​Healing Process

Healing from organizational trauma is a process, and there are steps and tools of effective interventions. In the case of a devastating traumatic event, for an organization to heal and avoid long-term traumatization the following must be addressed:​

• Ensure stability, safety, and containment
• Name the trauma and normalize experience
• Integrate the trauma in affirming and meaningful ways
• Move forward

— Excerpted from Chapter 6, Intervening in the Immediate Aftermath of Trauma