Good Will Hunting & Antwone Fisher Trauma Analysis

1. Please watch the movies “Good Will Hunting” and “Antwone Fisher”.
2. Herman Textbook: Chap 1: A Forgotten History
3. Herman Textbook: Chap 2: Terror (trauma)
4. Herman Textbook: Chap 3: Disconnection
Wolf, M. R. & Prabhu, S. (2019). Children’s experiences of trauma and human rights
around the world. In Butler, L. D. Critelli, F., & Carello, J. (Eds.), Trauma and

human rights (pp. 125-149). Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, United Kingdom.

PLEASE WRITE A SYNOPSES OF EACH RESOURCE (AT LEAST 5 SENTENCES), AND THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1. What did you learn about the history of trauma that you didn’t know before? When thinking through Will and Antwone’s experiences of child abuse, how similar or dissimilar are they to children’s experiences of trauma and human rights around the world?

2. Did Will and Antwone experience terror, as described by Judith Herman? What did their terror look like, and how is it showing in their presenting symptoms now? How might we use this knowledge to help them?

3. What symptoms of disconnection (as defined by Judith Herman) are Antwone and Will experiencing?

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