Trauma and Violence Books
Does Stress Damage the Brain? Understanding Trauma-Related Disorders from a Mind-Body Perspective
An examination of whether extreme stress might result in lasting damage to the brain. Can what you see, hear, feel and experience actually result in a permanent change in your brain? This provocative... (more)
Displacement, Asylum, Migration
In this volume, based on the 2004 Oxford Amnesty Lectures, major figures in philosophy, political science, law, psychoanalysis, sociology, and literature address the challenges that displacement,... (more)
Loss, Trauma and Resilience: Therapeutic Work with Ambiguous Loss
Whether it is a parent in the grip of Alzheimer's or a spouse missing in a disastrous event, we are all touched by ambiguous loss. Here Pauline Boss, the principal theorist of the concept of... (more)
Multisystemic Therapy and Neighbourhood Partnerships: Reducing Adolescent Violence and Substance Abuse
Based on the proven technology of Multisystemic Therapy (MST), this unique book provides an exemplary approach to empowering communities to reduce youth violence and substance abuse and promote... (more)
Lectures on Violence, Perversion and Delinquency
In this volume contemporary staff describe their thinking and clinical work. Theoretical underpinnings for the understanding of perversion and violence, questions of risk and ethics and the... (more)
Reaching the Vulnerable Child: Therapy with Traumatized Children
Therapy is a critical element of work with abused children, offering them the opportunity to explore past experiences in a safe environment with the emotional support of a therapist. 'Reaching the... (more)
The Posttraumatic Self: Restoring Meaning and Wholeness to Personality
Filling a gap that exists in most traumatology literature, 'The Posttraumatic Self' provides an optimistic analysis of the aftermath of a traumatic event. This work appreciates the potentially... (more)
Breaking the Cycle of Abuse: How to Move Beyond Your Past to Create an Abuse-Free Future
f you were emotionally, physically, or sexually abused as a child or adolescent, or if you experienced neglect or abandonment, it isn't a question of whether you will continue the cycle of abuse but... (more)
Treating The Abusive Partner: An Individualized Cognitive-Behavioral Approach
Intimate partner violence is notoriously difficult to treat, and this promising manual presents the first one-on-one cognitive-behavioral treatment approach for this highly challenging population.... (more)
9/11 as a Collective Trauma and Other Essays on Psychoanalysis and Society
This collection of essays tells of the psychic structure of suicide bombers and the psycho-political causes and consequences of the Iraq war, considers the psychological meaning of 9/11 for the world... (more)
Counselling Victims of Warfare: Person-Centred Dialogues
In the United Kingdom since 1987 38,000 people have been referred to The Medical Foundation for specialist psychological treatment relating to warfare, and in the past 80 years 75,000 military... (more)
Disaster Mental Health Services: A Primer for Practitioners
Assists clinicians and traumatologists in "making the bridge" between their clinical knowledge and skills and the unique, complex, chaotic and highly political field of disaster. It combines... (more)
Shell Shock to PTSD: Military Psychiatry from 1900 to the Gulf War
Provides a thought-provoking evaluation of the history and practice of military psychiatry, and places its findings in the context of advancing medical knowledge and the developing technology of... (more)
Living in the Borderland: The Evolution of Consciousness and the Challenge of Healing Trauma
This book addresses the evolution of Western consciousness and describes the emergence of the 'Borderland,' a spectrum of reality that is beyond the rational yet is palpable to an increasing number... (more)
Evolution and Posttraumatic Stress: Disorders of Vigilance and Defence
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder remains one of the most contentious and poorly understood psychiatric disorders. Evolution and Posttraumatic Stress provides a valuable new perspective on its nature and... (more)
Revealing the Inner Worlds of Young Children: The MacArthur Story Stem Battery and Parent-child Narratives
Typically, we make sense of our experiences and interactions in a way that is guided by emotion and that takes the form of a narrative or a story. Using narratives, we can tell others about our... (more)
Domestic Violence: Guidelines for Research-Informed Practice
This title describes developed intervention programmes which have been shown to be effective for reducing the incidence, severity or impact of domestic violence in particular populations. The book... (more)
Can You Read Me? - Creative Writing with Child and Adult Victims of Abuse:
This book presents poems, stories and journal work spontaneously written by people, young and old, who have suffered serious abuse. It suggests how health and social care workers can facilitate... (more)
Domestic Violence and Family Safety: A Systemic Approach to Working with Violence in Families
The book aims to explore the exciting opportunities offered by a systemic approach for mental health professionals and psychotherapists when working with families and other systems where domestic... (more)
A Bolt from the Blue: Coping with Disasters and Acute Traumas
Based on work within the Finnish organized crisis care network, this title shows how crisis care can be an integral part of health care services, covering all traumatic incidents from a death in the... (more)
Reclaiming Your Life After Rape: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Client Workbook
This powerful client workbook is written in an encouraging and easy-to-understand style specifically for women who have been sexually assaulted and have developed chronic symptoms of posttraumatic... (more)
The Abuse of Older People: A Training Manual for Detection and Prevention
This handbook guides professionals in the welfare sector through interactive examples of the abuse of older people set in institutional and community placements, to increase the development of their... (more)
The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency
Our experiences of trauma sow the seeds of many persistent and misunderstood medical problems such as chronic fatigue syndrome and various maladies of the immune system. Because of our inadequate... (more)
Domestic Violence: Handbook for Healthcare Professionals
Health care practitioners have daily contact with patients whose health is damaged by domestic violence and who often face risks of further and more extreme injury. This title concerns the NHS... (more)
Art Therapy and Political Violence: With Art, Without Illusion
With accounts from Northern Ireland, Kosovo, Israel and South Africa, this book vividly illustrates the therapeutic power of art making and art therapy in helping individuals, families and... (more)
Coping with Trauma: Hope Through Understanding
From the psychological perspective, the author discusses the impact of trauma on emotion, memory, the self, and relationships, as well as incorporating research from neuroscience to make the case... (more)
The War Hotel: Psychological Dynamics in Violent Conflict
Human nature fuels violent conflict. How are we inflamed or silenced to play our part? We are the players as we are pulled apart in the name of justice and loyalty. Past trauma triggers replay. Out... (more)