Trauma and Violence Books
War Trauma and Its Aftermath: An International Perspective on the Balkan and Gulf Wars
War trauma has long been associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a term coined in 1980 to explain the post-war impact of Vietnam veterans. The Gulf and Balkan wars added new dimensions... (more)
Beyond Individual and Collective Trauma: Intergenerational Transmission, Psychoanalytic Treatment, and the Dynamics of Forgiveness
The book combines for the first time attachment theory, regulation attachment therapy, and the intergenerational transmission of trauma, showing how the clinical therapeutic process of “going beyond... (more)
Cognitive-behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD: Harnessing the Healing Power of Relationships
Presenting an evidence-based treatment for couples in which one or both partners suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this step-by-step manual is packed with practical clinical guidance... (more)
Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors: Living Past Neglect
Dynamic Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors: Living Past Neglect by Lori Bennett examines the aftereffects of emotional neglect in order to help clinicians to better serve survivors. Bennett makes an... (more)
The Impact of Complex Trauma on Development
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 brings... (more)
Mourning the Person One Could Have Become: On the Road from Trauma to Authenticity
This book introduces the concept of "the Person One Could Have Become" and shows the importance of mourning for individuals with traumatic experiences. "the Person One Could Have Become" is... (more)
Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of Disaster
Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of Disaster addresses the effects of disaster on children and their families, and explores the various resources that mental health practitioners and... (more)
Psychic Reality in Context: Perspectives on Psychoanalysis, Personal History, and Trauma
This book skillfully combines autobiographical stories with clear psychoanalytical theories. During her childhood, the author experienced the Holocaust and was left understandly traumatised by it. It... (more)
Nurturing Adoptions: Creating Resilience after Neglect and Trauma
Adopted children who have suffered trauma and neglect have structural brain change, as well as specific developmental and emotional needs. They need particular care to build attachment and overcome... (more)
The Power of Witnessing: Reflections, Reverberations, and Traces of the Holocaust: Trauma, Psychoanalysis, and the Living Mind
Witnessing comes in as many forms as the trauma that gives birth to it. The Holocaust, undeniably one of the greatest traumatic events in recent human history, still resonates into the twenty-first... (more)
Mothers, Infants and Young Children of September 11, 2001: A Primary Prevention Project
The group of papers presented in this volume represents ten years of involvement of a group of eight core therapists, working originally with approximately forty families who suffered the loss of... (more)
Mentalizing in the Development and Treatment of Attachment Trauma
This book brings together the latest knowledge from attachment research and neuroscience to provide a new approach to treating trauma for therapists from different professional disciplines and... (more)
The Silent Past and the Invisible Present: Memory, Trauma, and Representation in Psychotherapy
Drawing on research in the fields of cognitive and developmental psychology, attachment, trauma, and neuroscience, as well as 20 years in forensic and private practice, Paul Renn deftly illustrates... (more)
Narrative Therapy for Women Experiencing Domestic Violence: Supporting Women's Transitions from Abuse to Safety
For women experiencing domestic violence, narrative therapy can be a powerful tool to help them gain self-confidence and a sense of identity, resist violence, and make the transition from abuse to... (more)
Trauma-Informed Practices with Children and Adolescents
A sourcebook of practical approaches to working with children and adolescents that synthesizes research from leading trauma specialists and translates it into easy-to-implement techniques. The... (more)
Transcending Trauma: Survival Resilience and Clinical Implications in Survivor Families
Based on twenty years of intense qualitative research, Transcending Trauma presents an integrated model of coping and adaptation after trauma that incorporates the best of recent work in the field... (more)
Forgiveness in Intimate Relationships: A Psychoanalytic Perspective
How can one overcome deeply-held resentment so as to resume or establish a bond with a traumatizing person, mindful that the experience of the self is rooted in the very intimate relationships from... (more)
Treating Complex Trauma in Adolescents and Young Adults
The first practical and research-based manual to guide students and practitioners on working specifically with traumatized adolescents. John Briere and Cheryl Lanktree fill a gap in what's currently... (more)
Psychotherapy with Infants and Young Children: Repairing the Effects of Stress and Trauma on Early Attachment
This eloquent book presents an empirically supported treatment that engages parents as the most powerful agents of their young children's healthy development. Child--parent psychotherapy promotes the... (more)
Helping Abused and Traumatized Children: Integrating Directive and Nondirective Approaches
Presenting an integrative model for treating traumatized children, this book combines play, art, and other expressive therapies with ideas and strategies drawn from cognitive-behavioral and family... (more)
When Someone You Love Suffers from Posttraumatic Stress: What to Expect and What You Can Do
Trauma survivors frequently struggle with unwanted memories, intense emotions, and problems with everyday functioning. Effective help is out there, but the needs of family members - confused and... (more)
Trauma, Dissociation and Multiplicity: Working on Identity and Selves
Trauma, Dissociation and Multiplicity provides psychoanalytic insights into dissociation, in particular dissociative identity disorder (DID), and offers a variety of responses to the questions of... (more)
The Psychobiology of Trauma and Resilience Across the Lifespan
Research has suggested that childhood experiences confer risk/resilience for reactions to trauma in adulthood, and predictors and correlates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear to differ... (more)
The Long Shadow of Sexual Abuse: Developmental Effects Across the Life Cycle
This book describes the profound interferences with normal developmental processes that occur throughout the life cycle as a result of chronic child sexual abuse. This conviction is supported by the... (more)
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy: Essential Practices and Methods
Grounded in attachment theory and trauma, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) is an evidence-based, effective, and empirically validated treatment for complex trauma and disorders of attachment.... (more)
The Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Casebook
This collection of transcripts from sessions by certified Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapists gives therapists, educators, and child welfare and residential treatment professionals a detailed... (more)
Trauma: Contemporary Directions in Theory, Practice, and Research
This is a new text for courses on trauma and working with vulnerable populations. Trauma has evolved as a field over the past few decades. What began as focusing on childhood trauma, sexual abuse and... (more)
The Trauma Recovery Group: A Guide for Practitioners
Rich with expert, practical guidance for therapists, this book presents an evidence-based group treatment approach for survivors of interpersonal trauma. This time-limited treatment is designed for... (more)
Retraumatization: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention
Exposure to potentially traumatic events puts individuals at risk for developing a variety of psychological disorders. The editors of Retraumatization: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention explore... (more)
Clinician's Guide to Violence Risk Assessment
Presenting a comprehensive framework for conducting a scientifically grounded violence risk assessment, this book is authoritative, current, and practical. The essentials of doing this type of... (more)