The new updated manual from the originators of NET is full of even more valuable, practical advice
- Written by the originators of narrative exposure therapy
- Fully updated 3rd edition
- Step-by-step guidance through NET
Extensive evidence shows that six to ten sessions of narrative exposure therapy (NET) can be sufficient to provide considerable relief from events such as organized violence, torture, war, rape, and childhood abuse. The new manual is even more clearly structured and easy-to-follow, and includes new figures that help illustrate and guide the reader through the steps of NET. The theoretical sections offer a solid basis for carrying out the therapeutic intervention. The reader is then shown the NET approach step by step, with robust and straightforward practical advice and tools, including how to deal with challenging situations, e.g., how to go deeper when faced with the challenging dynamics of remembering trauma, and how to manage dissociation, avoidance, strong emotions, lost memories, or the sudden emergence of unexpected recollections from the past. NET therapy conversations and resulting narrations from trauma scenes demonstrate the level of narrative exposure details required. Finally, the importance of reading back the testimony to the individual is explained.
A new section on the variations of NET details how to offer KIDNET for children and young people, FORNET for victims of trauma who are perpetrators of violence, NETfacts for communities, and ElderNET for older adults as well as online NET (eNET). Experienced therapists also get an idea of how NET is typically trained and how to facilitate NET exercises. Downloadable resources include an informed consent form and checklists for the therapist.
This book is an invaluable resource for clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, counsellors, crisis workers, social workers, health workers, and physicians.
###BOLD#TEXT[Praise for the book]###
###ITALIC#TEXT["NET stands out among the many other trauma-focused psychotherapies by providing a unique approach to memory processing that embeds this crucial therapeutic work in the survivor's autobiographical lifeline, connecting and re-integrating fragmented memories, and also extending the healing process to the entire community."]###
Julian D. Ford, PhD, ABPP, Director of the Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders at the University of Connecticut Health School of Medicine; Past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; Editor of the ###ITALIC#TEXT[Journal of Trauma and Dissociation]###
###ITALIC#TEXT["In my opinion, there can be no text on trauma and narrative more authoritative than this one. The authors have expertly crafted a manual that provides the perfect marriage of theoretical foundation, scientific evidence, practical step-by-step guidance, and authentic case study discussion, simplifying the heavy lifting of working with traumatised individuals, groups, and communities in different violence-ridden contexts."]###
Soraya Seedat, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
###ITALIC#TEXT["The authors are to be commended on this excellent update of the NET handbook. The detailed explanation of NET’s theoretical basis and step-by-step guidance on the delivery of NET and its adaptations for specific populations will be invaluable to therapists."]###
Jonathan I. Bisson, DM FRCPsych, Clinical Professor in Psychiatry, Cardiff University, UK; Director of Traumatic Stress Wales
###ITALIC#TEXT["This manual combines rigorously researched evidence-based methodologies with an unwavering commitment to safeguarding the rights and dignity of those affected by violence, making it an indispensable tool for those working with traumatized individuals and communities."]###
Angela Nickerson, Professor and Director of the Refugee Trauma and Recovery Program, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney, Australia
