IJSP Number 1, 2019

53 SUPERVISING A CASE OF PHYSICAL TRAUMA / POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER USING A STRATEGIC INTEGRATIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY APPROACH STRĂINU-STÎNEAN Carmen-Lucia 1 1 The Association of Integrative Research, Counselling and Psychotherapy (AIRCP), School Counsellor, Timis County Scholar Inspectorate, Romania Email: carmen.stinean@gmail.com Abstract The case study I will be talking about in the present paper has been approached and treated using Strategic Integrative Psychotherapy, a variant of Integrative Psychotherapy which uses the Strategic Integrative Model of the Self, a model that uses four major domains of the Self (Basic Self, Central Self, Plastic Self and External Self). These domains are intersected with six psychological axes (the Biological Axis, the Cognitive Axis, the Emotional Axis, the Psychodynamic Axis, the Existential Axis and the Family Axis). The reasons why my client looked for my help were the following: her wish to speak to a specialist about what had happened to her so that she would no longer feel “dirty”, guilty and responsible for the three rapes she was a victim to; an attempt to get rid of the feelings of anger she had towards both of her parents; solving her insomnia and improve the overall quality of her sleep; a decrease in her states of agitation, as well as her headaches and stomach cramps she has every time she tries to speak with any of her parents; building a trust in her own forces and gain self-control; the discovery of her strong traits, of her qualities and last but not least eliminating the drug treatment. The goal of the therapy was to obtain an overall good feeling, physical as well as emotional; in other words, a better functioning of the client on all sides: emotional, cognitive, social, cultural and spiritual. Key words: Emotional Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Strategic Integrative Psychotherapy, Strategic Integrative Model of the Self, Case Study. 1. INTRODUCTION Strategic Integrative Psychotherapy is based on four domains of the Self which are modeled at a non-verbal and verbal level starting from childhood and all the way through adult life: biological, cognitive, emotional, existential, psychodynamic, cultural and attachment (or familial) factors. This model