Ronald T. Potter-Efron consciously connects anger management and domestic violence, two long separated fields, and addresses treatment options and intervention methods that meet the needs of... (more)
What happens in the trauma's aftermath? How do its effects manifest differently on the individual, family, and community-wide levels? Stress, Trauma, and Posttraumatic Growth: Social Context,... (more)
Thoroughly updated with DSM-5 content throughout, this book is written for the average trauma clinician (or clinician new to the field who is confronted with a trauma client) to use in his or her... (more)
Strengthening Family Coping Resources (SFCR) uses a skill-building, multi-family group framework to teach constructive resources to families who have a high exposure to stress and trauma. As an... (more)
Featuring extensive case studies, this volume provides a unique window into implementation of evidence-based treatments in real-world community settings. Experienced therapists illustrate the use of... (more)
Treating the Trauma Survivor is a practical guide to assist mental health, health care, and social service providers in providing trauma-informed care. This resource provides essential information in... (more)
Understanding and Healing Emotional Trauma is an interdisciplinary book which explores our current understanding of the forces involved in both the creation and healing of emotional trauma. Through... (more)
Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors is a book for clinicians who specialize in helping trauma survivors and, during the course of treatment, find themselves unexpectedly... (more)
In the face of trauma, what do people do to survive? What makes them strong? What renews their sense of safety and security? This book offers resiliency-focused approaches to managing trauma in... (more)
That experiences from childhood affect our behavior in adulthood, especially how we treat our children and our intimate partners is generally accepted. Indeed, theories of intergenerational... (more)
It is well recognized that those who go through a major trauma can go on to experience psychological problems. Many seek psychological help and there is a now a range of psychotherapies specifically... (more)
Therapy with traumatised clients can be fraught with problems and therapists working with these clients seek greater understanding of the specific problems they encounter. Trauma Therapy and Clinical... (more)
In England in 2007 Peter Connelly, a 17 month old little boy - known initially in the media reporting as 'Baby P' - died following terrible neglect and abuse. Fifteen months later, his mother, her... (more)
The first edition of this now classic work provided the basis for adding post traumatic stress disorders to diagnoses of mental conditions. Each subsequent edition added new understanding, summaries... (more)
The Impact of Complex Trauma on Development describes what happens cognitively and emotionally, behaviorally and relationally, to people who are repeatedly traumatized in childhood.
Part One... (more)
Clinicians working with traumatized youth face many challenges in supporting growth and development while addressing the many negative consequences of abuse and neglect. When working with youth in... (more)
This evidence-based book promotes good practice in the prevention and management of violence in patients with mental disorder and will be of practical use to a wide range of mental health... (more)
When soldiers at Fort Carson were charged with a series of 14 murders, PTSD and other invisible wounds of war were thrown into the national spotlight. With these events as their starting point, Jean... (more)
Now in a fully updated and expanded edition, Levy and Orlan's classic text on attachment provides a comprehensive overview of attachment theory, how attachment issues manifest, and how they can be... (more)
Using Stories to Build Bridges with Traumatized Children is full of creative ideas for how you can use stories therapeutically with children in counselling, life story work or direct work.... (more)
Reading and Expressive Writing with Traumatised Children, Young Refugees and Asylum Seekers explores how literature can be used to help young victims cope with their experiences. The process of... (more)
This volume offers rich and detailed illustrations of the complex emotional needs of the children and parents in vulnerable families. The chapters also highlight the psychological toll that working... (more)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a public health issue of worldwide proportions, affecting motorists, victims of interpersonal violence, athletes, military service members, and Veterans, among others.... (more)
This is the third book by Professor Franz Ruppert to be translated into English. In it he explores the relationship between our symbiotic interconnectedness and our ability to be autonomous in our... (more)
This book is a psychoanalytic discussion of the effects of trauma and torture on children, with a specific focus on how professionals can use an approach focused on resiliency rather than... (more)
This book is a study of the central role of trauma in Freud's thought and practice. It argues that it is Freud's mapping of trauma as a scene, the elaboration of a scenography of trauma, that is... (more)
Trauma does not just happen to a few unlucky people; it is the bedrock of our psychology. Death and illness touch us all, but even the everyday sufferings of loneliness and fear are traumatic. In The... (more)
This book provides a hands-on resource for the development of essential skills and competencies in clinical neuropsychology. On a very practical level it addresses a question frequently asked by... (more)
Contrary to popular belief, resilience is the norm following traumatic experiences. What enables most trauma survivors to heal over time, without intervention? For those who struggle with ongoing... (more)
This book presents an integrated treatment approach for those struggling to adapt after the sudden, traumatic death of a loved one. The authors weave together evidence-based clinical strategies... (more)