Written to help guide clinicians through the maze of trauma treatment, this practical manual is effectively a structured toolkit of techniques and protocols to assist therapists in their challenging work with trauma survivors. With an emphasis upon cognitive-behavioral interventions, it provides resources and guidance for any psychotherapist working with any client. The manual is divided into three main sections, corresponding to Herman’s (1992) Triphasic Model: Safety and Stabilization, Remembrance and Mourning, and Reconnection. For each of the three phases, it presents an array of techniques, protocols, and interventions, described clearly, thoroughly, and in a structured, easy-to-follow manner, in the four categories of cognitive, behavioral, body-oriented, and emotional/relational. This book promises to become an essential resource in trauma practice.
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From the reviews
"The authors' efforts have yielded a nifty paperback book that is loaded with good information... The presentation is down-to-earth, easy to comprehend, and written in a style that allows a good grasp of one principle before moving on to the next. I was impressed that the authors make it clear early on that although being traumatized is dreadful, experiencing shoddy therapeutic interventions can make things much worse... Overall, this is a helpful book that includes valuable information and specific techniques, good for both training and clinical practice."
John C. Linton in PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 50, 2005
"This is a comprehensive and well-thought out guidebook which provides clinicians with the
necessary tools and techniques to establish a solid background and foundation of treatment for
traumatized patients... this is one of the most complete guidebooks available on trauma... Ideally, this book would make an excellent graduate level teaching tool. The authors are quite well versed in trauma and bring with them a vast amount of knowledge... How comforting to know that there is finally a comprehensive, easy-to-read, and easy-to-understand guidebook for providing individualized treatment for trauma victims. A very impressive addition to the mental health field."
Nicholas Greco IV, MS (Abbott Laboratories) in Doody's Book Review
"Therapists with experience in trauma work recognize and value methods,
tasks and exercises suggested in the book and will be surely impressed by the creative
combination and the strategic ordering in algorythms of them... This is a scholarly, highly innovative book for practice. Such books surely have catalytic effects on therapists and make them interested in the many packages of techniques offered by them and elicit interest in the specific training of the methods /addresses and phone
numbers of such opportunities are listed at the end of the book... [We] have to be prepared to help victims in an efficient, straight-forward, time-limited fashion. This book is essential for such preparation."
Béla Buda, MD, PhD, Psychiatrist, Budapest, Hungary in Crisis, 2005
"This important book both addresses what we know today at a theoretical level and,
equally importantly, explains clinical methods in the context of treatment… [It]
offers a comprehensive guide for clinicians working with the traumatized… also an
excellent resource for trainers, teachers, and educators of trauma practitioners."
Charles R. Figley, PhD,
Florida State University Traumatology Institute,
Tallahassee, FL
"Built on a strong empirically based foundation, this book is a must read for all
therapists working with survivors of traumatic events."
Mark D. Lerner, PhD,
President, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
"This is how to present a 'how to' guidebook. It is more than an overview. It is a
comprehensive step-by-step description of tools for the practitioner [...] drawn mainly
from cognitive behavioral approaches [...]. Each application is labeled according to its fit
with the three "necessary ingredients" of relaxation, exposure, and cognitive restructuring.
[...] There are exercises for the client and for the therapist that can be copied and used in
treatment. Readers will be grateful for the help available in this book, which can be
immediately used in the clinical setting."
Louis W. Tinnin, MD,
Founder and Medical Director of the Trauma Recovery Institute,
Morgantown, WV
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