Developmental Couple Therapy for Complex Trauma

Developmental Couple Therapy for Complex Trauma
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9781351811194
ISBN-13 : 1351811193
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Developmental Couple Therapy for Complex Trauma by : Heather B. MacIntosh

Developmental Couple Therapy for Complex Trauma provides therapists with comprehensive and practical guidance for integrating DCTCT into their work with traumatized couples. The book includes an evidence-based framework which emphasizes the importance of containing conflict and helps clients to build emotional regulation and mentalizing skills. The framework is an invaluable asset to all clinicians working with couples dealing with the ravaging impacts of complex trauma, who may not be able to benefit from traditional forms of couple therapy due to challenges in regulating emotions, mentalizing and other aspects of the complex trauma response that limit capacity to engage in relationships and couple therapy. The chapters guide you through the four key stages of DCTCT: Psychoeducation, Building Capacity, Dyadic Processing, and Consolidation. Each stage has accompanying activities and narratives in which to engage traumatized couples and includes a variety of case transcripts to illustrate the approach. Throughout the manual the author provides the reader with: insights from real-world scenarios based on her extensive clinical experience; worksheets that can be used as part of the therapeutic process; systematic analyses of the therapeutic process from the therapist’s point of view; comprehensive recommendations for further reading so that you can develop your expertise in any area of DCTCT. Never losing sight of the fact that the therapist plays an essential role as a coach and mentor for those undertaking couple therapy, this manual is a valuable tool for any clinician working to engage traumatized couples and equip them with the skills they need to develop and maintain a strong and vibrant couple relationship.

Treatment of Complex Trauma

Treatment of Complex Trauma
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Publisher : Guilford Press
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9781462506583
ISBN-13 : 1462506585
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Treatment of Complex Trauma by : Christine A. Courtois

This insightful guide provides a pragmatic roadmap for treating adult survivors of complex psychological trauma. Christine Courtois and Julian Ford present their effective, research-based approach for helping clients move through three clearly defined phases of posttraumatic recovery. Two detailed case examples run throughout the book, illustrating how to plan and implement strengths-based interventions that use a secure therapeutic alliance as a catalyst for change. Essential topics include managing crises, treating severe affect dysregulation and dissociation, and dealing with the emotional impact of this type of work. The companion Web page offers downloadable reflection questions for clinicians and extensive listings of professional and self-help resources. See also Drs. Courtois and Ford's edited volumes, Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders (Adults) and Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents, which present research on the nature of complex trauma and review evidence-based treatment models.

Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents
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Publisher : Guilford Press
Total Pages : 362
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ISBN-10 : 9781462509539
ISBN-13 : 1462509533
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents by : Julian D. Ford

With contributions from prominent experts, this pragmatic book takes a close look at the nature of complex psychological trauma in children and adolescents and the clinical challenges it presents. Each chapter shows how a complex trauma perspective can provide an invaluable unifying framework for case conceptualization, assessment, and intervention amidst the chaos and turmoil of these young patients' lives. A range of evidence-based and promising therapies are reviewed and illustrated with vivid case vignettes. The volume is grounded in clinical innovations and cutting-edge research on child and adolescent brain development, attachment, and emotion regulation, and discusses diagnostic criteria, including those from DSM-IV and DSM-5. See also Drs. Ford and Courtois's edited volume Treating Complex Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults, Second Edition, and their authored volume, Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Sequenced, Relationship-Based Approach.

Healing Developmental Trauma

Healing Developmental Trauma
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Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781583945117
ISBN-13 : 1583945113
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Healing Developmental Trauma by : Laurence Heller, Ph.D.

This “well-organized, valuable” guide draws from somatic-based psychotherapy and neuroscience to offer “clear guidance” for coping with childhood trauma (Peter Levine, author of Waking the Tiger and In an Unspoken Voice). Although it may seem that people suffer from an endless number of emotional problems and challenges, Laurence Heller and Aline LaPierre maintain that most of these can be traced to five biologically based organizing principles: the need for connection, attunement, trust, autonomy, and love-sexuality. They describe how early trauma impairs the capacity for connection to self and others and how the ensuing diminished aliveness is the hidden dimension that underlies most psychological and many physiological problems. Heller and LaPierre introduce the NeuroAffective Relational Model® (NARM), a method that integrates bottom-up and top-down approaches to regulate the nervous system and resolve distortions of identity such as low self-esteem, shame, and chronic self-judgment that are the outcome of developmental and relational trauma. While not ignoring a person’s past, NARM emphasizes working in the present moment to focus on clients’ strengths, resources, and resiliency in order to integrate the experience of connection that sustains our physiology, psychology, and capacity for relationship.

Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD

Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD
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Publisher : Guilford Publications
Total Pages : 257
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ISBN-10 : 9781462507498
ISBN-13 : 1462507492
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD by : Candice M. Monson

Presenting an evidence-based treatment for couples in which one or both partners suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this step-by-step manual is packed with practical clinical guidance and tools. The therapy is carefully structured to address both PTSD symptoms and associated relationship difficulties in a time-limited framework. It is grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about interpersonal aspects of trauma and its treatment. Detailed session outlines and therapist scripts facilitate the entire process of assessment, case conceptualization, and intervention. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 50 reproducible handouts and forms.

Foundations for Couples' Therapy

Foundations for Couples' Therapy
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 533
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ISBN-10 : 9781317391715
ISBN-13 : 1317391713
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Foundations for Couples' Therapy by : Jennifer Fitzgerald

As a quality resource that examines the psychological, neurobiological, cultural, and spiritual considerations that undergird optimal couple care, Foundations for Couples’ Therapy teaches readers to conduct sensitive and comprehensive therapy with a diverse range of couples. Experts from social work, clinical psychotherapy, neuroscience, social psychology, and health respond to one of seven central case examples to help readers understand the dynamics within each partner, as well as within the couple as a system and within a broader cultural context. Presented within a Problem-Based Learning approach (PBL), these cases ground the text in clinical reality. Contributors cover critical and emerging topics like cybersex, emotional well-being, forgiveness, military couples, developmental trauma, and more, making it a must-have for practitioners as well as graduate students.

Working with the Developmental Trauma of Childhood Neglect

Working with the Developmental Trauma of Childhood Neglect
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 9781000429237
ISBN-13 : 1000429237
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis Working with the Developmental Trauma of Childhood Neglect by : Ruth Cohn

This book provides psychotherapists with a multidimensional view of childhood neglect and a practical roadmap for facilitating survivors’ healing. Working from a strong base in attachment theory, esteemed clinician Ruth Cohn explores ways therapists can recognize the signs of childhood neglect, provides recommendations for understanding lasting effects that can persist into adulthood, and lays out strategies for helping clients maximize therapeutic outcomes. Along with extensive clinical material, chapters introduce skills that therapists can develop and hone, such as the ability to recognize and discern non-verbal attempts at communication. They also provide an array of resources and evidence-based treatment modalities that therapists can use in session. Working with the Developmental Trauma of Childhood Neglect is an essential book for any mental health professional working with survivors of childhood trauma.

In Quest of the Mythical Mate

In Quest of the Mythical Mate
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9781134848263
ISBN-13 : 1134848269
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis In Quest of the Mythical Mate by : Ellyn Bader

In Quest of the Mythical Mate presents a valuable and fertile developmental model for diagnosing and treating couples that is flexible enough to incorporate a wide variety of intervention strategies, yet purposeful enough to give a clear sense of direction to couples in distress. As such, this volume provides a powerful therapeutic approach for all professionals who treat couples.

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 292
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ISBN-10 : 9781134613014
ISBN-13 : 1134613016
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors by : Janina Fisher

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors integrates a neurobiologically informed understanding of trauma, dissociation, and attachment with a practical approach to treatment, all communicated in straightforward language accessible to both client and therapist. Readers will be exposed to a model that emphasizes "resolution"—a transformation in the relationship to one’s self, replacing shame, self-loathing, and assumptions of guilt with compassionate acceptance. Its unique interventions have been adapted from a number of cutting-edge therapeutic approaches, including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness-based therapies, and clinical hypnosis. Readers will close the pages of Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors with a solid grasp of therapeutic approaches to traumatic attachment, working with undiagnosed dissociative symptoms and disorders, integrating "right brain-to-right brain" treatment methods, and much more. Most of all, they will come away with tools for helping clients create an internal sense of safety and compassionate connection to even their most dis-owned selves.

Early Relational Trauma and the Development of the Self

Early Relational Trauma and the Development of the Self
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 137
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ISBN-10 : 9781000591132
ISBN-13 : 1000591131
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Early Relational Trauma and the Development of the Self by : Tomás Casado-Frankel

Through the attentive examination of a single case study, this book weaves together the lived experiences of a clinician in training with those of their teenage patient, as they collectively navigate and overcome the profound effects of early relational trauma on the development of the self. By the care taken in their analysis, the book's authors deepen readers' understanding of attachment disorders and their clinical presentation whilst allowing for a uniquely human view of the interactions between patient and clinician. Elegantly combining poetic prose with a clinical account, this book invites readers to travel with the clinician, to think and feel in tandem with his subjective experiences, and to explore psychoanalytic and systems theory as a means to understand clinical relationships that are seldom written about with such vulnerability. It is a story of determination and growth both moving and enlightening. By giving form to the resilience of both patient and clinician, their mutual strength through "tears of change", this book expounds the behavioral consequences and treatment of psychopathologies associated with early relational trauma. In this way, the book will prove essential for all psychoanalysts and psychotherapists working with traumatized children and adolescents.