Kim Slender
Psychologist and Family Therapist
Sydney Jewish Museum
Adriana Karapetian
Team Leader/Counsellor
STARTTS
Lachlan Murdoch
Deputy CEO, Facilitator
STARTTS
Certificate of Completion
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Course Description
Exposure to war and violence has major consequences not only for societies and communities, but also on the individual lives of the people who live through them. It is now commonly accepted that trauma-related psychopathology of those exposed to war and violence may also have intergenerational consequences, A parents’ stressful experiences because of war and violence can influence an offspring’s vulnerability to many pathological conditions, including psychopathologies, and there is now research that asserts that these effects may even endure for several generations.
Recording 1: Kim Slender, a psychologist and family therapist, explored the underlying mechanisms of this transmission; how parental child attachment influences mental health outcomes for offspring of parents who have endured trauma; how the mental health of the parent who has experienced the trauma directly impacts the child growing up in their care; and how higher levels of family and community cohesion act as protective factors. More recently intergenerational resilience has come into the spotlight and there is some evidence that demonstrates that in the face of adversity and loss, war-affected families not only run from war, but are also able to repair, grow, and even pass down their adaptive capacities from the ‘recovery repertoire’ to the next generation. Recording link: https://youtu.be/TBWFUm1tRRg
Recording 2: Adriana Karapetian, a counsellor and team leader at STARTTS, brought together both her personal experiences and professional expertise to demonstrate STARTTS’ work with a case study of a Feyli Kurdish client who is a survivor of transgenerational trauma. Recording link: https://youtu.be/WH9rpgwQW7E
Recording 3: The Q&A panel discussion is facilitated by STARTTS’ Deputy CEO, Lachlan Murdoch. Recording link: https://youtu.be/dNV5GY3Iue4
The slide PDFs are available in the Materials tab for Adriana Karapetian’s presentation. Kim Slender did not use slides.
This webinar was recorded on 14 June 2023. © STARTTS
Duration: 82 minutes.