Book Description
This important volume brings together leading clinicians and researchers to present cognitive-behavioral approaches to treating PTSD and other trauma-related symptoms and disorders. Solidly grounded in the latest theory and research, chapters describe pragmatic, clinician-friendly strategies for working with problems that are prevalent across a variety of trauma experiences, including intrusion and arousal, guilt, anger, substance abuse, dissociation, and relationship issue. Readers gain a deeper understanding of the goals and methods of trauma education, therapeutic exposure, stress management training, cognitive reprocessing, and other interventions, and learn techniques for defusing negative self-talk, working with traumatic memories, and helping clients develop new trauma narratives. Throughout, the volume emphasizes the importance of situating symptomatic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in their interpersonal and environmental contexts, instead of focusing on trauma history alone or viewing clients through a lens of individual dysfunction.

Synopsis
This volume presents cognitive-behavioural approaches to treating PTSD and other trauma-related symptoms and disorders. Chapters describe pragmatic, clinician-friendly strategies for working problems that are prevalent across a variety of trauma experiences including intrusion and arousal, guilt, anger, substance abuse, dissociation and relationship issues. Readers should gain a deeper understanding of the goals and methods of trauma education, therapeutic exposure, stress management training, cognitive reprocessing, and other interventions, and learn techniques for defusing negative self-talk, working with traumatic memories, and helping clients develop new trauma narratives. Throughout the volume emphasizes the importance of situating symptomatic thoughts, feelings, and behaviours in their interpersonal and environmental contexts, instead of focusing on trauma history alone of viewing clients through a lens of individual dysfunction.

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While trauma researchers have emerged from a variety of psychological paradigms, behaviorists have played an important role in defining the field. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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