Silence is a very powerful communication tool especially during sensitive conversations, such as conversations around disclosure of physical abuse, sexual abuse, unplanned pregnancies, substance abuse. How comfortable are you with silence? Why is it important? What is another therapeutic communication technique that can be utilized in sensitive conversations?

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1. Silence is a very powerful communication tool especially during sensitive conversations, such as conversations around disclosure of physical abuse, sexual abuse, unplanned pregnancies, substance abuse. How comfortable are you with silence? Why is it important? What is another therapeutic communication technique that can be utilized in sensitive conversations?
2. Which trauma-informed practices/ approaches would be most beneficial for someone experiencing IPV? Are these something nurses should only utilize when suspecting IPV?
3. What is involved with safety planning for IPV? What does this mean for nursing, patients, and/or the therapeutic relationship?
Resources to use:
Halter, M.J., Pollard, C.L. & Jakubec, S.L. (2019). Varcarolis’s Canadian
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach (2nd ed.). Elsevier.
o Chapter 9: Therapeutic relationships
o Chapter 10: Communication and the clinical interview
o Chapter 24: Interpersonal violence: Child, Older adult, and intimate partner
abuse (pp. 530 541)
Article 1: Women survivors of intimate partner violence and post-traumatic stress
disorder Article
Article 2: APA – Treating Women who have experienced IPV – Article

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