A Social Work Practice Approach to Traumatic Loss in Global Contexts of Contemporary Social Change

Bevan, Joy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0759-4783 and Hammond, Kate ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1492-0249 (2026) A Social Work Practice Approach to Traumatic Loss in Global Contexts of Contemporary Social Change. Studies in Clinical Social Work: Transforming Practice, Education and Research. (In Press)

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Abstract

This paper contributes a new form of social work response to aspects of traumatic loss affecting people in shifting global realities. We examine the experience of critical, unexpected loss, believing this requires practitioners to re-define relational space with a deeper intuitive method of researcher and practitioner reflexivity. We present our model, the ‘Cycle of Intuitive Growth’, which elevates the healing capacity of intuitive knowledge within the person’s sense of self-realisation. The ‘heuristic lens’ of intuitive reflexivity adds to conceptualisations of transpersonal research and practice. Our intention is to identify universal principles for research and scholarship in loss and trauma work, recognising the specific credentials of social work responses to community conflict in contemporary systemic shifts. This paper evidences the development of our primary terms ‘Critical Intuitive Reflexivity’ and ‘Traumatic Loss and the Transfiguring Self’ for practice application. Both contribute to the current climate of social work research, advancing clinical practice approaches for diverse and marginalised communities.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Critical Intuitive Reflexivity; Transformative Dialogue; Traumatic Loss and the Transfiguring Self; Social Work Response
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology. > HV40-69 Social Work
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education, Health and Sciences
Depositing User:	Kate Hammond
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2026 12:48
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2026 13:00
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/16230

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