...Denise Hartley Purpose This paper aims to examine the influence of Viktor Frankl’s work on the author’s lived experience of childhood trauma, mental illness, addiction and long-term recovery. It explores how Frankl’s central concepts illuminate the psychological, relational and spiritual processes...

...Scott John Threlfall Purpose This paper locates itself within the tradition of autoethnography to explore the emotional, ethical and embodied complexities of revisiting trauma, not the original traumatic event, but its unexpected resurfacing many years later. It aims to examine how trauma...

... regarding experiences of music appreciation during adversity and trauma. Design/methodology/approach This study uses qualitative autoethnographic enquiry to reflect on experiences of increased music appreciation during experiences of adversity and trauma and how such experiences may connect to wider...

...Elly Grace Davey Purpose This paper aims to highlight how humans’ instinctive survival response can be maladaptive when relative to trauma and the subsequent effects on mental health. Design/methodology/approach The author provides an autoethnographic account of their disorder development...

... 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Stigma Marginalisation Trauma Collective narratives Intergenerational conflict Inferiorisation In my clinical experience, I have worked with clients who were subjected to severe abuse...

...Tula Brannelly; Anjali Bhatia; Arezoo Zarintaj Malihi; Lucie Vanderpyl; Buster Brennan; Leo Gonzalez Perez; Fahima Saeid; Eleanor Holroyd; Nadia Charania Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine community based, trauma informed to support refugee mental health and wellbeing, recognising...

...) symptoms development among trauma-exposed Ukrainian adults (n = 761) after 1.5 years of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Design/methodology/approach This research was designed as a survey in line with the methodology of “Transparent reporting of a multivariable prediction model...

.... Specifically, this study provides a detailed analysis of human trafficking categories, as well as the characteristics of victims and traffickers’ motives. More recent data in the literature show that trauma-coerced attachments and complex post-traumatic stress disorder are also observed among trafficking...

... that Laura has chosen to share her unique story. Recovery Equine facilitated learning CHIME Trauma Meaning in life I remember the first time I met Laura. I and Professor Jerome Carson had just finished co-delivering a lecture on autoethnography – a methodology by which researchers harness...

.../implications Individual stories allow us to access people’s lived experience with mental illness. No diagnostic manual can ever truly categorise this uniqueness. Practical implications Lizzie shows it is possible to overcome self-harm though she still experiences something of the trauma she went through...

... at: adele.davanture@u-bourgogne.fr © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Migration Trauma Narratives Projective tool Suffering Interview 1: “Choose a starting point on the map, and let’s go for a walk. As we walk, tell me a story...

... on my life, my depression started when I was young. Jerome Carson is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: J.Carson@bolton.ac.uk © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Bereavement Loss Trauma Coronavirus Resilience...

...Daniel Derivois Purpose We live in a world marked at the same time by collective traumas and suffering of identity. The purpose of this paper is to stimulate reflection on the links between resilience and identity at the individual and collective levels. Design/methodology/approach...

... Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Attachment Autism Trauma Medical model Lens My life so far seems to have been one long existential crisis. Existential: relating to human existence and experience (collinsdictionary.com). Crisis...

... . Ogden , P. (2018), “ Sensory-motor psychotherapy for the treatment of trauma ”, The Healing Trauma Summit, Louisville, CO, available at:   www.soundstrue.com   (accessed   8 June 2018). Jo Mullen can be contacted at: jomullen@btinternet.com © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald...

... the unresolved trauma associated with adverse childhood experiences can manifest in the body later on in life as physical disease, I have yet another new term to describe it: “toxic stress”. I have experienced a fair amount of emotional stress, psychological stress and, more recently, physical stress. In my...

...Sue Holttum Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss recent papers on trauma, sleep and psychotic experiences to highlight the lack of attention given to sleep. Design/methodology/approach A search was carried out to find recent papers on psychosis or schizophrenia, trauma and sleep...

... (2014) , can be difficult because mental health services were not designed to help with these things. Social inclusion Recovery Trauma Schizophrenia Psychiatry Values-based practice John Read et al. (2014) have looked into recent research on the effects of childhood...