Information provided about Safety & Trust & Trust Star is from the CPT Week 8 Slide Presentation by Susan McDevitt, MSW/RSW – for the CPT 12-Week Group Sessions at Community Mental Health & Addictions (CMHA)
CPT Themes
There are five themes that are areas in life that were affected by trauma or as a result of trauma.
These themes are:
- Safety
- Trust
- Power/Control
- Esteem
- Intimacy
Each theme takes the view of how I view myself and how I view others.
Safety Beliefs About Myself
Safety Beliefs About Others
Trust Beliefs About Myself
Self-trust involves the belief that people trust their own thoughts, perceptions, or judgments
After a traumatic event, many people begin to second-guess themselves and question many aspects of the trauma, including their own judgment about being in the situation that led to the event, their behaviour during the event, or their ability to judge character, especially if the perpetrator was known to them
Trust Beliefs About Others
Trust in others involves a person’s ability to have a balanced sense of trust with other people.
Other-focused trust is also frequently disrupted following traumatic events. In addition to a sense of betrayal when a traumatic event is intentionally caused by someone you thought you could trust, you might also feel betrayed by the people you turned to for help or support during or after the event.
Trust Star
This work is profoundly effective.
My homework is to write out Alternative Thoughts Worksheets to form the habit of creating contrasting, healthier thoughts for both safety and trust.
The Trust Star helps me contextualize the complexity of people and how to discover what areas are most safe to trust them in.
This also helps me realize that trust is not an all-or-nothing concept. Some people are more trustworthy than others.
CPT is teaching me how to be skillful in figuring this out.
S, 🌻