The nurse therapist is counseling a rape victim. In the second stage of trauma treatment, the nurse will plan to encourage the client to do which of the following?

Question

A) Develop a new support system
B) Learn ways to feel safe again
C) Start antidepressant medication
D) Focus on issues of identity and intimacy

Answer 1

Ans: B
Feedback:
The second phase of the rape trauma syndrome is the long-term process of reorganization. In this phase, clients work toward integration and resolution of the experience. Healthy integration and resolution involve regaining empowerment and reconnecting with others. Most survivors benefit substantially from professional help during this phase. In therapy, they can learn ways to feel safe again and to manage disturbing symptoms. Furthermore, they can remember and work through associated feelings. Gradually, survivors begin to reassert control and gain a new sense of relative safety—a new worldview.