Chapter Introduction / Shirley Porter -- part I Therapist Preparation for Trauma Work -- chapter 1 A Brief History of Our Understanding of Trauma / Shirley Porter -- chapter 2 Trauma Foundations / Shirley Porter -- chapter 3 Traumatic Stress Responses / Shirley Porter -- chapter 4 Complex Trauma / Shirley Porter -- chapter 5 Recommended Evidence-Based Approaches for Treating PTSD / Shirley Porter -- chapter 6 Clinical Foundations for Working With Clients Suffering From PTSD / Shirley Porter -- chapter 7 Therapist Self-Care / Shirley Porter -- part II Engaging in Trauma Therapy -- chapter 8 First Things First / Shirley Porter -- chapter 9 Gathering Tools for the Journey / Shirley Porter -- chapter 10 Beginning the Climb-Trauma Processing / Shirley Porter -- chapter 11 Preparing Clients for Counseling Termination -- Living With the Scars / Shirley Porter
Summary
"Treating PTSD presents a comprehensive, compassion-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach that provides therapists with the evidence-based information they need to understand traumas 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; theyre also shown how to identify the work theyll need to do as therapists to accompany clients on their healing journey. Two new compassion-focused CBT interventions for trauma processing are also introduced."--Provided by publisher
