Post Trauma Case Study

Folkes (2002) expressed that “TFT is both rapid and non-invasive, requiring clients to disclose to the facilitator only as much of their ‘story’ as they feel comfortable or able to tell” (p. 99). Due to varying cultural norms and the nature of trauma, TFT is an appropriate choice for treatment and for any client who has difficulty telling their trauma story, such is the case of many Rwandan women. The study by Folkes “suggests that TFT significantly reduced the overwhelming emotions resulting from traumatic life experiences of men and women of various ethnicities and histories” (p. 102). Folkes claims that eighty to ninety percent of individuals benefited from the simplest form of TFT treatment.
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Frances Acoba, who I previously worked with during my second-year practicum. She invited me to work with her on a research project that she is conducting in Rwanda. Her goal is to find a culturally appropriate intervention that will be therapeutic in reducing Post-Traumatic Stress symptoms in the women survivors of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Additionally, she is actively pursuing a new facility in Rwanda that will provide mental health services for women and provide a location to train others in treatment modalities. The treatment modality that I have suggested to be tested is Thought Field Therapy (TFT) developed by Roger Callahan in 1980. Dr. Frances Acoba visited Rwanda about three months ago, and while she was there she found a great need for mental health care among the women survivors of the 1994 genocide who are suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). She gained this knowledge through one-on-one interviews with one-hundred women who demonstrated PTSD symptoms based on DSM-5 criteria. During her stay, she discovered that there is an extreme lack of facilities for mental health care and many women suffering from PTSD symptoms were not receiving