Culture, Identity, and Trauma

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Companion Slides

How culture shapes the experience and expression of trauma — and our response to it.

Key Concepts

  • Culture shapes what counts as traumatic and how distress is expressed
  • Collectivist vs. individualist frameworks for healing
  • Historical and intergenerational trauma: colonization, displacement, systemic oppression
  • Cultural humility: approaching without assumptions
  • The danger of imposing Western trauma models universally

Part of

Module 3: Core Principles of Trauma-Informed Care

Culture, identity, and power — then the six SAMHSA principles: Safety, Trust, Peer Support, Collaboration, Empowerment, Cultural Humility.

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Power, Privilege, and the GRACES

Intersectionality in trauma work — the GRACES framework for self-awareness.