Treating Complex Trauma in Adolescents and Young Adults

by John N. Briere

• ISBN13: 9781412981446
• ISBN10: 1412981441
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-01
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Treating Complex Trauma in Adolescents is the first practical and research-based manual to guide students and practitioners on working specifically with traumatized adolescents. Best-selling author, John Briere fills a gap in what's currently available in working with multi-traumatized adolescents. The book covers the following areas: problems and symptoms, assessment, treatment overview, relationship building, psychoeducation, training and regulation, interventions with adolescents and their families, and group therapy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Complex Trauma Outcomes and Assessment

Complex Trauma in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

Assessment

Completing and Using the Assessment-Treatment Flowchart for Adolescents (ATF-A)

Overview of Treatment

Central Aspects of ITCT-A

From Assessment to Intervention: The Problems-to-Components Grid (PCG)

Sequence and Session-Level Structure of ITCT-A

Treatment Components

Relationship Building and Support

Safety Interventions

Psychoeducation

Distress Reduction and Affect Regulation Training

Cognitive Processing

Trigger Identification and Intervention

Titrated Exposure

Relational Processing

Interventions for Identity Issues

Family Therapy

Interventions With Caretakers

Group Sessions

Three Case Examples

Treatment Outcome Results

Summary

References

Appendices

Intitial Trauma Review- Adolescent Version (ITR-A)

ATF-A Assessment Locator

Assessment- Treatment Flowchart: Adolescent Version (ATF-A)

Problems-to-Components Grid (PCG)

Written Homework About My Trauma

What Triggers Me? (The Trigger Grid)

Outlines for Two ITCT-A Therapy Groups

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