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Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse : Psychotherapy for the Interrupted Life.
Title:
Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse : Psychotherapy for the Interrupted Life.
Author:
Cloitre, Marylene.
ISBN:
9781593855406
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (352 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- 1. The Trauma of Childhood Abuse: A Resource Loss Model -- 2. Attachment: When Protector and Perpetrator Are One -- 3. Development in the Context of Deprivation -- 4. Treatment Rationale -- 5. Building Emotional and Social Resources: Overview of STAIR -- 6. Working with Traumatic Memories: Overview of NST -- 7. Extending the Narrative: Transforming Shame and Loss -- 8. Guidelines for Implementing Treatment -- 9. Assessment of Client and Match for Treatment -- PHASE I. Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR): Building Resources -- 10. Session 1. The Resource of Hope: Introducing the Client to Treatment -- 11. Session 2. The Resource of Feelings: Emotional Awareness -- 12. Session 3. Emotion Regulation -- 13. Session 4. Emotionally Engaged Living -- 14. Session 5. The Resource of Connection: Understanding Relationship Patterns -- 15. Session 6. Changing Relationship Patterns -- 16. Session 7. Agency in Relationships -- 17. Session 8. Flexibility in Relationships -- PHASE II. Narrative Story Telling (NST): Facing the Past and Imagining a Future -- 18. Moving from Skills Training to Narrative Processing of Trauma: How Do You Know Your Client is Ready? -- 19. Session 9. Introduction to NST -- 20. Session 10. Narrative of First Memory -- 21. Sessions 11-15. Narratives of Fear -- 22. Sessions 11-15. Narratives of Shame -- 23. Sessions 11-15. Narratives of Loss -- 24. Session 16. The Last Session -- APPENDIX A. Resources -- APPENDIX B. Examples of Assessment Measures by Domain -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Meeting a key need, this book presents a modular adult psychotherapy approach grounded in extensive clinical experience and research. Provided is a flexible, empirically supported framework for helping clients manage symptoms related to past physical or sexual abuse; build emotion regulation and interpersonal skills; and process traumatic memories and their associated feelings of fear, shame, and loss. Session-by-session guidelines include many suggestions for tailoring interventions to each person's needs in the context of a safe, supportive therapeutic environment. Designed in a large, easy-to-use format, the book includes over a dozen reproducible handouts, worksheets, and other tools for clinicians and clients.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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