The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress SymptomsIn The PTSD Workbook, two psychologists and trauma experts gather together techniques and interventions used by PTSD experts from around the world to offer trauma survivors the most effective tools available to conquer their most distressing trauma-related symptoms. Readers learn how to determine the type of trauma they experienced, identify their symptoms, and learn the most effective strategies they can use to overcome them. |
Contents
Introduction | |
A Look at Trauma Simple and Complex | |
Before Doing the Work Safety Security and Intention | |
Identifying and Writing about What Has Happened to | |
Helping Yourself When You Reexperience a Trauma 5 Coping with Trauma with Less Avoidance and Denial | |
The Physical Side of PTSD | |
Dealing with Associated Symptoms of PTSD Guilt Survivor Guilt Shame and Loss | |
Somatization How Trauma Impacts Your Body Complex PTSD Category | |
How Trauma Impacts the Way You View Yourself Complex PTSD Category | |
Dealing with Your PerpetratorsComplex PTSD Category | |
Alterations in Your Relationships with Others Complex PTSD Category | |
Finding Meaning Complex PTSD Category | |
Final Thoughts and Exercises | |
Complex PTSD Questionnaire for Trauma Survivors | |
Difficulty Regulating Emotion Complex PTSD Category | |
Alterations in Attention or Consciousness Dealing with Dissociation and Traumatic Amnesia Complex PTSD Category | |
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The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic ... Mary Beth Williams,Soili Poijula No preview available - 2013 |
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