A Casebook Of Cognitive Therapy For Traumatic Stress Reactions

by Grey, Nick

• ISBN13: 9780415438032
• ISBN10: 0415438039
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-14
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Many people experience traumatic events and whilst some gradually recover from such experiences, others find it more difficult and may seek professional help for a range of problems. A Casebook of Cognitive Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactionsaims to help therapists who may not have an extensive range of clinical experience. The book includes descriptions and case studies of clinical cases of cognitive behavioural treatments involving people who have experienced traumatic events, including: people with phobias, depression and paranoid delusions following traumatic experiences people with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) people who have experienced multiple and prolonged traumatizations people who are refugees or asylum-seekers. All chapters are written by experts in the field and consider what may be learned from such cases. In addition it is considered how these cases can be applied more generally in cognitive behavioural treatments for traumatic stress reactions. This book will be invaluable to all mental health professionals and in particular to therapists wanting to treat people who have experienced traumatic events, allowing them to creatively apply their existing knowledge to new clinical cases.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Cognitive Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactions: An Introduction

Cognitive Therapy for Acute Stress Disorder

Travel, Trauma and Phobia: Treating the Survivors of Transport Related Trauma

Tripping into Trauma: Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment for a Traumatic Stress Reaction following Recreational Drug Use

`Suspicion is my Friend': Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Post-Traumatic Persecutory Delusions

Imagery Re-Scripting for Intrusive Sensory Memories in Major Depression Following Traumatic Experiences

Cognitive Therapy for Post-Traumatic Dissociation

Intensive Cognitive Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Case Studies

Cognitive therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with Permanent Physical Injury

Cognitive therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Panic Disorder

Cognitive therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Cognitive Therapy and Suicidality in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: And Recent Thoughts on Flashbacks to Trauma Versus "Flash-Forwards" to Suicide

Cognitive Therapy for People with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder to Multiple Events: Working Out Where To Start

Cognitive Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Arising from Terrorist Violence and Civil Conflict

Compassion-Focused Cognitive Therapy for Shame-Based Trauma Memories and Flashbacks in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Cognitive Therapy for Survivors of Torture

The Role of Narrative Exposure Therapy in Cognitive Therapy for Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Using Interpreters in Trauma Therapy

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