A Professional S Guide To Understanding Trauma And Loss

Author : David E. Balk,Tracy Wong,Janet R. Balk
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781527502192

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A Professional's Guide to Understanding Trauma and Loss by David E. Balk,Tracy Wong,Janet R. Balk Pdf

The purpose of this book is to provide vital information regarding loss and trauma to practicing counselors and therapists. Trauma and loss are pervasive presenting problems, many counselors and therapists possess scant understanding of trauma and loss, and little, if any, attention is paid to trauma or to loss in the graduate training of clinical psychology and counseling psychology students. The book is organized into four sections which cover: an overview of loss and trauma, key conceptual frameworks for understanding loss and trauma, review of several types of events producing trauma and loss, and interventions addressing loss and trauma. A key contribution of the book is the focus on losses caused by death and losses due to other reasons. The contributions to practice include the overview of what is known about trauma and about loss; examination of several frameworks for organizing both understanding of and working with traumatized and bereaved clients; rich descriptive cases of individuals coping with various traumatic events and the losses embedded in the trauma; and presentation of various interventions, including changes that can be made in the graduate education of practitioners.

Author : Neil Thompson,Gerry R. Cox,Robert G. Stevenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317237532

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Handbook of Traumatic Loss by Neil Thompson,Gerry R. Cox,Robert G. Stevenson Pdf

The Handbook of Traumatic Loss adopts a broad, holistic approach that recognizes traumatic loss much more fully as a multidimensional human phenomenon, not simply a medical condition. Initial chapters build a foundation for understanding traumatic loss and explore the many ways we respond to trauma. Later chapters counterbalance the individualistic focus of dominant approaches to traumatic loss by highlighting a number of thought-provoking social dimensions of traumatic loss. Each chapter emphasizes different aspects of traumatic loss and argues for ways in which clinicians can help deal with its many and varied impacts.

Author : Neil Thompson,Gerry R. Cox,Robert G. Stevenson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317237549

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Handbook of Traumatic Loss by Neil Thompson,Gerry R. Cox,Robert G. Stevenson Pdf

The Handbook of Traumatic Loss adopts a broad, holistic approach that recognizes traumatic loss much more fully as a multidimensional human phenomenon, not simply a medical condition. Initial chapters build a foundation for understanding traumatic loss and explore the many ways we respond to trauma. Later chapters counterbalance the individualistic focus of dominant approaches to traumatic loss by highlighting a number of thought-provoking social dimensions of traumatic loss. Each chapter emphasizes different aspects of traumatic loss and argues for ways in which clinicians can help deal with its many and varied impacts.

Author : Charles R. Figley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135826192

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Traumatology of grieving by Charles R. Figley Pdf

First published in 1999. Those grieving the loss of a loved one who has died under traumatic circumstances form a special group of mourners. Separate from those going through "simple bereavement", these mourners must cope with a double-edged sword: the grief of the loss and the trauma of the knowledge of how the loved one may have had to endure traumatic stress during their final minutes of life. This ground-breaking new addition to the Series in Trauma and Loss will enable mental health professionals to distinguish between those who are going through the 'normal' grieving process in the aftermath of a traumatic event, and those who are suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. A by-product of years of research and experience, this book helps buttress the theoretical bridge between thanatology and traumatology. This text focuses on the unique features of death-related PTSD, its assessment, and treatment. With case examples that draw upon consistent concepts and definitions, and equal attention to scholarly and practical concerns, the book argues that traumatic elements must be worked through first before grief and loss accommodations are achieved. More importantly, the new research and treatment methods presented by the leading experts in the field provide professionals and laymen alike with a valuable guide for understanding and helping those who grieve a loss under traumatic circumstances. Divided into two parts, Part 1: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations attempts to lay the empirical and theoretical foundation for the treatment chapters that follow. Part 2: Applications provides direction for helping clients grieve their traumatic losses

Author : Bessel A. Van der Kolk
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780143127741

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The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. Van der Kolk Pdf

Originally published by Viking Penguin, 2014.

Author : Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781583949955

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Trauma and Memory by Peter A. Levine, Ph.D. Pdf

In Trauma and Memory, bestselling author Dr. Peter Levine (creator of the Somatic Experiencing approach) tackles one of the most difficult and controversial questions of PTSD/trauma therapy: Can we trust our memories? While some argue that traumatic memories are unreliable and not useful, others insist that we absolutely must rely on memory to make sense of past experience. Building on his 45 years of successful treatment of trauma and utilizing case studies from his own practice, Dr. Levine suggests that there are elements of truth in both camps. While acknowledging that memory can be trusted, he argues that the only truly useful memories are those that might initially seem to be the least reliable: memories stored in the body and not necessarily accessible by our conscious mind. While much work has been done in the field of trauma studies to address "explicit" traumatic memories in the brain (such as intrusive thoughts or flashbacks), much less attention has been paid to how the body itself stores "implicit" memory, and how much of what we think of as "memory" actually comes to us through our (often unconsciously accessed) felt sense. By learning how to better understand this complex interplay of past and present, brain and body, we can adjust our relationship to past trauma and move into a more balanced, relaxed state of being. Written for trauma sufferers as well as mental health care practitioners, Trauma and Memory is a groundbreaking look at how memory is constructed and how influential memories are on our present state of being.

Author : Sharon Lewis
Publisher : New Africa Books
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0864863985

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An Adult's Guide to Childhood Trauma by Sharon Lewis Pdf

This book aims to assist parents, caregivers, teachers, health-care professionals and criminal justice system personnel to understand better the reactions of the child, as well as their own reactions, following a traumatic or stressful event.

Author : Laurie Anne Pearlman,Camille B. Wortman,Catherine A. Feuer,Christine H. Farber,Therese A. Rando
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781462515516

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Treating Traumatic Bereavement by Laurie Anne Pearlman,Camille B. Wortman,Catherine A. Feuer,Christine H. Farber,Therese A. Rando Pdf

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 grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about both trauma and grief. The book offers a clear framework and many practical tools for building survivors' psychological and interpersonal resources, processing their trauma, and facilitating mourning. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes over 30 reproducible handouts. Purchasers can access a companion website to download and print these materials as well as supplemental handouts and a sample 25-session treatment plan. Winner (Second Place)--American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Category

Author : Claudia Herbert
Publisher : Blue Stallion Publications
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1904127029

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Understanding Your Reactions to Trauma by Claudia Herbert Pdf

This guide has been written to help people understand what goes on when you have been in a trauma and how to get over it. This guide is an incentive for people to do something that will help them heal from the often disturbing and overwhelming reactions to trauma so that they can re-claim their life as best as possible.

Author : Charles R. Figley
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781506319803

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Encyclopedia of Trauma by Charles R. Figley Pdf

Trauma is defined as a sudden, potentially deadly experience, often leaving lasting, troubling memories. Traumatology (the study of trauma, its effects, and methods to modify effects) is exploding in terms of published works and expanding in terms of scope. Originally a narrow specialty within emergency medicine, the field now extends to trauma psychology, military psychiatry and behavioral health, post-traumatic stress and stress disorders, trauma social work, disaster mental health, and, most recently, the subfield of history and trauma, with sociohistorical examination of long-term effects and meanings of major traumas experienced by whole communities and nations, both natural (Pompeii, Hurricane Katrina) and man-made (the Holocaust, 9/11). One reason for this expansion involves important scientific breakthroughs in detecting the neurobiology of trauma that is connecting biology with human behavior, which in turn, is applicable to all fields involving human thought and response, including but not limited to psychiatry, medicine and the health sciences, the social and behavioral sciences, the humanities, and law. Researchers within these fields and more can contribute to a universal understanding of immediate and long-term consequences–both good and bad–of trauma, both for individuals and for broader communities and institutions. Trauma encyclopedias published to date all center around psychological trauma and its emotional effects on the individual as a disabling or mental disorder requiring mental health services. This element is vital and has benefited from scientific and professional breakthroughs in theory, research, and applications. Our encyclopedia certainly will cover this central element, but our expanded conceptualization will include the other disciplines and will move beyond the individual.

Author : Daniel Rudofossi,Dale A Lund
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351846011

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A Cop Doc's Guide to Public Safety Complex Trauma Syndrome by Daniel Rudofossi,Dale A Lund Pdf

"Cop Doc's Guide to Public Safety Complex Trauma Syndrome" is written in response to the need for an advanced, specialized guide for clinicians to operationally define, understand, and responsibly treat complex post-traumatic stress and grief syndromes in the context of the unique varieties of police personality styles. The book continues where Rudofossi's first book, "Working with Traumatized Police Officer Patients", left off. Theory is wed to practice and practice to effective interventions with police officer-patients. The 'how' and 'why' of a clinician's approach is made highly effective by understanding the distinct personality styles of officer-patients. Rudofossi's theoretical approach segues into difficult examples that highlight each officer-patient's eco-ethological field experience of loss in trauma, with a focus on enhancing resilience and motivation to - otherwise left disenfranchised. Thus, this original work expands the ecological-ethological existential analysis of complex PTSD into the context of personality styles, with an emphasis on resilience - without ignoring the pathological aspects of loss that often envelop officer-patient trauma syndromes.

Author : Suzanne B. Phillips,Dianne Kane
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781572245440

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Healing Together by Suzanne B. Phillips,Dianne Kane Pdf

When one or both partners in a relationship experience a major traumatic event, the strain can really put the relationship in jeopardy; Healing Together offers couples simple techniques for communicating, regaining trust, and supporting one another through the process of trauma recovery.

Author : Brittany R. Collins
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 0325134200

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Learning from Loss by Brittany R. Collins Pdf

Author : Jasmin Cori LPC
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780786732432

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Healing from Trauma by Jasmin Cori LPC Pdf

While there are many different approaches to healing trauma, few offer a wide range of perspectives and options. With innovative insight into trauma-related difficulties, Jasmin Lee Cori helps you: Understand trauma and its devastating impacts Identify symptoms of trauma (dissociation, numbing, etc.) and common mental health problems that stem from trauma Manage traumatic reactions and memories Create a more balanced life that supports your recovery Choose appropriate interventions (therapies, self-help groups, medications and alternatives) Recognize how far you’ve come in your healing and what you need to keep growing Complete with exercises, healing stories, points to remember, and resources, this is a perfect companion for anyone seeking to reclaim their life from the devastating impacts of trauma.

Author : Daniel Rudofossi,Dale A. Lund,Alan W. Benner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351840521

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Working with Traumatized Police-Officer Patients by Daniel Rudofossi,Dale A. Lund,Alan W. Benner Pdf

An insider perspective from a 'cop doc on the job,' this book is the first of its kind written in response to a need for a specialized guide for clinicians that operationally defines and responsibly treats what Dan Rudofossi terms Police and Public Safety Complex PTSD. In reading this book, you are led through an understanding of how to work with police officers who experience cumulative loss in trauma. "Doc Dan" initiates you into an original cultural competence of how and why his theory works in practice. You will leave the journey with a practical sense of how the ecological context and ethological motivation are part of the psychological presentation of almost all officers suffering from complex trauma and loss.This guide is crucial reading, original in its breadth and scope of perspective on how to intervene with the traumatized officer. Toward that end, Rudofossi presents his Eco-Ethological Existential Analysis of Police and Public Safety Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Emotive, affective, cognitive, behavioral, and existential ranges of expression of trauma are vast, diverse, and often intense in police officers. This book delivers applied theory with clinical examples, including practical interventions for the clinician and handouts for the officer-patient. The clinician will be assisted in encountering officers' existential suffering from the edge of despair to the precipice of meaning. The guide is at once stimulating, exciting, and very serious in its potential for clinical interventions.