Aggressor Cycle(Acting Out)

Trauma ExperienceVictim Cycle

(Acting In)

Mourning,grieving

Naming and/or confronting fears; accepting loss

Transforming conflict; negotiating solutions;

constructing joint narratives

Integrating trauma into new self and/or

group identity

Possibility of reconciliation

Establishing justice; acknowledging responsibility;

exploring restitutionand "creative justice"

Reflecting on root causes; acknowledging the other's story

Engaging the offender (or society)

Memorializing

Practicing tolerance and coexistence

Choosing to forgive

Committing to take risks

Breaking Cycles of Violence • Building Resilience

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

RECONNEC

TION

Finding safety and support

BEGINHERE

© STAR Team at Eastern Mennonite University.Adapted from Olga Botcharova's model © 1998. Published in

Forgiveness and Reconciliation, Templeton Foundation Press, 2001.Body/brain regulation