Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment

Bestselling text Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment, Third Edition covers the modern treatment of psychological trauma that is both comprehensive in scope yet highly practical in application.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Introduction to the Third Edition Part I: Trauma, Effects, and Assessment 1. What Is Trauma? Single Versus Multiple Traumatic Events In DSM-5 Major Types of Trauma 2. The Psychological Effects of Trauma (John Briere, Catherine Scott, & Janelle Jones) What Makes Trauma Responses More Likely, More Intense, or More Complicated? Types Of Posttraumatic Response Trauma- and Stressor-related Disorders Disorders and Symptoms Typically Related to Trauma Exposure Generic Symptoms Sometimes Associated with Trauma Exposure Trauma Syndromes in Non-Western Cultures Complex Posttraumatic Presentations 3. Assessing Trauma and Posttraumatic Outcomes (John Briere, Erin Eadie, & Catherine Scott) Assessment In The Clinical Interview Assessing the Sociocultural Environment Assessing Current and Past Exposure to Discrimination and Maltreatment (SDM) Evaluating the Effects of Trauma Structured Interviews Psychological Tests Trauma-Specific Tests Recommendations for Assessment through Telehealth Platforms Part II: Clinical Interventions 4. Central Issues in Trauma Treatment A Basic Philosophy of Trauma, Recovery, and Growth Central Treatment Principles 5. Psychoeducation Handouts Books Verbal Information During Therapy General Focus Constraints 6. Distress Reduction and Emotional Regulation Training Dealing with Acute Intrusion Intervening in Chronic Emotional Dysregulation Meditation and Yoga 7. Cognitive Interventions Cognitive processing Developing a Coherent Narrative Cognitive Changes Arising from Non-overwhelming Emotional Activation Cognitive Interventions and Insight Addressing the Cognitive Impacts of Social Maltreatment 8. Trigger Management Steps of Trigger Management Intervening in Triggers and Triggered States Intervening in DRBs 9. Emotional Processing Reexperiencing as Trauma Processing The Components of Trauma Processing Written Homework Written Exposure Therapy (WET) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR; Shapiro, 2018) The Therapeutic Window Emotional Processing and Substance Use Sequence and Session-Level Structure of Memory Processing 10. Increasing Identity and Relational Functioning Identity Problems Relational Disturbance 11. Mindfulness in Trauma Treatment What Is Mindfulness? Research The Mindful Therapist 12. Treating the Effects of Acute Trauma (Sarah Stoycos, Heidi Ardern, John Briere, & Catherine Scott) Research on Acute Traumatic Stress Intervening in Acute Posttraumatic Stress: An Overview Central Components of Treatment for Acute Trauma Special Issue: Trauma Work in Acute Medical Contexts 13. Remote Treatment of Trauma: Teletherapy Principles Acceptable Teletherapy Platforms Teletherapy Guidance for Major Professional Groups Articles and Guides on Teletherapy Practice Teletherapy Principles Part III: Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology of Trauma 14. Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress (Catherine Scott, John Briere, & Janelle Jones) The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis and the Adrenergic System The Endocannabinoid (eCB) System Other Biological Correlates of PTSD Findings From Neuroimaging Studies Integrating Biological Models with Psychological Trauma Theory 15. Psychopharmacology of Trauma (Catherine Scott, Janelle Jones, & John Briere) Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology Medications for PTSD Special Topic: Repurposed Drugs and Drug-assisted Psychotherapy 16. Conclusions Appendix 1: Trauma Exposure Review (TER) Appendix 2: Social Discrimination and Maltreatment Scale, Short Form (SDMS-SF) Appendix 3: Mindfulness-based Breath Training (MBBT) Handout Appendix 4: A Brief Urge/Emotion Surfing Exercise Appendix 5: ReGAIN handout References Index About the Authors