Overview
- Is an essential guide to navigating the complicated field of treating and healing complex trauma illustrated by case examples
- Offers clinical guidance that can be applied in a full range of clinical social work and other practice settings with adults and families in both private practice and diverse agency settings
- Provides a fresh theoretical perspective regarding the diathetic factors to C-PTSD, in addition to interweaving psychoanalytic theory, neuroscience, and contemporary integrative techniques in clinical practice
- Illustrates theory and integrative interventions in practice through clinical vignettes
- Informs clinicians on how to work with clients impacted by the shared collective trauma of COVID-19
Part of the book series: Essential Clinical Social Work Series (ECSWS)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- complex posttraumatic stress disorder
- C-PTSD
- clinical social work
- complex layered trauma
- dysfunctional family systems
- dissociation
- body-brain connections
- evidence-based practice modalities
- resilience
- International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
- prolonged repeated interpersonal trauma
- psychopathological symptoms
- attachment-based treatment
- integrative treatment
- multisensory treatment
- shared collective trauma of COVID-19
- complex trauma
- posttraumatic growth
- DSM-5
About this book
The author provides guidance on healing complex trauma through phase-oriented, multimodal, and skill-focused treatment approaches, with a core emphasis on symptom relief and functional improvement. Readers will gain familiarity with the integrative healing techniques and modalities that are currently being utilized as evidence-based treatments, including innovative multi-sensory treatments for trauma, in addition to learning more about posttraumatic growth and resilience.
Each chapter of this guide navigates readers through the complicated field of treating and healing complex trauma, including how to work with clients also impacted by the shared collective trauma of COVID-19, and is illustrated by case examples. Topics explored include:
- Complex layered trauma
- Dissociation
- Trauma and the body
- The power of belief
- An overview of psychotherapy modalities for the treatment of complex trauma
- Ego state work and connecting with the inner child
- Turning wounds into wisdom: resilience and posttraumatic growth
- Vicarious trauma and professional self-care for the trauma clinician
It is important for clinicians to be aware of contemporary trends in treating C-PTSD. Healing Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is an essential text for mental health practitioners, clinical social workers, and other clinicians; academics; and graduate students, in addition to other professionals and students interested in C-PTSD. It is an attractive resource for an international clinical audience as we work togetherto heal, affirm, and unburden clients following this time of shared collective trauma.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Healing Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Book Subtitle: A Clinician's Guide
Authors: Gillian O’Shea Brown
Series Title: Essential Clinical Social Work Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61416-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61415-7Published: 01 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-61418-8Published: 02 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-61416-4Published: 30 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2520-162X
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1611
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 167
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Psychology, general