This leading practitioner's guide, now thoroughly updated, examines the nature of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and provides a complete framework for planning and implementing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Steven Taylor addresses the complexities of treating people who have experienced different types of trauma and shows how to adapt empirically supported protocols to each client's needs. Rich case examples illustrate the nuts and bolts of cognitive interventions, exposure exercises, and adjunctive methods. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the book's 14 reproducible handouts and forms in a convenient 8 1/2- x 11- size. New to This Edition: *Chapter on pharmacotherapy--what CBT practitioners need to know when treating clients who are also taking medication. *Incorporates over a decade of advances in assessment and treatment techniques, outcome research, and neurobiological knowledge. *Updated for DSM-5.
Moreover, they should read it from cover to cover. This compilation . . . is authoritative, very readable, and extremely well crafted.
This book is a clinician's guide to understanding, diagnosing, treating, and healing complex posttraumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD).
A powerful and practical resource, this guide assists professionals to increase each individual's sense of control over his or her life. "A useful resource for clinicians in various settings working with returnees.
Clinician's Guide to Treating Ptsd: A Cognitive -behavioral Approach
However, it was not until1980, with the publication of the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-111), that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was fully recognized as a distinct and valid diagnostic category with a ...
In J. Wilson & T. M. Keane ( Eds . ) , Assessing psychological trauma and PTSD ( pp . 291348 ) . New York : Guilford Press . Nader , K. , & Fairbanks , L. ( 1994 ) . The suppression of reexperiencing : Impulse control and somatic ...
In addition, this book will tell you what to bring to each class; provides outlines for each session; offers scripts to help you differentiate the weekly meditative practices; and provides invaluable resources for further study and ...
... of Charles Myers, identified the civilized, socially interactive part as the Apparently Normal Part (ANP) of self and the reactive survivor part as the emotional part (EP). These compartmentalized parts sometimes develop during ...
"This clinician's guide to diagnosing and treating PTSD is written in a concise format with much of the material in outline or bullet point format, allowing easy understanding of complex material for the busy therapist.
In this book, Calhoun and Tedeschi construct the first systematic framework for clinical efforts to enhance the processes they sum up as posttraumatic growth.