Handbook of Post-Traumatic Therapy

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Copyright Acknowledgments v
• Contents vii
• Preface xiii
• Part I - Theoretical, Diagnostic, and Practical Approaches 1
• 1 - The Need for an Integrative Theory of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 3
• 2 - The Diagnosis and Assessment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Adults 19
• 3 - Integrating Structured and Unstructured Approaches to Taking a Trauma History 38
• Part II - Treatment of Children and Families 49
• 4 - Long-Term Treatment for Children with Severe Trauma History 51
• 5 - Intervention with Child Victims of Trauma in the School Setting 69
• 6 - Dual, Triple, and Quadruple Trauma Couples: Dynamics and Treatment Issues 78
• 7 - Treating Intimacy Issues of Traumatized People 94
• 8 - Intergenerational Consequences of Trauma: Reframing Traps in Treatment Theory--A Second- Generation Perspective 106
• Part III - Treatment of Survivors of Violence and Abuse 127
• 9 - Clinical Treatment of Survivors of Homicide Victims 129

• Title Page iii
• Copyright Acknowledgments v
• Contents vii
• Preface xiii
• Part I - Theoretical, Diagnostic, and Practical Approaches 1
• 1 - The Need for an Integrative Theory of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 3
• 2 - The Diagnosis and Assessment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Adults 19
• 3 - Integrating Structured and Unstructured Approaches to Taking a Trauma History 38
• Part II - Treatment of Children and Families 49
• 4 - Long-Term Treatment for Children with Severe Trauma History 51
• 5 - Intervention with Child Victims of Trauma in the School Setting 69
• 6 - Dual, Triple, and Quadruple Trauma Couples: Dynamics and Treatment Issues 78
• 7 - Treating Intimacy Issues of Traumatized People 94
• 8 - Intergenerational Consequences of Trauma: Reframing Traps in Treatment Theory--A Second- Generation Perspective 106
• Part III - Treatment of Survivors of Violence and Abuse 127
• 9 - Clinical Treatment of Survivors of Homicide Victims 129
• 10 - Post-Traumatic Therapy with Domestic Violence Survivors< 146
• 11 - Establishing Safety in Survivors of Severe Sexual Abuse 162
• Part IV - Treatment of Survivors of War *
• 12 - War-Related Trauma: An Integrative Experiential, Cognitive, and Spiritual Approach 179
• 13 - War-Related Post-Traumatic Disorder: Chemical Addiction Nonchemcal Habituating Behaviors 205
• Part V - Treatment of Victims of Ethnocultural and Political Problems 219
• 14 - Post-Traumatic Ethnotherapy (p-Tet): Processes in Assessment and Intervention in Aspects of Global Psychic Trauma 221
• 15 - That Which Does Not Destroy Me: Treating Survivors of Political Torture 240
• 16 - Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Arab American Community 252
• Part VI - Treatment of Disaster Victims 265
• 17 - Immediate Post-Disaster Treatment of Trauma 267
• 18 - Responding to Community Crisis 283
• 19 - Relocation: Treatment of a Family Crisis 299
• 20 - The Association of Flight Attendants Employee Assistance Program Responds to Workplace Trauma: A Dynamic Model 310
• 21 - Treatment of Work-Related Trauma in Police Officers: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Post-Traumatic Decline 325
• Part VII - Creative Therapeutic Approaches 335
• 22 - Art Therapy as a Visual Dialogue 337
• 23 - Creative Arts Therapies on a Sanctuary Voluntary Inpatient Unit for Men and Women Who Have Experienced Abuse and Psychological Trauma in Childhood 352
• 24 - The Use of Writing in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders 366
• 25 - Action-Based Therapy for PTSD 386
• 26 - Hypnotic Approaches in Treating PTSD: An Ericksonian Framework 401
• Part VIII - Special Group Interventions for Trauma Survivors 419
• 27 - A Twelve-Theme Psychoeducational Program for Victims and Survivors 421
• 28 - Group Therapy and Self-Help Groups for Adult Survivors of Childhood Incest 440
• 29 - The Development of Groups for Partners of Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse 453
• 30 - Developing an Inpatient Dissociative Disorders Unit 463
• 31 - The Sanctuary Model: Developing Generic Inpatient Programs for the Treatment of Psychological Trauma 474
• Part IX - New Trends and Developments 493
• 32 - Biological and Pharmacological Aspects of the Treatment of PTSD 495
• 33 - Traumatology: Implications for Training, Education, and Development Programs 510
• 34 - Ethical Considerations in Trauma Treatment, Research, Publication, and Training 520
• 35 - Countertransference and Trauma: Self-Healing and Training Issues 540
• 36 - Toward the Development of a Generic Model of PTSD Treatment 551
• Index 621
• About the Contributors 631