Treating PTSD: A Compassion-Focused CBT Approach

Treating PTSD: A Compassion-Focused CBT Approach
ISBN-10
1351345141
ISBN-13
9781351345149
Category
Psychology
Pages
209
Language
English
Published
2018-05-23
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Shirley Porter

Description

Treating PTSD presents a comprehensive, compassion-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach that provides therapists with the evidence-based information they need to understand trauma’s effects on the mind and body as well as the phases of healing. Chapters offer discussion, practical tools, and interventions that therapists can use with clients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to reduce feelings of distress and increase their sense of safety. Readers are introduced to the metaphor of "the valley of the shadow of death" to explain the experience of PTSD; they’re also shown how to identify the work they’ll need to do as therapists to accompany clients on their healing journey. Two new compassion-focused CBT interventions for trauma processing are also introduced.

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