In identity national, social, cultural, familial and self identity is involved, like ethnic identities Lahori or Peshawiri. But self esteem comes through achievements.
• Fulfillment comes through achievement
• Achievement comes through action
• Action comes from motivation
Self esteem lowers in response to hideous crimes and humiliation involved
Skills training and achievement based programs can help boost self-esteem.
Activities are designed with great care to help victim and when client achieves success in doing those activities, boost in self esteem is a result.
Questions are asked to provide an opportunity of catharsis
Compliments are used for encouragements.
• To acquaint with the use of Eidetic therapy for victim support
• To know about the different use of narrative therapy
Supportive Therapies:
Debriefing
Another technique used to provide support to Victims is debriefing or Psychological debriefing that is semistructured conversation with an individual who has experienced a stressful or traumatic event. In most
cases, the purpose of debriefing is to reduce any possibility of psychological harm by informing people about their experience or allowing them to talk about it.
Desensitization
It is human psychology that avoidance of situation wires in persistence of problem, desensitization is a process for reducing the harmful psychological effects of traumas. It also occurs when an emotional
response is repeatedly evoked in situations in which the psychological problems that is associated with the traumatic event of crime proves irrelevant or unnecessary.
Self-Esteem problems
Victims of more hideous crimes like rape e.t.c, experience the immense lack in self worth/self evaluation and self esteem. Male victims and female victims differ in problems like if a man is raped his “manhood” is badly effected by this trauma so self esteem squash badly.
Female victims can encounter adverse family reactions if married husband can divorce and if unmarried can receive obscurity in getting married and even if get married can have ambivalent feelings with her for
through out the life.
Whether victims of violence or rape self esteem boosting therapies are essential elements
Self-Esteem Therapy
How to boost self-esteem?
In identity national, social, cultural, familial and self identity is involved, like ethnic identities Lahori or Peshawiri. But self esteem comes through achievements.
• Fulfillment comes through achievement
• Achievement comes through action
• Action comes from motivation
Self esteem lowers in response to hideous crimes and humiliation involved
Skills training and achievement based programs can help boost self-esteem.
Activities are designed with great care to help victim and when client achieves success in doing those activities, boost in self esteem is a result.
Questions are asked to provide an opportunity of catharsis
Compliments are used for encouragements.
