ABSTRACT

Personalising Trauma Treatment is about helping trauma victims back to their old selves and focuses on altering the perception of the centrality of the trauma.

In this book, clients are taught to rediscover their sense of self by reframing the trauma. Within this new framework the focus is on the client’s mental time travel from the trauma to today and reimagining their future. The therapeutic targets are the thoughts and images (cognitions) that interfere with day-to-day functioning. It does not assume that arrested information processing lies at the heart of the development of PTSD, with a consequent need for the client to re-live the trauma. For those clients who were abused in childhood, their experiences are viewed through a particular central window, but other ‘windows’ may make for more appropriate engagement with their personal world and a reimagining of their view of themselves. Treatment delivery options from telephone consultation, group work and videoconferencing are discussed. With illustrative examples, the author highlights the pathway to recovery for a wide range of clients with the comorbidity often found in real-world settings.

The book will be essential reading for therapists and other mental health professionals working with trauma survivors.

part I|89 pages

Distilling a New Direction

chapter 1|12 pages

Client's Complaints Post-trauma

chapter 2|15 pages

Making Sense of the Client's Response

chapter 3|30 pages

What Works for Whom in Routine Practice?

chapter 5|23 pages

A New Paradigm

part II|58 pages

Applying the Centrality Framework

part III|13 pages

Managing the Crises That Can Derail Trauma Treatment

chapter 13|3 pages

Prolonged Duress Stress Disorder

chapter 14|4 pages

Weathering the Pandemic

chapter 15|4 pages

From One War Zone to Another?

part IV|8 pages

Disseminating Trauma Treatment

chapter 16|2 pages

Groups Post-trauma

chapter 17|4 pages

Therapeutic Competence