https://library.icmglt.org/files/original/d869d6b3a1b9e68351ca79a2a8aed30f.gif dbc99f80f73bf6199671e396787f68f8 Electronic Resource View Source <a href="https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000099">https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000099</a> Document Type Journal article Author(s) Arlene Benjamin, Ronelle Carolissen Volume Vol. 21 Issue No. 3 Publisher American Psychological Association Journal Name Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology Publication Date 2015 Region South Africa Language English Access Restricted Access Abstract Reconceptualizing trauma has been the focus of many academic debates since conceptualizations of trauma typically are decontextualized and tend to focus on environments where safety now exists. This trend therefore has generated literature that conceptualizes trauma in more complex ways, where mental health sequelae appear to straddle a range of conceptualizations of trauma, such as complex trauma, continuous traumatic stress, and generational cumulative trauma. Broader conceptualizations of trauma are of particular concern in countries such as South Africa, where, even after 20 years since the demise of legislated Apartheid, the gap between rich and poor is the widest globally and poverty is disproportionately prevalent among Black populations. Conceptualizations of trauma that have been constructed in more privileged contexts often do not consider how trauma manifests in low-income environments in relation to inequality and ongoing adversity. Furthermore, the skills and expertise with which mental health professionals are equipped are often appropriate for posttrauma contexts and environments, but less so where conflict and violence are ongoing and where there still is a lack of safety. In these contexts of violence there is little research that explores the narratives of community-based counselors. This article therefore draws on the experiences of women counselors in a low-income community to consider broader understandings of trauma that do not negate the adaptive responses that are required for survival, but also consider the structural, long-term effects of these responses and the role they play in perpetuating cycles of violence and trauma. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) Cataloger Kristen Walker Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource “They Just Block it Out”: Community Counselors’ Narratives of Trauma in a Low-Income Community Subject The topic of the resource Psychology Apartheid Community Councellors Low-income Communities Resilience South Africa Trauma