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1. The Weakest Link:
Breaking the
Chains of Trans-
generational
Trauma
JULIE CHRISTIANSEN, MA
REGISTERED
PSYCHOTHERAPIST

2. Goals for Today’s Seminar
1
Define Trans-
generational
Trauma
2
Explore how
Transgenerational
Trauma impacts
the mental health
of individuals,
families, and
communities
3
Discuss strategies
to break the
chains of
Transgenerational
Trauma

3. What is Transgenerational Trauma?
Trauma that is transferred from one generation to the next
An event or series of events that began decades prior to the current generation, and it impacts
the way those affected understand, cope with, and heal from trauma.

4. Examples of
Transgenerational
Trauma

5. Another
perspective

6. Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Re-experiencing
Avoidance
Anxiety
Hyper-arousal and increased sensitivity to triggers known and unknown
Addiction/Abuse
Somatic Experiencing
Depression – low interest or motivation
Suicidal ideation or self harm

7. Sometimes
it’s best to be
the WEAKEST
link

8. Shift Your Identity with Your
Trauma
q What is your story?
q How can you reframe your story?
q What; have you learned from this?
q How have you become stronger because of your
experience?
q Has your faith grown, have you become more
compassionate, how has the trauma informed the way
you interact with others in a positive way?

9. Understand that
EVERYTHING in
Life Changes You

10. Seek Healthy Ways to Fulfill
Your Emotional Needs
Challenges of The Emotional Trauma Brain
 Looking to others to meet and fulfill our emotional needs
 Attention or validation seeking
Take Responsibility for Your Emotional Healing!
 Romans 12:2 Be ye not conformed to this world, but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind…
How do we go from CONFORMING to TRANSFORMING?

11. Do Not FEAR the Memories!
When memories come up, use this language: “That EVENT happened to
me. It is in the PAST. It happened but I SURVIVED. I am here now, and I am
SAFE. I am not in that traumatic space anymore.”
Lean into the memories to normalize the pain that is associated with them.
BREATHE!
Moving from FEAR to FAITH: Speaking words of faith into your life.
All things work together for the good to them that love God and are
called according to His purpose Romans 8:28
The Lord is my strength and my song Psalm 118:14
The Lord is m light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the
strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1

12. Guard Your
Thought Life!
As a man thinketh in his heart, so is
he. Proverbs 23:7
Change your expectations
Don’t trust your feelings! Feelings
lie! Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord
with all your heart – don’t lean on
your own understanding

13. Embrace
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is for YOU
How Unforgiveness
Hurts
How Forgiveness Helps
What you can do to
begin the process

14. Summary
You are not your traumatic
experiences. Shift your identity.
Understand that everything in life
changes you.
Seek healthy ways to fulfill your
emotional needs
Release your fear of those memories
Guard your thought life
Embrace forgiveness

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