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Spiritual Dimensions of Trauma and Posttraumatic Growth: An Ethnographic Exploration

Frank Rogers

Religions August 28, 2024 DOI: 10.3390/rel15080926 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Autoethnography Peer reviewed
Population The author's own experience of childhood sexual abuse and recovery
Topics Meditation
Keywords Trauma Recovery Spiritual practice Compassion Autoethnography
Key findings Argues that recovery from childhood sexual abuse has spiritual dimensions, describing "soul injuries" caused by the abuse and the spiritual resources the author found in recovery. Offers ten distilled "coordinates" to guide and support recovery, intended as a resource for therapeutic and spiritual caregivers working with survivors.

Abstract

Cradled in the Arms of Compassion is an autoethnography chronicling the spiritual dimensions of recovering from childhood sexual abuse. This article summarizes the results of that autobiographical research with particular attention to the spiritual dimensions and soul injuries of childhood sexual abuse experienced by the author and the spiritual resources that were discovered in the recovery from such abuse. It concludes with ten distilled coordinates that guide and support sexual abuse recovery as a resource for therapeutic and spiritual caregivers working with sexual abuse survivors.

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