Описание: Chapter One
The Need for Utilizing Multiple Approaches for Complex PTSD: No Theory Has It All
Introduction: Complex Clients Need Multiple Approaches
What is Trauma and Who Gets to Define It?
Difficulties in the Study of Complex Trauma
PTSD vs. cPTSD: Important Distinctions
Therapeutic Efficacy and the Therapeutic Alliance
Multiple Treatments, Equal Efficacy
Commonalities Among All Approaches
The Therapy Relationship and Clinical Hypothesis Testing
Negotiating the Beginning of Therapy
Conclusion
References
Chapter Two: How Trauma Stokes Fear: Considerations in Beginning of Therapy
The Neurobiology of Trauma
Evidence for Intergenerational Trauma Effects
Fear: Known, Unknown, and Acted Out
Clinical Hypothesis Testing and Introducing the Concept of Fear
The Unhelpful Link between cPTSD and Personality Disorders
How Trauma Can Lead to Incorrect Diagnoses
Assessing Character Style
Managing Fear in the Beginning of Therapy
Conclusion
Initial Goals in the Beginning of Therapy for People with cPTSD
References
Chapter Three: Nurturing the Therapeutic Alliance: Mentalizing and Emotional Safety
Characteristics of Therapists Who Have Good Outcomes
-The Effective Therapist Has Sophisticated Interpersonal Skills -The Effective Therapist Has an Ability to Explain A Clients Distress and Takes the Clients Unique Experience into Account
- The Effective Therapist Is Persuasive About Treatment Ideas And Monitors Progress in An Authentic Way
- The Effective Therapist Can Deal with Difficult Material While Communicating Hope and Optimism
- The Effective Therapist Is Keenly Aware of Their Own Psychology
- The Effective Therapist Stays Aware of Relevant Research and Strives to Continually Improve
Trust and the Mentalizing Therapist
Normalizing and Managing Shame
Creating Safety Though Respecting Avoidance
How Much Should We Encourage the Processing of Memories?
Conclusion
Interventions for Mentalizing and Maintaining Emotional Safety
References
Chapter Four: The Therapeutic Alliance and Maintaining Physical Safety
Trauma, Suicidal Ideation and Deaths of Despair
The Alarming Epidemi
