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Book SynopsisPutting gender in a lifespan context, Hatch (sociology, U. of Kentucky) atypically accents the gains as well as losses of aging and sex differences in adaptation overall, to the death of a spouse, and to retirement. From the multifactored theoretical perspectives of symbolic interactionism and politTable of ContentsCHAPTER 1—Introduction The rationale for the book is presented. The aging experience often has been framed by scholars as well as the general public in terms of gender differences, but the nature and direction of such differences are controversial. CHAPTER 2—Putting Gender in Life Course Context The two theoretical approaches to gender differences that have been used most widely in social gerontology are reviewed and a life-course perspective is advanced as an alternative framework. CHAPTER 3—Adaptation to Aging CHAPTER 4—Adaptation to the Death of a Spouse CHAPTER 5—Adaptation to Retirement The substantive chapters of the book examine adaptation to aging as a broad and cumulative process (Chapter 3) and two life events that have been thought to pose the greatest challenges to adaptation in older age: the death of a spouse (Chapter 4) and retirement (Chapter 5). Each of these three chapters is designed to address these questions: How have theories of gender difference been used to explain adaptation in this realm of experience? To what degree have gender differences been documented in the relevant empirical literature, and are the reported findings supportive of gender difference theories? How and why does a life course perspective provide a more satisfactory framework for understanding women's and men's adaptation to aging, and their adaptation to later-life events in particular? CHAPTER 6—Conclusion The theoretical underpinnings for the life course approach utilized in the book are examined. Theoretical linkages that can be made with this approach are suggested. The book concludes by considering how adaptation to aging can be framed to focus more fully on life-long processes and challenges rather than on particular life events which are assumed to be stressful. References Indexes

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Book SynopsisLosses may provide a turning point where an individual faces personal and social choices. Still, one may derive significance through the experience of loss, while another may encounter bereavement with less consequence. Complicated Grieving and Bereavement: Understanding and Treating People Experiencing Loss examines complicated grief in special populations, including the mentally ill, POW-MIA survivors, the differentially-abled, suicide survivors, bereaved children, those experiencing death at birth, death in schools, and palliative-care death.Table of ContentsSECTION 1: Theories of Complicated GriefCHAPTER 1 Relearning the World: Always Complicated, Sometimes More Than Others Thomas AttigSECTION 2: Children and Complicated GriefCHAPTER 2 The Consequences of Sudden Traumatic Death: The Vulnerability of Bereaved Children and Adolescents and Ways Professionals Can Help David W. AdamsCHAPTER 3 Homicide Bereavement: Scary-Tales for Children Paul T. Clements, Jr.CHAPTER 4 The 3 R’s . . . Rage, Regrets, and Revenge—Uncovering and Assisting with the “Dark Side†Feelings of Children’s Grief Toni GriffithCHAPTER 5 Children’s Experiences of Death: Three Case Studies Kerry CavanaghSECTION 3: Complicated Grief in Special PopulationsCHAPTER 6 Camouflaged Grief: Survivor Grief in Families of Soldiers Still Listed as MIA Larry R. DarrahCHAPTER 7 Complicated Grief: Suicide Among the Canadian Inuit Antoon A. LeenaarsCHAPTER 8 Grieving in the Context of a Community of Differently-Abled People: The Experience of L’Arche Daybreak Jane PowellCHAPTER 9 Minding Mental Illness in the Grief Process Lynne MartinsCHAPTER 10 Dementia: A Cause of Complicated Grieving Catherine Anne QuinnCHAPTER 11 Grief Complicated by Spiritual Abuse Boyd C. PurcellCHAPTER 12 Spirituality and Religion: Risks for Complicated Mourning Richard B. GilbertCHAPTER 13 Can We Predict Complicated Grief Before the Bereavement? A Report on Bereavement Risk Assessment in a Palliative Care Setting Christine Hodgson, Lynda Weaver, and Pippa HallCHAPTER 14 Personality as a Variable in Grief Response Susan K. ParkerCHAPTER 15 Miscarriage in the Emergency Room: Meeting Parents’Needs Diane L. MidlandCHAPTER 16 Death at Birth: Inner Experiences and Personal Meanings Janis L. KeyserCHAPTER 17 Partners in Complicated Grief: National Grief Reactions to Disasters and Grassroots Memorialization Hannah SherebrinCHAPTER 18 Viewing the Body and Grief Complications: The Role of Visual Confirmation in Grief Reconciliation Richard J. PaulCHAPTER 19 It’s Never Easy! Children, Adolescents and Complicated Grief Robert G. StevensonCHAPTER 20 Complicated Grief: Family Systems As a Model for Healing Stephen J. HoogerbruggeCHAPTER 21 Dying and Bereaved Children and the Arts, Humor, and Music Gerry R. CoxContributors Index

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Book SynopsisProspects for Immortality: A Sensible Search for Life After Death theorizes how matters concerning the birth of the universe, its ultimate fate, and the creation, evolution, and final destiny of life on earth co-exist with regenerated consciousness. Readers of this volume will be prompted to think about the basic concepts of life, death, and consciousness in a unique way. Written in a style that entertains and informs, author J. Robert Adams speculates on how the transfer of memory and consciousness into the hereafter occurs in conjunction with the physical, chemical, and historical facts already established by science.Table of ContentsIntroductionCHAPTER 1 A Bird’s-eye View Upcoming Chapters CHAPTER 2 Personal Survival after Death The Saved Consciousness Hypothesis The Case for Life After Death Saved Memory The Subatomic Quantum World Regenerating Consciousness Continuous Transfer Recall After Alzheimer’s Speculations A New Body New Dimensions Resequencing Other People Conclusion CHAPTER 3 Meet the Grim Reaper The Death and Rebirth of the Body (A Thought Experiment) The Death and Resurrection of the Cell (An Actual Experiment) Body Freezing Fear of Death CHAPTER 4 Postponing Death Extending the Life Span Aging Stop-Gap Measures Freezing The Necessity of Death Ticking Time Bomb CHAPTER 5 The Elimination of Death The Final Common Pathway Transfer and Playback Questions CHAPTER 6 What, Where, Why? CHAPTER 7 How Did I Come into the World? Who Am I? Life’s Beginnings Darwin Mutations and DNA The Subjective Part of Me CHAPTER 8 Where Am I? What is This Thing Called the World? The Big Bang Stars Red Giants White Dwarfs Neutron Stars Black Holes CHAPTER 9 Why Was I Not Consulted? Where is the Manager? Judaism Christianity Hinduism Reincarnation Buddhism Islam Contrasting Views of the Soul Anticipating Death CHAPTER 10 A Chat with Kierkegaard APPENDIX I Recycled Life versus New Life APPENDIX II Making Protein APPENDIX III The Saved Consciousness Hypothesis APPENDIX IV Random Assortment & Crossover APPENDIX V Cell Energy APPENDIX VI Tweaking the Consciousness Wave Additional Readings Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the multifaceted experience of suffering in old age. Older adults suffer from a variety of causes such as illness, loss, and life disappointment, to name a few. Suffering also occurs due to experiences related to one''s gender, ethnic background, and religion. Although gerontological literature has equated suffering with depression, grief, pain and sadness, elders themselves distinguished suffering from these concepts and at the same time showed how they are linked. Narratives of suffering from community-dwelling elders are interpreted in this book, along with the personal meaning of suffering that lies within each narrative.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduces the subject of age and suffering. It reports on the literature from several disciplines regarding suffering. Chapter 2Introduces cases to illustrate suffering as a form of cultural communication that is spoken through the body, through identity, and through narrative. Chapter 3Explores how gender shapes informants' experience of suffering, the way suffering is expressed, and discussion about it in the process of the interview. Chapter 4Acknowledges that embodied pain is a significant component in the experience of suffering in later life. Chapter 5Explores social suffering because even private, individual experiences of suffering occur in a social milieu. Chapter 6Uses cases to examine the uniqueness with which each informant coped with suffering. Chapter 7Discusses the morality imputed to the experience of suffering. In part, this morality is revealed through the causes respondents attribute to their suffering. Chapter 8Examines three often-used metaphors for suffering. They are: suffering as a threat or attack, suffering as injustice, and suffering as loss. Chapter 9Talks about the activity of suffering. Activities give compensatory meaning to an elder's life. An important activity of suffering is to tell an engaged listener a story about it. Chapter 10Is the conclusion of the book. It asks the question: Who is the self that suffers?

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Book SynopsisIn 1984, the oil, chemical and atomic workers began a 5-year campaign to win back the jobs of its members locked out by the BASF Corp. in Geismar, Louisiana. The multiscale campaign involved coalitions with local environmentalists as well as international solidarity from environmental and religious organizations. The local coalition which helped break the lockout was maintained and expanded in the 1990s. This alliance is one of numerous labor-community coalitions to emerge increasingly over the past 20 years.Labor-Environmental Coalitions: Lessons from a Louisiana Petrochemical Region traces the development of the Louisiana Labor-Neighbor Project from 1985 to the present, within the context of a long history of divisions between labor and community in the U.S. The Project continued after the lockout, thriving during 1990s, expanding from one community to four counties to include 20 local member organizations, and broadening its agenda from the original jobs crisis and pollution problemTable of ContentsChapter 1: Labor and Environment: Out of Crisis a Progressive Spark Chapter 2: Building a Theory of Labor-Community CoalitionsChapter 3: Labor-Environmental History: From Collaboration to Division and Back AgainChapter 4: The BASF Lockout and the Origins of the Louisiana Labor-Neighbor Project Chapter 5: The Flow and Ebb of the Louisiana Labor-Neighbor ProjectChapter 6: Building Winning Labor-Community Politics References Index

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Book SynopsisSince U.S. President Reagan and U.K. Prime Minister Thatcher, a major ideology (under the name of economic science) has been expanded worldwide that claims that the best policies to stimulate human development are those that reduce the role of the state in economic and social lives: privatizing public services and public enterprises, deregulating the mobility of capital and labor, eliminating protectionism, and reducing public social protection. This ideology, called ''neoliberalism,'' has guided the globalization of economic activity and become the conventional wisdom in international agencies and institutions (such as the IMF, World Bank, World Trade Organization, and the technical agencies of the United Nations, including the WHO). Reproduced in the ''Washington consensus'' in the United States and the ''Brussels consensus'' in the European Union, this ideology has guided policies widely accepted as the only ones possible and advisable.This book assembles a series of articles that cTrade Review"An impressive and comprehensive set of insights into the current state of globalization. This is an essential book for anyone who wants to know how and why neoliberalism has failed to deliver on its promises." -Jeff Faux, Founder and Distinguished Fellow, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, DC, Author, The Global Class War "Vicente Navarro has assembled a comprehensive, tightly argued, and powerfully supported set of contributions that demonstrate the links between neoliberalism, economic inequality, and health outcomes in a convincing and very timely fashion." -Andrew Glyn, Professor of Economics, Oxford University "These incisive essays dissecting neoliberal globalization provide highly significant information along with careful and penetrating analysis, subjecting claims of advocates and critics to the test of judiciously assembled empirical evidence. Moreover, they develop neglected perspectives that should prove invaluable to those seeking to dismantle illusions and deceptive presentations, and to discover the real human consequences of the dominant intellectual and policy paradigms of the past several decades. They are a very welcome contribution to the understanding of some of the most critical issues of the contemporary era. It is an outstanding work and a remarkably important book." -Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor, Retired, MIT "This book provides essential reading for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers wanting to understand the rapid social, health, and economic changes in today's world. It offers an excellent base for reflection on forces driving these changes as well as critical analyses of now widespread interpretations of their causes and consequences." -Walter Korpi, Professor of Social Policy, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University "Never in our history have human beings enjoyed such good health; but never have so many persons suffered or died prematurely because of hunger, poverty, and avoidable diseases, and never have inequities in health been so deep and so evident. Vicente Navarro, internationally known as a champion of social justice, has assembled the best contributions from all over the world. This book appears at a time when health for all is being recognized as a fundamental human right and a touchstone of the civilization of any country. All those who work in this field may enjoy reading these essays and find a new stimulus for their activity." -Giovanni Berlinguer, Professor Emeritus, Sciences Faculty, University of Rome Member of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health..."This important book is packed full of evidence that challenges conventional economic wisdom surrounding the issue of globalization. The contributors succeed in their purpose of raising the alarm about the consequences of neoliberal economic policies for human development. The issues the book raises are legitimate concerns for public health: It would be a tragedy if nobody listens", -Margaret Whitehead, The Lancet Volume 371, April 5, 2008."Table of ContentsPART I What Is Neoliberalism? Neoliberalism as a Class Ideology; Or, the Political Causes of the Growth of Inequalities Vicente NavarroPART II Neoliberalism, Globalization, and the Welfare State Is Globalization Undermining the Welfare State? The Evolution of the Welfare State in Developed Capitalist Countries during the 1990's Vicente Navarro, John Schmitt, and Javier Astudillo The Future of the Welfare State: Crisis Myths and Crisis Realities Francis G. CastlesPART III The Growth of Inequalities Should We Worry about Inequality? Robert Hunter Wade The Causes of Increasing World Poverty and Inequality; Or, Why the Matthew Effect Prevails Robert Hunter Wade Is Globalization Reducing Poverty and Inequality? Robert Hunter WadePART IV Consequences of Neoliberalism and Globalization for Health and Quality of Life The Scorecard on Development: 25 Years of Diminished Progress Mark Weisbrot, Dean Baker, and David Rosnick The World Health Situation Vicente NavarroPART V European Integration and Its Consequences for Health and Quality of Life Economic Efficiency versus Social Equality? The U.S. Liberal Model versus the European Social Model Vicente Navarro and John Schmitt Is the United States a Good Model for Reducing Social Exclusion in Europe? John Schmitt and Ben ZippererPART VI The Liberal Model in the United States and Its Social Consequences Labor Markets and Economic Inequality in the United States Since the End of the 1970s John Schmitt The Politics of Health Inequalities Research in the United States Vicente NavarroPART VII The Situation in Latin America: Alternatives to Neoliberalism An Alternative to the Neoliberal Model in Health: The Case of Venezuela Oscar Feo and Carlos Eduardo Siqueira Venezuela's Barrio Adentro: An Alternative to Neoliberalism in Health Care Carles Muntaner, René M. Guerra Salazar, Joan Benach, and Francisco ArmadaPART VIII The Consequences of Neoliberalism in Africa The Dispossession of African Wealth at the Cost of Africa's Health Patrick Bond Uneven Health Outcomes and Political Resistance under Residual Neoliberalism in Africa Patrick Bond and George Dor The International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Africa: A "Disastrous" Record Demba Moussa DembelePART IX Analysis of Proposed Solutions to Current Health and Social Problems A. Critiques of WHO Commissions The Sachs Report: Investing in Health for Economic Development-Or Increasing the Size of the Crumbs from the Rich Man's Table? Alison Katz Report of the WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health: A Critique Debabar Banerji Assessment of the World Health Report 2000 Vicente Navarro Serious Crisis in the Practice of International Health by the World Health Organization: The Commission on Social Determinants of Health Debabar Banerji B. Critique of Neoliberal Solutions to World Poverty A Critique of Jeffrey D. Sachs's The End of Poverty Doug HenwoodMeet the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisCop Doc''s Guide to Public Safety Complex Trauma Syndrome is written in response to the need for an advanced, specialized guide for clinicians to operationally define, understand, and responsibly treat complex post-traumatic stress and grief syndromes in the context of the unique varieties of police personality styles. The book continues where Rudofossi''s first book, Working with Traumatized Police Officer Patients, left off. Theory is wed to practice and practice to effective interventions with police officer-patients. The ''how'' and ''why'' of a clinician''s approach is made highly effective by understanding the distinct personality styles of officer-patients. Rudofossi''s theoretical approach segues into difficult examples that highlight each officer-patient''s eco-ethological field experience of loss in trauma, with a focus on enhancing resilience and motivation to - otherwise left disenfranchised. Thus, this original work expands the ecological-ethological existential analysis oTrade Review"One need not hold a Ph.D. or M.D. to appreciate the clinical sensitivity and useful insights that Dr. Rudofossi brings to this study of personality types of troubled police officers. He not only presents a classification model that is comprehensive in scope and rich in detail, but formulates a series of thoughtful treatment steps for use by experienced clinicians and novices alike." - Professor Theodore Millon, Ph.D., D.Sc., Dean and Scientific Director Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology "Following his acclaimed Working with Traumatized Police Officer-Patients, in which 'Doc' Daniel Rudofossi spelled out what we are most often treating in officer-patients, this new book takes the next step: it searches out, for perhaps the first time, the commonalities in whom we are treating. We are offered the most effective words for psychotherapy: "By understanding..." The author's dictum: By understanding the common features of each police officer personality, we can effectively treat that individual. Dr. Rudofossi is police officer-patient centered. While not eschewing complexities, he presents an expert guide to treating complex post-traumatic stress and grief syndromes in police officers with an evidenced-based approach. This is both health-enhancing and better policing." - Antoon A. Leenaars, Ph.D. Author, Psychotherapy with Suicidal People: A Person-Centered Approach "Once again, in this sequel to his earlier book on traumatized police officers, Dr. Rudofossi has blended theoretical and practical applications of psychology and law enforcement. His approach of identifying the five varieties of public safety personality styles provides critical information for both mental health practitioners working with law enforcement personnel and law enforcement managers. This is an excellent book that should be read by all who work with, or are interested in, law enforcement officers!" - Thomas Creelman, M.A., CEAP, Employee Assistance Program Coordinator, New York State Office of the Attorney General "With his brilliant mind, amazing writing skills, experiential background, and psychological insight, Dr. Rudofossi offers the gift of his expertise in his profoundly interesting new book, A Cop Doc's Guide to Public Safety Complex Trauma Syndrome. A broad spectrum of readers will find complicated clinical theories coming alive with Dr. Rudofossi's use of case studies born in actual field experiences. This book promises to be stunningly useful in facilitating the healing process even when facing the most disenfranchising trauma." - Robert C Barnes, Ph.D., President, International Board of Directors Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy"Table of ContentsForeword by Dr. Allan W. Benner Preface by Dr. Ken Doka Acknowledgments INTRODUCTIONEngaging Public Safety Officers Suffering from Police Complex PTSD Syndromes: An Ecological-Ethological—Existential Analysis of the Five Police Personality Styles PART I Foundations: Theory of Police and Public-Safety Complex PTSD CHAPTER 1 Police and Public-Safety Complex PTSD (PPS-CPTSD): Toward an Integration of the Five Hubs of Loss PART II Emerging from PPS-CPTSD: Unmasking Five Police Personalities CHAPTER 2 A Primer on Police Personality Styles as Adaptation to Complex Trauma CHAPTER 3Toward Achieving an Effective Eco-Ethological–Existential Analysis with the Five Varieties of Public Safety Personality Styles PART III Eco-Ethological–Existential Analytic Therapy on the Front Line CHAPTER 4 Provoking Motivation through the Field of Despair in the Multiangular Polychromatic Lens of Dissociation via Eight Officer-Patients’ Odysseys Glossary Epilogue: Toward an Antidote to Terrorism: An Eco-Ethological– Existential AnalysisIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book explores five important areas where technology affects society, and suggests ways in which human communication can facilitate the use of that technology.Usability has become a foundational discipline in technical and professional communication that grows out of our rhetorical roots, which emphasize purpose and audience. As our appreciation of audience has grown beyond engineers and scientists to lay users of technology, our appreciation of the diversity of those audiences in terms of age, geography, and other factors has similarly expanded.We are also coming to grips with what Thomas Friedman calls the 'flat world,' a paradigm that influences how we communicate with members of other cultures and speakers of other languages. And because most of the flatteners are either technologies themselves or technology-driven, technical and professional communicators need to leverage these technologies to serve global audiences.Similarly, we are inundated with information about world crisTrade Review"This is an outstanding collection of papers for use in a technical communication - and for technical communication practitioners who wish to learn about crucial issues and developments in the field. The major topics are, without exception, important. Individual papers address issues through a variety of methodologies, including case study." - Muriel Zimmerman, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara "Editors Hayhoe and Grady have combined a wide range of topics into a single reference work that surveys the ever-growing field of technical communication. This anthology provides a clear snapshot of the space between today's technology and the people who use it." - Brenda Huettner, President, P-N Designs, Inc. "Too many people still see effective communication as a luxury - a useful but nonessential ingredient of products and processes. In contrast, this book nicely demonstrates the far-reaching impact that technical and professional communication can have on issues of relevance in today's world. As such, it should be an eye-opener for many readers in the field, notably students at all levels." - Jean-luc Doumont, Ph.D., Founding Partner, Principiae"Table of ContentsIntroduction: George F. Hayhoe and Helen M. GradyPart I-Usability: Making Technology Fit Its UsersChapter 1 Making Connections: Teaming Up to Connect Users, Developers, and Usability ExpertsCarol Barnum, David Deyton, Kevin Gillis, and Joe O'ConnorChapter 2 Usability Standards: Connecting Practice Around the WorldWhitney QuesenberyChapter 3 Conducting an Automated Experiment Over the Internet to Assess Navigation Design for a Medical Web Site Containing Multipage ArticlesElisabeth Cuddihy, Carolyn Wei, Alexandra Bartell, Jen Barrick, Brandon Maust, Seth S. Leopold, and Jan H. SpyridakisChapter 4 Manuals for the Elderly: Text Characteristics That Help or Hinder Older Users Floor van Horen, Carel Jansen, Leo Noordman, and Alfons MaesPart II-Globalization: Overcoming the Challenges of Languages and CulturesChapter 5 Communication as a Key to Global BusinessReinhard Schäler Chapter 6 The Hidden Costs of Cross-Cultural Documentation Marie-Louise Flacke Chapter 7 How to Save Time and Money by Connecting the Writing Process to the Update and Translation ProcessMargaretha ErikssonChapter 8 Technical Communication and Cross-Cultural Miscommunication: User Culture and the Outsourcing of WritingJoseph JeyarajChapter 9 Presenting in English to International Audiences: A Critical Survey of Published Advice and Actual PracticeThomas Orr, Renu Gupta, Atsuko Yamazaki, and Laurence AnthonyPart III-Health and Safety: Informing Society of Risks and DangersChapter 10 Public Professional Communication in the Anti-Terror Age: A Discourse AnalysisCatherine F. SmithChapter 11 Challenges to Effective Information and Communication Systems in Humanitarian Relief OrganizationsChristina Maiers, Margaret Reynolds, and Mark HaselkornChapter 12 Using Role Sets to Engage and Persuade Visitors of Web Sites that Promote Safe Sex Michaël F. SteehouderChapter 13 Physicians and Patients: How Professionals Build Relationships through Rapport ManagementKim CampbellPart IV-Biotechnology: Reporting Its Potential and Its Problems Chapter 14 Connecting Popular Culture and Science: The Case of Biotechnology Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Cheryl W. RuggieroChapter 15 Biotechnology and Global Miscommunication with the Public: Rhetorical Assumptions, Stylistic Acts, Ethical ImplicationsSteven B. KatzChapter 16 The Need for Technical Communicators as Facilitators of Negotiation in Controversial Technology Transfer CasesDale L. SullivanPart V-Corporate Environment: ImprovingTechnologyChapter 17 Technical Language: Learning from the Columbia and Challenger ReportsPaul M. DombrowskiChapter 18 The Theoretical Foundations of Service Leadership: A New ParadigmJudith B. Strother and Svafa GrönfeldtChapter 19 Managing Collaboration: Adding Communication and Documentation Environment to a Product Development CycleLaura S. Batson and Susan FeinbergChapter 20 Virtual Office Communication Protocols: A System for Managing International Virtual TeamsKirk St. AmantChapter 21 Knowledge Management in the Aerospace IndustryDavid J. Harvey and Robert HoldsworthChapter 22 Using Their Digital Notes: Three Cases to Make Tacit Knowledge Visible in a Web-based SurroundingLeisbeth Rentinck Meet the Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFranz Ruppert''s book explores the different types of trauma experience, along with the bonding theories of John Bowlby and attachment work of Mary Ainsworth and others, forming a multigenerational picture of the dynamics of trauma.Experiences of trauma can be so painful as to cause a split in the personality. It is impossible for a mother or father to avoid passing something of their own traumatic experiences on to their children through the process of bonding. These are the deeper feelings, perceptions, thoughts and embodied ways of being which form the residue of the trauma.Informed by his clinical experience Franz Ruppert introduces his insights into the origins of psychological distress. He has developed a unique way of working sensitively with Constellations to reveal and resolve the hidden dynamics of past trauma.

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Book SynopsisPsychology, psychotherapy, counselling, psychiatryTrade ReviewRuppert's concept of Multigenerational Systemic Psycho-Traumatology (MSPT) and his use of the constellations process, through the mediation of the representatives' experiences, to support healthy autonomy are truly groundbreaking. In addition, his theory of symbiotic trauma is too important to stay solely within the field of constellations. This book will be of crucial interest to anyone working within the field of trauma. Marta Thorsheim, certified Constellator and Trainer (DGfS)Table of ContentsChapter 1. Forever Yours - or Forever Alone? Chapter 2. What is "Symbiosis"? Chapter 3. Symbiosis as a Psychological Concept. Chapter 4. What is Autonomy? Chapter 5. Constructive and Destructive Forms of Symbiosis. Chapter 6. Trauma as the Main Cause of Psychological Disorders. Chapter 7. Symbiosis between Parents and Children. Chapter 8. Symbiotic Trauma. Chapter 9. Symbiotic Entanglements. Chapter 10. Bonding-Oriented Trauma Constellations. Chapter 11. Resolving Symbiotic Entanglements. Chapter 12 Hope.

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Book SynopsisAn Existential Approach to Interpersonal Trauma provides a new existential framework for understanding the experiences of interpersonal trauma building on reflections from Marc Boaz's own personal history, clinical insight and research.The book suggests that psychology, psychotherapy and existentialism do not recognise the significance of the existential movements that occur in traumatic confrontations with reality. By considering what people find at the limits and boundaries of human experiencing, Boaz describes the ways in which they can disillusion and re-illusion themselves, and how this becomes incorporated into their modes of existing in the world and in relation to others. In incorporating the experience of trauma into the way people live all the existential horror, terror and liberation contained within it Boaz invites them to embrace an expansive ethic of (re)(dis)covery. This ethic recognises the ambiguity and spectrality of interpersonalTrade Review'Trauma theory tends to concentrate on either the event, or the physiological and mental effects on the person. It sees trauma as something that is unusual that happens to other people. These approaches neglect the apparently simple question, ‘What is it that is traumatised?’. In this groundbreaking book Marc Boaz radically reframes this question philosophically. He makes a compelling case for the need to understand interpersonal trauma existentially, and in terms of the paradoxes and dilemmas of our embodied and relational world. The appropriateness of this approach will be brought home to everyone interested in the area by the way he relates his philosophical insights to therapeutic practice.'Martin Adams, Existential therapist and author of An Existential Approach to Human Development‘This is essential reading for all those wanting to learn more about interpersonal trauma and its theoretical underpinnings. Marc makes an invaluable contribution to field by exploring key concepts and questions about trauma and setting out important implications for practice.’Kadra Abdinasir, Associate Director for Children and Young People’s Mental Health, Centre for Mental Health Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I Early and contemporary psychotraumatology; 1. Early psychiatric and psychoanalytic psychotraumatology; 2. Paradoxes and tensions; 3. Interpersonal traumas as psychological and social pathologies; 4. Contemporary trauma-focused psychotherapies; Part II An existential understanding of interpersonal trauma; 5. Existential understandings of human suffering and trauma; 6. Existential understandings of traumatic embodiment and identity; 7. Existential ambiguities, liminality and reality-denial in traumatic confrontations; Part III Implications for practice; 8. Implications for practice; References

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Book SynopsisGroupwork with Refugees and Survivors of Human Rights Abuses describes, explores and promotes the power of groupwork for refugees and survivors of human rights abuses in a range of contexts. Drawing on multiple theoretical approaches, the book features chapters from practitioners running groups in different settings, such as torture rehabilitation services, refugee camps, and reception centres. The voices of participants demonstrate the variety, creativity, and value of group and community approaches for recovery. The editors have gathered chapters into three sections covering: community-based approaches; groups that work through the medium of body and soul; and group approaches that focus on change through the spoken word. The book will be relevant to those working in rehabilitation, community, mental health, and humanitarian fields and are interested in using groupwork as part of their services.The Open Access version of this book, availTrade ReviewThis is an exceptional and authoritative book that appears at the appropriate time, to help all of us grasp the complexities of human suffering resulting from the adversities of various forms of involuntarily dislocation and human rights violations, from a wide variety of perspectives. Its encyclopaedic, almost, scope provides a broad vision of effective interventions in many different contexts and settings, all over the world. Combining theory and practice, the book is written by committed practitioners, generously sharing their expertise and experiences, but also their sincere reflections about their work. The book will be a welcome resource for everyone working in these fields as well as for the informed readers who wish to obtain a thoughtful update on the current developments of these interventions.Professor Renos K Papadopoulos, PhD, University of Essex. Clinical Psychologist, Family Therapist and Jungian psychoanalyst; author of Involuntary Dislocation. Home, Trauma, Resilience and Adversity-Activated DevelopmentFraming the injustices against torture survivors, including asylum seekers, as moral transgressions requiring moral responses, this book brings together a collection of varied and powerful group practice examples of such responses. Togetherness, in group-based and community-based work with survivors, is exemplified as both a metaphor and as a means to foster solidarity against injustice, human connection, awareness-raising and collective action, towards the restoration of the human dignity of survivors and towards justice. In an era of individualising, pathologising psychological therapies being heralded as solutions to all forms of trauma, this book reminds us of the immense creativity and power of groupwork in enabling change beyond the individual. It is a timely and an invaluable resource for all those working with refugees and survivors of human rights abuses.Nimisha Patel, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of East London and Director of International Centre for Health and Human Rights, UKAs a practitioner based in Sri Lanka, this collected volume was one I wanted to immediately share with my colleagues. Drawing from practice across diverse contexts - from Zimbabwe to Tunisia, from the UK to Uganda - the book brings together a truly global set of contributions that are accessible, descriptive and genuinely inspiring. The chapters give us an account of the underlying theories of change and values that guide these processes. Crucially, many also provide us with vital details about how these are responding to the wider events and socio-political processes that the participants of groupwork have to navigate in their daily lives - and underscore the importance of organic connections between approaches, context and the people involved in this work. The voices and views of the people whose experiences drive the groupwork are consistently and actively represented throughout, as are the different traditions and epistemologies that the approaches draw from. The contrasts between the diverse settings and approaches are largely implicit, but are very present and tangible to the reader, greatly enriching their experience. This collected volume is truly relevant to a global audience, offering meaningful insights into therapeutic groupwork approaches that have a lot to teach practitioners in any context. Ananda Galappatti, Director of Strategy, MHPSS.netWhat a book! So much material, so many examples of hope emerging out of coming to terms with painful tragedy. The Contributors to this title have brought to life the challenges, and the joys of helping people to find their inner resources to cope with perhaps the worst of human experience – violent inhumanity. This is achieved by offering the reader examples of what has made a personal difference from groupwork projects around the world. The power of the group experience is revealed in many ways as people spend time together, seeking a way forward and offering each other support and encouragement. There is something fundamentally enhancing to the person through positive and constructive group experience. This title is impressive and inspiring, offering examples of how the best of human experience can help people to find new lives after experiencing the worst of humanity. And on a lighter note: from reading this book I now understand the therapeutic power of sprouting broccoli. You will have to read it as well to discover this. Richard Bryant-Jefferies, author, Counselling Victims of WarfareThe absolute joy in this book, is its accessibility and practical application for humanitarian practitioners engaged in groupwork with refugees and survivors of human rights abuses. The sheer geographic breadth of examples from Peru, Uganda, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Kosovo, and the UK amongst other contexts, demonstrates the electric and creative work happening at a local level in countries hosting refugees - whether they are persons recently displaced, in transit or navigating legal asylum application systems in host countries. The case studies illuminate effective, culturally-relevant and alternative group (therapeutic) approaches that counter-balance and challenge the harmful dominance of the ‘Western and individualised’ medical mental health model. This book is recommended reading for anyone, working within and outside of humanitarian contexts, who wishes to harness the positive aspects of group approaches to support refugees and survivors of human rights abuses. Sarah Harrison, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support PractitionerThis text opens us up to the power of collectiveness and how practitioners have applied the group approach to support individuals and communities heal and overcome emotional difficulties, suffered as a result of rights violations and abuse. The Book is a rich collection of exemplars, showcasing the work of community-based practitioners that have been carefully selected from a diverse range of countries. The context where interventions were implemented, range from conflict, displacement and torture, hence enabling the reader to relate groupwork approaches with the unique needs of these communities. Each book chapter presents a very unique country context which enables the reader to broaden their understanding of groupwork and how it can be applied in multiple contexts. From Zimbabwe to Peru, the authors share lived experiences of survivors and their sheer will to overcome adversity, rebuild their lives and support one another to regain their esteem, by working together in groups. For a researcher looking to learn more about the collective healing power of groupwork, to the practitioner eager to deliver low cost community appropriate interventions, the Power of Togetherness is an invaluable resource.Patrick Onyango Mangen, Chief Executive Officer REPSSIThis book is a very welcome addition to the literature; it is innovative in that it brings together a wealth of information from a number of countries about group and community work in relation to human rights. It is written in an accessible style, is broad in its scope and provides a range of diverse illustrative examples. The reader will learn a lot about varied projects and the power of this work. The chapters are written by people bringing a range of skills and creative thinking and it may encourage others to take part in this important work. The richness of the content of this book will be very useful to anyone concerned about human rights. Rachel Tribe, Professor of Applied Psychology, University of East London, UKTable of ContentsForeword. Boris Drožđek; Introduction. The Editors; 1. Group and Community Approaches: A response to the barriers of institutional racism in the UK asylum system. Robin Ewart-Biggs; SECTION 1 – Building communities; 2. Tree of Life Zimbabwe: Community-Based Trauma Healing. Lynn Walker, Eugenia Mpande, Susan Wyatt; 3. Listen to Our Voices: Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST); 4. "We all together carry the suffering now": Community supports after enforced disappearances in Perú. Miryam Rivera-Holguín, Victoria Cavero, Jozef Corveleyn, Lucia De Haene; 5. What is the use of talking when I can’t feed my children? TPO Uganda’s integrated approach to supporting refugees. Grace Obalim, Caleb Tukahiirwa, Letitia Biira Birungi, Elias Manirakiza; 6. Home Away from Home: Healing among Congolese refugees in Rwanda through community-based sociotherapy. Theophile Sewimfura, Emmanuel Sarabwe, Annemiek Richters; 7. Women and Girls Safe Spaces: The power of feminist social groupwork in humanitarian settings, Melanie Megevand, Micah Williams, Laura Marchesini; 8. A Therapeutic Community for Survivors of Torture and Human Rights Abuses. Room to Heal; 9. The Use of Groupes de Parole as a Medium for Change in the Tunisian Penal System: Confronting institutional violence in a context of democratic transition. Mark Fish, Rim Ben Ismail; 10. Author Discussion: Building Communities; SECTION 2 - ‘Body and Soul’; 11. Adversity, Therapeutic Witnessing and the Arts. Enda Moclair; 12. A Move Towards Groupwork: Addressing Complex PTSD in Survivors of Torture through Trauma-Sensitive Yoga and LGBTQ Peer Support Groups. Aisling Hearns; 13. Homelands and New Lands: Artmaking with refugee survivors of human rights abuses. Amanda Bingley, Emma Rose, Macarena Rioseco; 14. The Art of Healing in a Transitory Context: Groupwork with people seeking asylum in asylum centres in Kosovo. Ardiana Bytyçi, Malisa Zymberi, Besnik Rustemi, Ejona Miraka Icka, Feride Rushiti; 15. Stone Flowers: A Music Group with Refugee Survivors of Torture. Christine Adcock, Jude Boyles, Lis Murphy, Emmanuela Yogolelo; 16. Seeds of Hope. Mary Raphaely, Martha Orbach; 17. Football Therapy Groups for Survivors of Torture. Terry Hanley; 18. Author Discussion: Body and Soul; SECTION 3 – Together through Talk; 19. Healing through Connecting: The life of a Tamil-English therapy group for male survivors of torture. Kirsten Lamb; 20. Connecting Hearts and Minds: A faith-sensitive psychosocial group model. Weihui Wang; 21. Sew to Speak: Common Threads Project Psychotherapy Circles. Rachel Cohen; 22. Voicing the Unspoken. Support our Sisters: A model of groupwork for women affected by female genital mutilation. Peggy Mulongo; 23. Author Discussion: Together through Talk

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Book SynopsisTrauma and Memory will assist mental health experts and professionals, as well as the interested public, in understanding the scientific issues around trauma memory, and how this differs from other areas of memory. This book provides accounts of the damage caused to psychology and survivors internationally by false memory groups and ideas. It is unequivocally passionate about the truth of trauma memory and exposing the damaging disinformation that can seep into the field. Contributors to this book include leading professionals from the field of criminology, law, psychology and psychotherapy in the UK and USA, along with survivor-professionals who understand only too well the damage such disinformation can cause.This book is a valuable resource for mental health professionals of all disciplines including those involved with relevant law and public health policy. It will also help survivors and survivor-professionals in gaining insight into the forces resistingTrade Review"Sinason and Conway have assembled a stellar group of authors who cover a range of topics concerning the history of the idea of False Memory of childhood abuse and the reliability of the science recruited in support of this notion. They also analyse, from a variety of viewpoints, the nature of repression and the lasting effects of trauma on memory. The authors bring expertise from various disciplines, casting light on many facets of this complex and contentious issue, creating a collection that is at once scholarly and easy to read. This book will be essential reading for clinicians working with adults who were abused as children and for anyone concerned with the more obscure reaches of human memory." - John Morton, OBE, FRS Professor Emeritus, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience; Former Director of the Medical Research Council Cognitive Development Unit, University College London, UK"I am honoured to endorse this book dedicated to my friend Jennifer Freyd. It is a unique collection of reasoned contributions by a well-chosen set of accomplished authors, a number of whom had the reality of their childhood abuse affirmed in court. They write with courage, clarity and authenticity. This book chronicles and critiques the way we as a society have had to go to the brink in order not to succumb to falsehood." - Professor Warwick Middleton MB BS, FRANZCP, MD, Professor, University of Queensland, Australia; Past President, International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD)"Trauma and Memory explores many facets of trauma memory and the concept of ‘false memories’, including exploring the damage caused internationally by false memory groups and ideas. Contributors to this book include many ISSTD members who are leading professionals from the field of criminology, law, psychology and psychotherapy, along with survivor-professionals. Lynn Crook writes about the stories the media missed. Ruth Blizzard and Valerie Sinason re-examine the lost-in the-mall study and ask "Were 'false memories' created to promote a false defence?" Winja Buss evaluates false memory and Michael Salter discusses finding a new narrative in response to ‘false memory’ disinformation. These are just a few chapters in an edited collection that promises to be a valuable resource for ISSTD members of all disciplines." - ISSTD NewsletterTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1: In conversation with Ross Chei; 2: False Memory Syndrome Movement: The Origins and the Promoters; 3: The Rocky Road to False Memories – Stories the Media Missed; 4: Re-examining the Lost-in-the-Mall Study: Were "false memories" created to promote a false defence? In conversation with Ruth Blizzard; 5: Evaluating False Memory Research, Winja Buss; 6: The Abuse of Science to Silence the Abused; 7: False memory syndrome; 8: Trauma, skin: memory, speech; 9: Sigmund Freud’s Concept of Repression: Historical and Empirical Perspectives; 10: Terror in the consulting-room ­ memory, trauma, and dissociation; 11: How can we remember but be unable to recall? The complex functions of multi-modular memory; 12: "What if I should die?"; 13: Finding a new narrative: Meaningful responses to ‘false memory’ disinformation; 14: `Do No Harm’? Hearing and responding to victims and survivors

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Book SynopsisArt Therapy, Trauma, and Neuroscience combines theory, research, and practice with traumatized populations in a neuroscience framework. The classic edition includes a new preface from the author discussing advances in the field.Recognizing the importance of a neuroscience- and trauma-informed approach to art therapy practice, research, and education, some of the most renowned figures in art therapy and trauma use translational and integrative neuroscience to provide theoretical and applied techniques for use in clinical practice. Graduate students, therapists, and educators will come away from this book with a refined understanding of brain-based interventions in a dynamic yet accessible format.Trade Review"As the knowledge base about brain function has expanded, so too has our scope of practice in art therapy. For years I have seen cognitively impaired and traumatized patients seem to improve attention, integration, memory, and resilience through the art-making process; now there are clear links showing how art therapy remediates these parameters. I applaud Ms. King’s book, which demystifies neuroscience and enlightens the contribution of art therapy as an effective treatment."Irene Rosner David, PhD, ATR-BC, LCAT, HLM, director of therapeutic arts at Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City"This volume captures an array of trauma-related topics and clinical wisdom that demonstrate our ever-growing understanding of the interface of art therapy approaches and neuroscience. The authors thoughtfully apply their knowledge of visual art and the brain to build a bridge that links expressive work with how sensory-based, practical techniques can help heal body and mind. Art Therapy, Trauma, and Neuroscience definitely opens up a conversation about brain-based interventions for creative arts therapists and professionals in related fields interested in applying these principles in work with a variety of populations."Cathy Malchiodi, PhD, LPCC, LPAT, ATR-BC, REAT, executive director of the Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute in Louisville, Kentucky"This timely book offers excellent examples of various applications of scientific knowledge to the practice of art therapy. A valuable contribution to the profession, this volume will enhance the readers’ understanding of art therapy and trauma and the facilitation of change inherent in art therapy treatment."Linda M. Chapman, MA, ATR-BC, director of the Art Therapy Institute of the Redwoods, Redwood Valley, California"Art Therapy, Trauma, and Neuroscience contains a wealth of information that can be utilized by art therapists working with clients recovering from trauma. It provides an accessible and accurate overview of current concepts in neuroscience, along with a wide variety of conceptual frameworks and models for understanding the relationship between neuroanatomical functions associated with visual expression and those involved in trauma and recovery. The included case studies provide clear examples of how each model informs individualized art therapy work."Christianne E. Strang, PhD, ATR-BC, research instructor in the department of psychology at the University of Alabama, BirminghamTable of ContentsPreface for the Classic Edition. Preface. Foreword by Robert M. Pascuzzi, MD. 1. Introduction Juliet L. King 2. Neuroscience Concepts in Clinical Practice Lukasz M. Konopka 3. The Expressive Therapies Continuum as a Framework in the Treatment of Trauma Vija B. Lusebrink and Lisa D. Hinz 4. The Image Comes First: Treating Preverbal Trauma with Art Therapy Linda Gantt and Tally Tripp 5. Secure Resiliency: Art Therapy Relational Neuroscience Trauma Treat,ent Principles and Guidlelines Noah Hass-Cohen 6. Neuroscience and Art Therapy with Severely Traumatized Children: The Art is the Evidence P. Gussie Klorer 7. Practical Applications of Neuroscience in Art Therapy: A Holistic Approach to Treating Trauma in Children Christopher M. Belkofer and Emily Nolan 8. A Body-Based Bilateral Art Protocol for Reprocessing Trauma Tally Tripp 9. Medical Art Therapy Applied to the Trauma Experienced by those Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff and Morgan Gaydos 10. Conclusion Juliet King with Kerry Kruk

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Book SynopsisTransforming Emotional Pain presents an accessible self-help approach to mental health based on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). Based on the principles of EFT, and developed by clinicians and researchers, this client-focused workbook is designed to supplement psychotherapy and can also serve as a self-help book. It will help readers learn how to regulate feelings that are unpleasant and transform painful feelings, so that they can fulfil their needs and feel more connected and empowered in their lives. Providing a step-by-step sequential guide to exploring, embracing, and transforming emotions, the various chapters guide the reader to help overcome emotional avoidance, with sections on: transforming the emotional self-interrupter; transforming the inner self-worrier; transforming the self-critic; and healing from emotional injury. This workbook can be used by trained therapists, mental health professionals, psychology professionals, and trainees as supplementarTrade Review'This much-awaited book is the first of its kind, and unlike any other in the self-help genre. Rich practical exercises, based on sound science, explore an insightful vision of this workbook can usher people through the steps of transforming their feelings.'Antonio Pascual-Leone, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, University of Windsor, Canada'For readers eager to opening doors to a deeper understanding of themselves and our most challenging, yet most transformational experiences: our emotions. A wonderful resource to better know what you feel and what you need to understand your pain and how to change it.'- Carla Cunha, Ph.D., Associate Professor at University of Maia – ISMAI, Portugal, coordinator of the Erasmus+ project EmpoweringEFT@EU, involving five European countriesTable of ContentsIntroduction to the Transforming Emotional Pain Workbook; 1: The Role of Emotions in Our Lives; 2: Optimal Use of Emotions; 3: Overcoming Emotional Avoidance (The Self-Interrupter); 4: Overcoming Emotional Avoidance (The Self-Worrier); 5: Transforming the Self-Critic; 6: Transforming Interpersonal Emotional Injury (Unfinished Business); 7: Summary and Conclusion; References; Appendices; Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique handbook provides a guide for supervisors of therapists who use Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, and those undergoing training in EMDR supervision.Whilst drawing on the literature on supervision theory and research, this book provides a down-to-earth guide to this topic, focusing on the European system of accreditation. The book guides the EMDR supervisor and supervisor-in-training in the difficult task of balancing the roles of educator, enabler, and evaluator.Using the author's unique blend of warmth, humour, and humility, the book includes vignettes of real-life situations encountered by the author and provides practical solutions to dilemmas encountered in EMDR supervision.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. What is supervision? 2. What is different and unique about EMDR supervision? 3. Ways of understanding and conceptualising EMDR supervision 4. The "Educating" function - learning the EMDR protocol 5. The "Enabling" function - enabling and supporting the therapist 6. The "Evaluating" function - ensuring good practice and adherence to the protocol 7. Integrating the Educating, Enabling, and Evaluating roles 8. Challenges in Supervision 9. Group supervision 10. The mechanics of supervision 11. Facilitation at EMDR trainings 12. Training EMDR supervisors Appendix 1 EMDR Therapy Consultation/Supervision Agreement Appendix 2 EMDR New Supervisee Checklist Appendix 3 EMDR Europe Competency Framework Appendic 4 EMDR Europe Consultant's Training Course

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Book SynopsisHolographic Reprocessing for Healing Trauma, Abuse, and Maltreatment facilitates constructive reorganization of the perception of trauma which in turn, modifies associated emotional and behavioral tendencies that render people stuck in repetitive cycling of trauma. These patterns are called experiential holograms. This book outlines a step-by-step process to 1) identify experiential holograms, 2) consider context to holistically reappraise meaning, and 3) reprocess using an imagery-based procedure of visiting one's younger self to offer a healing message. This novel approach is integrative, easily tailored to individual needs, and well-grounded in theory. It can be applied to healing from a variety of traumatic experiences including moral injury, medical, interpersonal, and military traumas. Numerous outcome studies support a growing evidence-base for the efficacy of this treatment, and this is an indispensable guide for trauma clinicians.Trade Review"I have seen great success with Dr. Katz’s Warrior Renew protocol and am honored to endorse this book, which presents a blueprint for using holographic reprocessing for a full range of trauma experiences. This book is a must read for any trauma therapist, not only for learning these techniques but also for reading multiple case examples that model for us Dr. Katz’s compassionate style for treating our most traumatized patients." Eliyahu Reich, PhD, trauma psychologist, past president of the Tennessee Psychological Association and Memphis Area Psychological Association"In this book, Lori Katz, a compassionate clinician and innovative thinker and researcher, offers a transdiagnostic, holistic path of healing for those who have experienced trauma, abuse, and maltreatment. Holographic Reprocessing elucidates the underlying patterns that create ripple effects of traumatic experiences through peoples' lives. This approach can transform individual lives and our collective network of interpersonal relationships."David R. Kopacz, MD, assistant professor, University of Washington, and author of Re-humanizing Medicine (2014); Caring for Self and Others (2023); and with Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow) Walking the Medicine Wheel (2016), and Becoming Medicine (2020)"This book is an invaluable resource for professionals who work with trauma survivors of any kind, combining a comprehensive exploration of theory with readily applicable tools to implement in practice. Holographic reprocessing is the culmination of decades of insights from clinical experience with this population and deeply rooted in an extensive body of research. This innovative approach helps survivors achieve powerful, lasting change in their lives."Nicole Myers, MD, former US Army CaptainTable of ContentsSection 1: Foundation for holographic reprocessing 1. Introduction to holographic reprocessing 2. Theoretical foundation 3. Neural networks and associative learning 4. Holograms and experiential holograms Section 2: Implementing holographic reprocessing 5. Initial session and preparation for treatment 6. Emotion regulation skills 7. Experiential discovery 8. Interpersonal experiential holograms 9. Other trauma-based experiential holograms 10. Considering context 11. Imagery reprocessing 12. Integration and moving forward Section 3: Status in the field 13. Comparison to other trauma therapies 14. Current outcome research

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Book SynopsisThe new diagnosis of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder presents diagnostic and treatment challenges that need to be grappled with, since, in a troubled world, it is increasingly important to understand the impact and aftermath of traumatic experiences and, crucially, how to work with those affected by them.In Complex Trauma, Joanne Stubley and Linda Young have assembled a fascinating range of approaches in order to explore the questions of understanding and intervention. They detail the relevance of an applied psychoanalytic approach, both in the Tavistock Trauma Service and, more broadly, in illuminating understanding of traumatized individuals. The book includes chapters related to the impact of trauma on the body, as well as on the mind, incorporating neurobiological and attachment theory to develop ideas on the impact and aftermath of complex trauma. A number of specialist areas of trauma work are covered within this volume, including work with adolescents, with refugees and asylum seekers, with military veterans, and with survivors of child sexual abuse.The editors bring together chapters that will be of interest to those working with traumatized individuals in a variety of settings and using different modalities. The central importance of relationships, as understood within the psychoanalytic model, is depicted throughout as being at the heart of understanding and working with traumatic experience.Table of Contents1. Complex trauma: the initial consultation 2. The Tavistock Trauma Service 3. Complex trauma: working with other modalities within a psychoanalytic frame 4. The body as the new royal road to the unconscious 5. Working with traumatised adolescents: a framework for intervention 6. Designing and working in a service for women with historical child sexual abuse 7. Relational trauma and oppression: clinical work with young men who were groomed and sexually abused as children 8. Helping the heroes: psychoanalytic work with military veterans 9. Bridging the gap: developing a thinking space for refugees 10. Between hope and horror: complex trauma in refugees and asylum seekers 11. The game of football: psychoanalytical reflections on love, hope, and resilience 12. Therapeutic yoga and psychotherapy for facilitating post-traumatic growth 13. Trauma and the body: a psychoanalytic reading of Almodovar’s The Skin I Live In 14. Writing trauma: literary representations of traumatic experience 15. Complex trauma in a time of crisis 16. Endings in the work: with patients with complex trauma

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Book SynopsisA Psychoanalytic Understanding of Trauma presents a theory of the nature of trauma and post-traumatic mental functioning based on the concept of the zero process'.Joseph Fernando presents a novel, comprehensive, and clinically useful theory of trauma. The author first presents theories of trauma and describes the zero process, related to the breakdown of various ego functions, such as memory and integration, during trauma. Rather than replacing Freud's ideas of the primary process and repression, Fernando expands on the idea of the mind to include both types of functioning, identifies how they can be differentiated, and examines the different therapeutic techniques they require. He also considers how trauma impacts the construction of reality, the role of human development, the relation of trauma and borderline disorders, and the development of therapeutic technique. Through the unique illustration and narration of cases of three patients, Fernando presents conceptuaTrade Review"Dr. Fernando is an exciting psychoanalytic thinker and contemporary ego psychologist, whose creativity, riveting clinical acumen and scholarship show especially in the presentation of his new concept, "zero process" in illumination of how a traumatized person’s mind functions. This work is fresh and brilliantly helpful to everyday practice." - Rosemary Balsam M.D., Yale Medical School; Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis"With a deft blending of the modern conflict theory of psychoanalysis with advanced studies of psychic trauma, the perspective of drives, and the work of Bion and contemporary French contributors, Joseph Fernando offers us an expanded and deepened view of the traumatized mind. An original contribution in this setting is his concept of the 'zero process' denoting the mental functioning left over after the ordinary construction of reality is shattered. Providing ample clinical illustrations, he lucidly presents the explicatory and therapeutic value of such conceptualization. This is an important book and deserves our serious attention." - Salman Akhtar, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College Training and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia"With his zero process theory, Joseph Fernando develops a unique psychoanalytic theory of trauma based on Freud's concepts and theories. With his theoretical approach and his detailed clinical descriptions of post-traumatic memories, symptoms, and disorders, he opens up a deeper understanding of how the traumatic mind works. He succeeds in shedding new light on hitherto inadequately understood traumatic phenomena, thus providing new directions for their therapeutic treatment. Fernando's book is an outstanding theoretical and clinically convincing contribution to the field of trauma research." - Werner Bohleber, PhD, Psychoanalyst, Former Editor of the German Psychoanalytic Journal PSYCHE"There are many ideas in this new book that I totally subscribe to; others that, unsurprisingly, I would formulate differently. What really matters, however, is that the ideas contained here are at once bold, rational, thought-provoking, and clinically useful. Joseph Fernando’s work in general, and this book in particular, demonstrate something of great importance to me: that metapsychology is alive and kicking; that it is a field open to revision and to new and original contributions; that it is inseparable from – and vital for – clinical thinking in psychoanalysis." - Dominique Scarfone, Training and supervising analyst at the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteTable of ContentsSeries Editor’s Foreword by Gabriela LegorretaPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1 The Traumatic ProcessLack of preparedness, and being overwhelmed Triggers, repetitions, and conversion symptomsRepression, dissociation, and ego shut downFixation to traumaOverwhelming from outside versus overwhelming from insideChapter 2 Trauma, the Zero Process, and the Construction of RealityTraumatic memories and the construction of realityThe zero process, the primary process, and the secondary processSome applications: mourning, intergenerational transmission of trauma, and internal objectsA trip down memory laneChapter 3 The Zero Process Drive and Zero Process DefensesThe zero process driveRepressionDissociation Zero process denial and temporal shiftingDissociative identity disorder and splitting of the identity Chapter 4 The Relation of Borderline Disorders to TraumaThe zero process, the primary process, and the secondary process revisitedDynamics, deficits, and development in borderline disordersRepression, Internalization, and traumaProjective identification, identification with the aggressor, and splitting of the identityChapter 5 Therapeutic Technique in Analyzing Post-Traumatic StatesApproaching the zero process The relation of the analysis of the zero process to the analysis of other phenomenaThe central post-traumatic complexSummaryConclusion GlossaryReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis guidebook is part of The Trauma Recovery Toolkit and needs to be purchased alongside the flashcards for full and effective use. Both can be purchased together as a set: 978-0-367-54690-8This guidebook is part of The Trauma Recovery Toolkit, a guidebook and flashcard set that has been created to empower individuals living with the effects of trauma and the mental health professionals that support them.Inspired by the latest research surrounding mindfulness, self-compassion, neuroscience and trauma recovery, the resource explores the effect of trauma on the brain and body and offers strategies which may be helpful in combatting the symptoms. The flashcard format enables trauma survivors to creatively respond to visual aids and prompts in a way that is comfortable for them, providing mental health professionals with a more creative and person-centred approach to directing clients towards their own healing journey.This Trade ReviewPraise for The Trauma Recovery Toolkit These wonderfully illustrated cards will be tremendously helpful in therapeutic work with trauma survivors. By bringing to life exciting yet complex information about neurobiology and trauma, they offer a compassionate and wise set of resources for exploring and healing from trauma. Highly recommended. Dr Jacqui Dillon, Independent Trauma Expert, Survivor and ActivistThis is a comprehensive compilation of trauma concepts and visual exercises for mental health clients with trauma histories. The beautifully illustrated flash cards provide a creative path beyond the verbal approach and can be used in partnership with professionals or by clients themselves. The visual approach produces many wonderful and apposite metaphors that will resonate with clients and help provide ways forward for people who may have been stuck for years. This is a remarkable resource for the expanding field of trauma treatment.Dr Marian Liebmann, Art Therapist and AuthorThis beautifully illustrated toolkit reflects Kim Matias's depth and breadth of knowledge on Trauma Recovery. Her mastery of this subject means that she can explain complex issues clearly. Her engaging writing style and use of rich visual metaphors make this publication extremely accessible [...] this toolkit is a treasure trove of resources for therapists who will find it easy to follow and use. It will be an inspiration for anyone with a personal or professional interest in this issue.Val Huet, Director of Research and development, BAATTable of ContentsThis guidebook is part of The Trauma Recovery Toolkit and needs to be purchased alongside the flashcards for full and effective use. Both can be purchased together as a set: 978-0-367-54690-8Personal background and introduction to toolkit A definition of trauma Chapter 1: Stabilisation Chapter 2: Practical use of flashcards Chapter 3: How trauma affects the brain Chapter 4: How trauma affects the body (viewed through a polyvagal theory lens) Chapter 5: Introduction to ‘what could help’ cards Chapter 6: Trauma informed mindfulness Chapter 7: Trauma informed self-compassion Chapter 8: The road to recovery Chapter 9: Visual referencing: Onwards and beyond Clinical examples Appendix

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Book SynopsisThis is an interactive self-help workbook and psychological road map to enable survivors of coercive, cultic and spiritual abuse to find healing, recovery and growth.This book provides a comprehensive guide to recovery, based on a tested model of post-cult counselling, and years of research and clinical experience. It is designed to help survivors of diverse abusive settings, including religious and spiritual, political, gangs, business, therapy and wellness and one-on-one relationships. The reader follows a beautifully illustrated journey through four Phases of recovery and growth, one Milestone at a time, to make sense of what has happened to them, learn how to walk free from psychological control and find resources for healing. The author includes stories from her own experience, detailing her path towards recovery and how she learned to come to terms with and overcome what happened to her. Written in accessible language, this workbook serves as both a self-hTrade Review‘The world today is experiencing a massive proliferation of destructive cultic groups - religious, political, terrorist, commercial, self-help, healing, recovery, and many other kinds of groups that use deceptive recruitment tactics and coercive control of members. To the very few books meant to help those leaving cults, Dr. Jenkinson adds this comprehensive and essential volume. Having herself traversed the daunting path from traumatic abuse in a cult to freedom and recovery, Dr. Jenkinson offers the reader decades of wisdom gleaned from her therapeutic work with survivors, distilled into this eminently readable and usable volume. Both survivors and therapists alike will welcome and treasure this essential and urgently needed addition to the cult recovery literature.’Daniel Shaw, psychoanalyst and author of Traumatic Narcissism: Relational Systems of Subjugation and Traumatic Narcissism and Recovery: Leaving the Prison of Shame and Fear‘Gillie Jenkinson has provided former members and those who counsel them with a unique gift, which will profoundly impact the recovery field. After leaving cult life's cognitive and emotional confusion, Dr. Jenkinson uses the perfect grounding metaphor of a physical journey (with illustrations) to give former cult members a step-by-step ‘psychological roadmap’. Like the best kind of guide, she offers wisdom gained from her own cult experience and her years as a therapist in the cult recovery field. With each step forward, as the ‘fog’ of cult life begins to clear, former members can finally arrive at a place where they gain their authentic identity with a wide range of feelings and a clearer sense of reality. This workbook is a remarkable achievement.’ Lorna Goldberg, LCSW, PsyA, Past President, International Cultic Studies Association and Director, Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies‘Dr. Gillie Jenkinson is one of the most thoughtful and insightful clinicians in the cultic studies field. In this book, she applies her personal experience and many years of research and clinical work to construct a practical workbook for people leaving cultic groups. This is not simply an explanation of why people join and leave cults. The book provides what would be called ‘homework’ in some counseling approaches. It is interactive and asks ‘participants’ (they are much more than readers) to think and write, to complete forms, to wrestle with their memories, thoughts, and goals for the future. ‘Participating’ in this handbook could be worth thousands of dollars in consultation time. The book is a wonderful resource, especially for those former members who do not have the resources to travel and pay for professional consultation. I recommend it highly.’Michael D. Langone, PhD, Executive Director, International Cultic Studies Association‘This is a unique book and should be essential reading. It was forged in the fire of painful experience and refined by a keen mind. Gillie offers a clear pathway enabling others to make their own choices and find their own freedom. It is a remarkable story of personal transformation and hope.’Alistair Ross, Associate Professor, Psychotherapy, Oxford University‘Dr. Gillie Jenkinson is a professional I know and trust. Her work has helped in the education, awareness and healing of countless people.’Steven Hassan, PhD, MA, MEd, LMHC, NCC, Freedom of Mind Resource Center, Inc. ‘This valuable book is a sensitively written, practical guide to cult recovery. Based on her own experiences, first as a former member, and then as a therapist specializing in cult recovery, Dr. Jenkinson shares her knowledge and offers guidance for the difficult process of integrating into the non-cult world in a healthy way.’Alexandra Stein, PhD, visiting research fellow, London South Bank University‘There is a new tool to help former cult members and other survivors of abusive groups and relationships, and I will be recommending it to every former cult member who consults with me. In this ground-breaking book, Gillie Jenkinson literally takes her readers on a step-by-step journey to recovery. She doesn’t use jargon and she doesn’t list aspirational goals and leave the ‘how’ to the reader’s imagination. Instead, she offers clear exercises and examples that untangle the process of recovery. The whimsical illustrations help the reader to visualize the recommended steps and invite the reader to participate. I recommend this workbook without reservation.’Bill Goldberg, clinical social worker and psychoanalyst, formerly Program Supervisor for Rehabilitative Services for Rockland County, New York (retired)Table of ContentsPart One: Setting the scene Part Two: Who am I? Part Three: Preparing for the journey Part Four: The Walking Free journey Region 1: Leave physically so you can begin to recover psychologically Milestone 1: Leaving physically Region 2: Leaving psychologically Milestone 2: Face your doubts Milestone 3: Diagnose your group or relationship Milestone 4: How confluent were you? Milestone 5: Introjects, critical thinking and phobias milestone 6: Who are YOU? Milestone 7: Understanding traumatic stress Milestone 8: Boundary-setting assertive anger – and rage Milestone 9: Healthy self-love Milestone 10: Thought reform Milestone 11: Recognising other controlling dynamics Milestone 12: Unmasking the leader Region 3: Heal emotionally Milestone 13: Emotional healing Region 4: Walking Free Milestone 14: Reflections Milestone 15: Moving on and Walking Free! Part Five: Seeking therapy Part Six: Advice for therapists

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Book SynopsisThis book uses film/video-based therapy to help build resilience in facing personal, communal, national, and global trauma triggers. Offering a rich and diverse range of perspectives on trauma, this volume advocates positive social change using therapeutic techniques in filmmaking as well as film/video-based therapy, in conjunction with expressive art therapies such as drama, dance, music, painting, drawing, and more. Chapter authors address issues in one's home, community, country, and the world using integrative medicine and advocacy using film/video-based therapy and digital storytelling. The book highlights psychological trauma and how one can cope with the overwhelming triggers in today's world. It represents an articulate and comprehensive analysis of the ways in which traumatic human experience impacts, and is modified by, film and video media.  Representing a rich and diverse range of perspectives on trauma through the lens of a camera, the authors document imporTable of ContentsForeword by Albert "Skip" RizzoPart I: Introduction1. Film/Video-Based TherapyTM and Virtual RealityJoshua L. CohenPart II: Trauma in the Home, City, State/Province2. “No Longer Under Water”: The Role of Metaphors in Trauma Re-StoryingValentina Stoycheva3. The Application of Neurocinematics within Trauma Therapies and Integrative PracticesBronwyn Robertson4. Creating Videogames for PsychotherapyChristopher R. Harz5. My Journey through Breast CancerPenelope P. OrrPart III: Trauma in the United States6. Process Language and Its Impact: Making a Digital Cancer Narrative with Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients and SurvivorsLila Pereira, Kimberly Marynowski and Katie Dicola7. Creating Impact through Trauma-Informed Drama Therapy using Videos and Films: The Efficacy of Purposeful PerformanceBrooke Campbell8. The Wolfpack: Film as Therapy for the SoulJoanna N. Dovalis9. Video Storytelling: The Influence of Video and How It Can HealNancy Mramor KajuthPart IV: Trauma in the World10. Chuppah (The Wedding Canopy): The Holocaust and TraumaSascha Schneider11. Video Movie Therapy (VMT) PsychotherapyGaetano Giordano12. Directing with the “Gaze”: Video Art Therapy as Viewed from Gestalt Therapy, Psychoanalysis, and HolismRodríguez Pérez, R. N.13. Game Girls: Documentary Filmmaking and Drama Therapy Create the Potential Space for Self-Expression and HealingMyriam D. Savage and Alina Skrzeszewska14. Producing a Documentary as a Therapeutic Process for Victims of Childhood Sexual AbuseYarden Kerem

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Maurice Apprey continues his unique work on transgenerational haunting to explore how events in our ancestors'' lives may be renegotiated and re-subjectivized in the present from within the therapeutic dyad.With an informed and impassioned voice that evokes the tragic psychic consequences of the unresolved, silenced tragedies and transgressions that haunt subsequent generations, Apprey illustrates how the analyst can unfold a patient''s transference wishes and emancipate them from the unconscious projects, or errands, they have inherited. This can happen through a threefold process of excavating the unconscious sedimentations of ancestral history, appropriating and reactivating the ancestral errands within the transference, and subsequently decoding the patient''s transference pressures. Expanding on Apprey''s work about the analyst''s field of inquiry and ways of listening in clinical practice, this book illuminates the potential for a resolution, rather than aTrade Review'In this book, Maurice Apprey, a psychoanalyst for children, adolescents, and adults, describes how individuals have identifications with damaged parts of internalized images of parents and illustrates how individuals as well as ethnic, national, religious, and ideological groups are unwittingly possessed by historical events involving their ancestors. I consider Maurice Apprey as one of the most integrative thinkers for creating more knowledge about the concepts of trauma, the psychology of historical events and transgenerational haunting. This important book illustrates and teaches us more about the necessity and importance of psychoanalytic study of psychical transfer in transgenerational haunting.'Vamık Volkan, professor emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Virginia; president emeritus of International Dialogue Initiative and past president of the Virginia Psychoanalytic Society, Turkish-American Neuropsychiatric Society, International Society of Political Psychology and American College of Psychoanalysts'In this book, Apprey, a pioneer in the study of psychic phenomena expressing transgenerational transmissions of aggressivity, brilliantly shows the implications of such transmissibility for psychoanalytic theory and therapy. Taking Freud's instinct theory and reworking it into an object relations theory that can account for the temporality of psychic messaging, Apprey offers various strategies for conceptualizing how humans enact and make sense of history. Yet, of Apprey's dramatis personae, Freud is not the central character. Nor are the philosophers Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Luc Marion, Claude Romano, et alia - all of whom Apprey mobilizes with total perspicacity. The main figure turns out to be Auden, whose celebrated 1937 poem, "On this Island" prompted Apprey to think through the seeming contradictions embedded in the poetic phrase: ships diverge on urgent voluntary errands. Under what conditions are errands voluntary? And, if errands are truly urgent, then what room is left for choice, the spontaneous? Auden's "errands" would orient Apprey, like the diverging ships in the poem, sending him on a multiplex psychoanalytic errand of his own.' Michael Uebel, a scholar who has taught literature, literary history and cultural theory at the University of Virginia, Georgetown University, and University of Kentucky, and clinical social work at the University of Texas, AustinTable of ContentsForeword by Vamık Volkan Editor's Introduction: In Consultation, My First Meeting with Maurice Apprey 1. Delayed Preface, Or, How to Read my Work 2. The Urgent and the Voluntary in Errands: W. H. Auden and my Very First Intuitive Grasp of Psychoanalysis 3. Repairing History: Reworking Transgenerational Trauma 4. "Scripting" Inhabitations of Unwelcome Guests, Hosts and Ghosts: Unpacking Elements That Constitute Transgenerational Haunting 5. Representing, Theorizing and Reconfiguring the Concept of Transgenerational Haunting in Order to Facilitate Healing 6. Difference and the Awakening of Wounds in Intercultural Psychoanalysis 7. Reinventing the Self in the Face of Received Transgenerational Hatred in the African American Community 8. A Pluperfact Errand: A Turbulent Return to the Beginnings in the Transgenerational Transmission of Destructive Aggression 9. Three Leitmotifs for Sequencing and Transforming the Process of Transgenerational Transmission of Destructive Aggression 10. Transgenerational Transmission in Psychoanalysis: Dislocating Errands 11. "Containing the Uncontainable": The Return of the Phantom and Its Reconfiguration in Ethnonational Conflict Resolution 12. "To Maurice, with Best Wishes from One Strategist and Peacemaker to Another. John": An Evocative Reminiscence of Tension Between a Quiet Psychoanalytic Inner Voice and the Fire Outside 13. Emancipation from Institutionalization: A Case Study on Transgenerational Hauntings by Edward T. Novak 14 THROWN: A Personal Narrative of Psychoanalysis and Toxic Errands by William F. Cornell Afterword: Temporality and Apprey's Hauntology for Psychoanalysis by Michael Uebel

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Book SynopsisVictimology, Tenth Edition, covers the scope of crime victims' suffering in the US, offering a history of victims and the measurement of victimization, an explanation of the victim's role in the criminal justice process, and a recounting of the issues crime victims face as a result of crime and involvement in the criminal justice process. Doerner and Lab, both well-regarded scholars, write compellingly about how the current criminal's justice system can be transformed into a victim's justice system. Theory is woven together with the description of each topic, and specific examples illustrate each point. The book goes on to address the full impact of victimization, and a final section details specific types of victimization, ranging from violent crimes, including child and elder abuse, to property crime, to crime in the school and in the workplace. The authors explain how obstacles hinder the pursuit of justice, and provide significant policy and programming suggestions to r

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Book SynopsisExperiential Therapies for Treating Trauma offers 17 chapters, with 15 of them focusing on a different experiential psychotherapy for treating trauma, written by clinicians with expertise in that modality. No other book contains descriptions of such a wide array of experiential therapies under one cover. Readers will obtain both a comprehensive overview of the many experiential therapies that are currently utilized and specific knowledge regarding how to utilize each of them in psychotherapy practice. The authors of each chapter emphasize that in working with clients impacted by trauma, there is a need for the use of therapeutic modalities that go beyond the cognitive processes central to talk therapy and incorporate more holistic, sensory approaches that emphasize the building of a strong relationship between the client and therapist. Both experienced clinicians and students will find this book to be an invaluable resource to enhance their knowledge of how to use experiential therapies and to motivate them to obtain advanced training in modalities that spark their interest.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the effectiveness of art therapy as treatment for cumulative trauma survivors.Bringing together case studies, research, and the authorâs clinical and personal experience, it outlines different clinical approaches as well as numerous art therapy interventions that are processed through somatic, metaverbal, and narrative means. It further aims to answer the question of âœhow art therapy works,â by pairing aspects of Lusebrinkâs Expressive Therapies Continuum with Perryâs four functional domains (from the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics) to demonstrate how these practices may increase relational capacity and the patientâs access to higher level functioning, in turn, decreasing trauma responses.Foregrounding a person-centered and multi-dimensional approach to trauma repair and creative interventions, this book will appeal to postgraduate students in art therapy and counselling, as well as professionals and researchers in somatic work and trauma s

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on different forms of turning-to versus turning-away from speech across a range of experiences in clinical treatment and general life.The chapters of this volume deal with the entrapment involved in exile from mother tongue, the parasitic language that uses the other''s language as a linguistic prosthesis, the language of blank mourning which separates the mourner from their mourning, the adhesive identification of the voice and the psychotic split between voice and meaning, the mental hypotonia associated with an internalized object that turns away, and the spectrum between revenge and forgiveness. Each chapter sheds light on a different angle of the psyche''s ability to spot its own leverage point and use it to transcend the infinite varieties of helpless victimhood: from the position of the victim to the position of the witness, from being the object of the narrative to being its subject, and from the position of righteousness to the willingness to forgiv

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Book SynopsisFocusing on emergency medical humanitarian assistance, this accessible new text provides practical clinical guidance for those working in emergency medicine, critical care, and military medicine. There has been great progress over the last 30 years in establishing standards and training programmes to ensure that those who respond to major emergencies are appropriately trained, adequately equipped, qualified to do this work, and accountable for the work that they do. These developments together with insights into current requirements for healthcare and emergency responses are reflected in this book.

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Book SynopsisWithin this fascinating new book, Barbara Morrill analyses the journal writings of Etty Hillesum, a young Jewish woman in the 1940s, as she began analysis with a Jungian oriented practitioner in 1941.While Anne Frank is an inspirational figure, little is known about Etty Hillesum, also from Amsterdam, who kept a diary recounting her life and experiences during early World War II. This book is a compelling example of how we can use Etty Hillesum's writings in the present to stand firm against the problems we're currently facing globally. Being a Jungian oriented Integral psychologist and professor, the author examines what Hillesum recorded in her time, as well as employing Etty's ideas to illuminate the chaos in our time. She explores Hillesum's own process of individuation and realization, encouraging others to develop yourselves!This will be a unique volume of interest to Jungian analysts, analysts in training, as well as readers with an interest in the time period a

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Book SynopsisThis unique and accessible book unites leading-edge trauma approaches with the power of playful practice to treat traumatized clients of all ages.Abundant case examples and exercises show new and established therapists how to relationally engage a playful mindset, not play therapy, to accelerate trauma healing and transformation. The book grows up the wisdom embedded in child-based playfulness and grows down complex, adult-focused trauma theory. Readers will discover how to playfully integrate scientifically supported healing principles of Polyvagal Theory, Interpersonal Neurobiology, Coherence Therapy, Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Internal Family Systems, along with broaden-and-build theory, affective neuroscience, structural dissociation, mindfulness, spirituality, and more. Most importantly, this book will empower therapists working at the heart of trauma treatment to compassionately hold space for the depth of traumaâs painful, isolating effects while embodying playâs life-affirming, joyful, and transformational qualities to make trauma healing more fun, creative, engaging, and effective.

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Book SynopsisUsing Spirituality in EMDR Therapy offers a means for EMDR therapists to integrate a spiritual perspective into their own lives as well as their clinical practice.The book offers a valuable alternative to traditional forms of psychotherapy by placing an emphasis on purpose and meaning. Taking a spiritually informed model, Heart Led Psychotherapy (HLP), which is applicable to anyone regardless of their spiritual beliefs, the book uses a BioPsychoSocioSpiritual approach to treat psychological distress. The book provides a comprehensive guide on how to incorporate spirituality into each of the 8 phases of EMDR therapy and beyond. It will increase your confidence to work spiritually with clients to deepen their transformative healing process and support them to live a more authentic, heart led life.Illustrated with case studies to highlight key points and including a range of practical resources, exercises, scripts and strategies, this engaging book will be of great

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Book SynopsisTrauma and Orthopaedics at a Glance is an easy-to-read, highly visual guide to orthopaedics. It comprehensively covers relevant basic science and clinically-oriented anatomy of the musculoskeletal system, and the diagnosis and management of trauma, sports injuries, paediatric orthopaedics, degenerative disease, and musculoskeletal tumours.Table of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgements viii How to Use Your Revision Guide ix About the Companion Website x Part 1 Basic sciences 1 1 Musculoskeletal tissues 2 2 Bone metabolism 4 3 Osteoarthritis 6 4 Rheumatoid arthritis 8 5 Imaging in orthopaedics: X‐rays 10 6 Imaging in orthopaedics: other modalities 12 7 Infection 14 8 Clinical anatomy of the upper limb 16 9 Clinical anatomy of the lower limb 19 10 Clinical anatomy of the spine 22 11 Examination of the upper limb 24 12 Examination of the lower limb 26 13 Examination of the spine 28 14 The brachial plexus 30 Part 2 Adult orthopaedics 33 Upper limb 34 15 Shoulder 1 34 16 Shoulder 2 36 17 Elbow 38 18 Wrist and hand 1 40 19 Wrist and hand 2 42 20 Wrist and hand 3 44 Lower limb 46 21 Hip 46 22 Hip replacement 48 23 Knee 1 50 24 Knee 2 52 25 Foot and ankle 54 26 Spine 56 27 Tumours 58 28 Rehabilitation 60 Part 3 Paediatric orthopaedics 63 29 Developmental dysplasia of hip (DDH) 64 30 Other paediatric hip conditions 66 31 Paediatric spinal disorders 68 32 Paediatric foot conditions 70 33 Neuromuscular conditions 72 34 Lower limb alignment 74 Part 4 Trauma 77 35 General principles 1 78 36 General principles 2 80 37 Advanced trauma life support (ATLS) 82 38 Upper limb trauma 1 84 39 Upper limb trauma 2 86 40 Upper limb trauma 3 88 41 Lower limb trauma 1 90 42 Lower limb trauma 2 92 43 Lower limb trauma 3 94 44 Proximal femoral fracture 1 96 45 Proximal femoral fracture 2 98 46 Cervical spine trauma 100 47 Thoracolumbar spine trauma 102 48 Trauma in children 1 104 49 Trauma in children 2 106 50 Compartment syndrome 108 51 Non‐union and malunion 110 Part 5 Working as a junior doctor in orthopaedics 113 52 Being an orthopaedic F2 114 53 Assessment of patients 116 54 The operating theatre 118 Part 6 Practical procedures 121 55 Practical procedures 1 122 56 Practical procedures 2 124 Index 126

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Book SynopsisTo the British soldiers of the Great War who heard about it, 'shell shock' was uncanny, amusing and sad.Trade Review'One of the crucial and most moving episodes of twentieth century British history has now found its worthy historian. Peter Leese writes the story of shell shock with expertise and flair, with critical detachment and compassion. Avoiding judgementalism, he brings out the full enormity of this tragic story.' - Professor Roy Porter, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine 'The book fills a glaring gap in our historical knowledge.' - Mark Micale, Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois 'Shell shock was born as a condition in 1915 but has grown to become a metaphor for the horrors of total war. Leese tells the story of that evolution with learning, sympathy and a shrewd sense of the way medical history can illuminate our understanding of the violent twentieth-century as a whole.' - Professor Jay Winter, Department of History, Yale University '...a powerful and authoritative study of the war's mental legacy.' - Ben Shephard, Times Literary Supplement 'Those willing to pay attention, however, will be rewarded by this first full-length treatment of Britain's 'shell-shock' experience.' - Maureen T. Moore, Journal of Military History '...an interesting contribution both to medical history and to the continuing debate about...WWI. - T.L. Crosby, ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: DISCOVERIES Shocking Modernity: Hysteria, Technology and Warfare Casualties: On the Western Front PART II: WARTIME Enlistment: Army Policy, Politics and the Press Treatment: On the Home Front Patients: The Other Ranks Patients: The Officer Ranks PART II: LEGACIES Demobilization: On Returning Home Veterans: War Neurotic Ex-Servicemen Recall: The Great War in the Twentieth Century Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMartha Sweezy and Ellen L. Ziskind's Internal Family Systems Therapy: New Dimensions quickly established itself as essential reading for clinicians who are interested in IFS by illustrating how the model can be applied to a variety of therapy modalities and patient populations. Sweezy and Ziskind's newest volume, Innovations and Elaborations in Internal Family Systems Therapy, is the natural follow-up to that text. Here Richard Schwartz and other master IFS clinicians illustrate how they work with a wide variety of problems: racism, perpetrator parts, trauma, addiction, eating disorders, parenting, and grief. The authors also show creative ways of putting into practice basic IFS techniques that help parts to unblend and to unburden both personal and legacy burdens.  Trade Review“Martha Sweezy and Ellen Ziskind have curated a thought-provoking set of explorations of the Internal Family Systems approach to psychotherapy in this marvelous book that illuminates the sophisticated nature of the relational basis of healing as well as the internal structure of the human mind. Though this approach may be new for some, or quite familiar to others, this book offers a range of topics that can serve to both introduce and deepen ways the clinician can view the mind as comprised of differentiated self-states that need linkage in order to create the integration that can be viewed as the core mechanism of health. These “parts” or aspects of the individual have a wide range of functions that attempt to handle challenges, submerge distress, and provide protection for individuals as they grow from childhood into adulthood. In a collaborative conversation with Richard Schwartz, we came to realize together, along with the IFS community, that their notion of “Self” and the hub of a “Wheel of Awareness,” from a quantum view seen as a plane of possibility of consciousness, may in fact represent the same human phenomenon of a receptive state of presence at the heart of healing and living a life of well-being. Learning to strengthen that hub of the Self, to gain the freedom that arises from this plane of possibility, may be the common core beneath effective and long-lasting change in psychotherapy.”—Daniel J. Siegel, MD, Mindsight Institute; author, Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Being Human, Pocket Guide to Interpersonal Neurobiology, The Developing Mind, The Mindful Therapist, and Mindsight; clinical professor of psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine “This is a wonderful book about IFS. The chapters provide rich case studies and informative examples of IFS in action, as well as covering a wide range of topics such as parenting, trauma, grief, racism, and much, much more. This is a must read book for anyone interested in how to use IFS to its maximum therapeutic benefit.”—Kristin Neff, PhD, associate professor, Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin“This volume is clear evidence that IFS has matured over the past 20 years into a powerful model of therapy capable of resolving intractable clinical problems. Therapists new to IFS will be intrigued by how IFS can make confusing crosscurrents in therapy both transparent and workable. Seasoned IFS clinicians will appreciate the blend of clinical rationale and dialogue used to illustrate creative new applications of the model. Overall, readers are sure to enjoy the intuitive simplicity and the technical sophistication of IFS in the hands of these talented clinicians and authors.”—Christopher Germer, PhD, author, The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion; co-editor, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy; faculty, Harvard Medical School“This book is chock-full of clinical wisdom informed by Internal Family Systems theory. Each chapter focuses on a different clinical area—working with grief, trauma, perpetrators, the intergenerational impact of legacy burdens, among others. Each author gives ample clinical examples, so readers feel as if they are sitting in the therapy room. Recommend for the beginner and experienced clinician alike.”—Mona Fishbane, PhD, director, Couple Therapy Training Program, Chicago Center for Family Health; author, Loving with the Brain in Mind: Neurobiology & Couple Therapy Table of ContentsIntroduction Janna Malamud Smith 1. Getting Unstuck Pamela Krause, Lawrence G. Rosenberg, and Martha Sweezy 2. An IFS Lens on Addiction: Compassion for Extreme Parts Cece Sykes 3. IFS and Eating Disorders: Healing the Parts Who Hide in Plain Sight Jeanne Catanzaro 4. From Reactive to Self-Led Parenting: IFS Therapy for Parents Paul Neustadt 5. Self-Led Grieving: Transitions, Loss and Death Derek Scott 6. Perpetrator Parts Richard C. Schwartz 7. Dealing With Racism: Should We Exorcise or Embrace Our Inner Bigots? Richard C. Schwartz 8. What IFS Offers to the Treatment of Trauma Frank G. Anderson and Martha Sweezy 9. Expanded Unburdenings: Relaxing Managers and Releasing Creativity Pamela Geib 10. Legacy burdens Ann L. Sinko Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explains what pregnancy loss involves with an emphasis on the emotional impact miscarriage can have.This is an invaluable resource for anyone who has experienced a miscarriage, as well as healthcare staff that offer miscarriage care.Trade Review'A deeply useful, practical and sympathetic resource that will be invaluable for anyone affected. It can be difficult to find the right words when it comes to pregnancy loss, but Petra Boynton has done just that.' - Justine Roberts, Founder and CEO of Mumsnet‘Pregnancy loss can be devastating, and for some it’s a life-changing experience. It’s a time of shock, sadness and grief, but also one of questions and confusion. It’s times like this you really need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on, or someone that can support and guide you through. This book is the companion that everyone needs. Not only is it packed with expert information and advice, Petra’s empathy and compassion shine through on every page. From understanding why loss occurs, to how partners can be affected, to getting help and support, this is an invaluable resource.’ - Dr Ranj Singh, NHS Doctor & TV Presenter‘Petra Boynton’s book is a very welcome addition to the existing literature on pregnancy loss. It provides a helpful and thoughtful overview of the factual, practical and emotional issues that feature time after time on our helpline and forums – and some that rarely get mentioned at all. It is understanding and inclusive, beautifully illustrated and designed, clear and accessible. It’s a book that will bring comfort and understanding to many.’ - Ruth Bender Atik, National Director, The Miscarriage Association‘Petra Boynton has written an empowering book that promotes agency and healing. Loaded with practical advice and suggested solutions, the book is a source of both informational and emotional support for those coping with pregnancy loss. Boynton leaves no stone unturned attending to issues relevant to partners, diversity, sex, and navigating social issues and the healthcare system. She lets the reader know what to expect, and how and what to ask for throughout this challenging journey. Her straightforward, no nonsense writing style and the inclusion of quotations gives the sense that one is being guided by a knowledgeable and supportive friend who’s been there.’ - Pamela A. Geller, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Research Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Co-Founder/Co-Director of Mother Baby Connections, Drexel University; Philadelphia, PA; Chair of Exam Development Committee for the Certification in Perinatal Loss Care, Hospice and Palliative Credentialing CenterTable of Contents1. Welcome2. Facts, figures, and symptoms of pregnancy loss3. How to manage your loss4. What to expect from healthcare5. Your emotions during and after pregnancy loss6. Making sense of what has happened7. The needs and feelings of partners8. Taking care of you9. Looking out for your relationship10. Moving forward11. Deciding to try again (or not)12. Pregnant after loss13. RememberingSources of Support

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Traumatic Loss adopts a broad, holistic approach that recognizes traumatic loss much more fully as a multidimensional human phenomenon, not simply a medical condition. Initial chapters build a foundation for understanding traumatic loss and explore the many ways we respond to trauma. Later chapters counterbalance the individualistic focus of dominant approaches to traumatic loss by highlighting a number of thought-provoking social dimensions of traumatic loss. Each chapter emphasizes different aspects of traumatic loss and argues for ways in which clinicians can help deal with its many and varied impacts. Trade Review"The Handbook of Traumatic Loss, drawing upon work by leading clinicians and researchers, is a major contribution to the field of loss and trauma. Deepening and enriching our understanding of traumatic loss, this carefully crafted book is an essential read."Christopher Hall, CEO, Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement"The Handbook of Traumatic Loss is an excellent, comprehensive examination of the subject by the editors and their colleagues. The chapters in each section are rich with theoretical and clinical wisdom and insights that will be helpful to the clinician, theorist, researcher, and interested reader. Highly recommended."Inge B. Corless, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, professor in the school of nursing at the MGH Institute of Health Professions"The Handbook of Traumatic Loss analyzes many different types of traumatic loss in a notable effort to achieve a holistic appreciation of both the individuals affected and the social contexts in which such losses occur. The result is a distinctive contribution to improving understandings of the complex challenges presented by traumatic losses and to developing better ways of responding to those affected by such encounters."Charles A. Corr, PhD, member of the board of directors at Suncoast Hospice Institute, an affiliate of Empath Health, Clearwater, FloridaTable of ContentsList of Figures Editors and Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: Making Sense of Traumatic Loss Introduction 1. Traumatic Loss: An Existentialist Perspective Neil Thompson 2. Spirituality and Traumatic Loss: Pathways to Healing through Spiritual Classics and Focusing Kimberly L. Sangster and Aoife C. Lee 3. Assisted Death and Suicide: Comparing Grief Reactions Erica G. Srinivasan 4. Traumatic Grief, Crisis, and Attachment Patterns, Susan Adams 5.Exploding Houses, Wild Animals, and Spiders: Dreams and Nightmares Following Sudden or Traumatic Death Janet Buntrock 6. Responding to Childhood Trauma Mary Walsh and Neil Thompson 7. Old Age and Assaults on the Self: A Disenfranchised Form of Trauma? Sue Thompson 8. Understanding and Managing Youth and Elderly Suicide in Developed East Asia: The Imperative of Compassion in Public Health Andy H. Y. Ho, Cheryl H. K. Chui and Monica Borshel Part Two: Responding to Traumatic Loss Introduction 9. Coping with the Aftermath of Trauma and Loss Rob Stevenson 10. Compassionate Death Telling in Sudden and Traumatic Deaths Dan Festa 11. Using Art to Aid Trauma Recovery Sandra Bertman 12. How to Say "It" When No One Can: Death Notification & Children, Teens, and Adults: Grief After Sudden or Traumatic Death Michelle Post 13. Family Therapy and Traumatic Losses Stephanie Rabenstein and Darcy Harris 14. Miming in the Choir: The Impact of Traumatic Loss and Lessons for Caregivers Irene Renzenbrink 15. The Impact of Trauma Work on Professional Staff: The Omagh Bomb Paula McFadden 16. Closure for the 96? Sudden Death, Traumatic Grief and the New Hillsborough Inquests Mike Brennan Part Three: Societal Issues and Responses Introduction 17. Theorizing Trauma: A New and Critical Understanding Jason Powell and Paul Taylor 18. A Critical Look at Trauma and its Treatment Darcy Harris and Rebecca Machado 19. Pouring Salt in an Open Grief: The Traumatizing Antics of the Westboro Baptist Church, Harold Ivan Smith 20. Family Response to Traumatic Loss Paul C. Rosenblatt 21. The Thing that Happened: Hope and Healing at Hope North Uganda Janet McCord 22. Losing inhibitions? Young Women, Alcohol, and Loss in the Nighttime Economy Melissa Stepney and Paul Stepney 23. Trauma and the American Indian Societies Gerry Cox 24. Disenfranchised Grief and Trauma Kenneth J. Doka Conclusion Afterword Index

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Book SynopsisWisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy focuses on the creation of the therapist as healing presence rather than technique administratorin other words, how to be rather than what to do. Trauma survivors need wise therapists who practice with the union of intellect, knowledge, and intuition. Through self-work, therapists can learn to embody healing qualities that foster an appropriate, corrective, and loving experience in treatment that transcends any technique. This book shows how Eastern wisdom teachings and Western psychotherapeutic modalities combine with modern theory to support a knowledgeable, compassionate, and wise therapist who is equipped to help even the most traumatized person heal. Chapters: Chapters 2 and 3 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.Trade Review"Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy provides a sophisticated and compassionate understanding of how trauma therapists experience, train, and contribute to the healing of their heroic clients. In this well-written and integrated book, Susan Pease Banitt conveys a conceptual framework integrating principles extracted from contemporary neuroscience, psychology, and philosophic orientations to emphasize the features of successful therapy. Through her personal experiences, she emphasizes the importance of the therapist being present with and accepting of the client. Perhaps most relevant to the trauma therapist, she provides a deep understanding of the vulnerabilities of the therapist, who may be a survivor of trauma."Stephen W. Porges, PhD, distinguished university scientist and founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, and author of The Pocket Guide to The Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe "Susan Pease Banitt offers us more than a book; this is a mission statement on how many of us who work to bring healing to the wounds of trauma really feel about the state of our field. Pease Bannit, an expert at her craft, shares her much-needed voice as she teaches on one of the great clinical imperatives: it’s the relationship that heals. Practical, useful and integrative, any clinician working in trauma healing ought to have a copy of this book to develop in the art of this work."Jamie Marich, PhD, LPCC-S, LICDC-CS, REAT, RMT, author of EMDR Therapy and Mindfulness for Trauma-Focused Care, Dancing Mindfulness: A Creative Path to Healing and Transformation, Trauma Made Simple, Trauma and the 12 Steps, and EMDR Made Simple"In this book, Susan Pease Banitt is able to integrate psychosocial history, cultural diversity, interdisciplinary sciences, interfaith spirituality and good old-fashioned common sense. She synthesizes complex information in ways that make sense of clinical chaos without resorting to reductionism. Her work has very practical applications beyond theory and empowers healing processes for clients and therapists alike. Pease Banitt's brilliance stands out above the rest because her personal and professional lives are congruent and lived with a high level of integrity."Ericha Scott, PhD, LPCC, ATR-BC, keynote speaker, creative arts psychotherapist, consultant, globally published researcher, and theorist in peer-reviewed journals "Susan Pease Banitt bravely challenges outmoded mindsets that have never served us as we work to heal trauma survivors. She asserts that our clients need to feel loved, that there is a place for touch in psychotherapy, that dissociated and later recovered memories are normal responses to trauma, and that we need sit in belief of what our clients tell us, including ritual abuse and trauma-based mind control."Ellen Lacter, PhD, licensed clinical psychologist, registered play therapist, marriage and family therapist, past president of the California Association of Play Therapy, academic coordinator of the Play Therapy Certificate Program at the University of California, San Diego ExtensionTable of ContentsForeword Preface Part I: Wisdom 1. What Makes a Great Therapist? 2. Neuroscience and Trauma-Informed Practice 3. Ego Development and Traumatic Defenses Part II: Attachment 4. Fostering Attachment in Psychotherapy 5. Preventing Relationship Rupture: Countertransference and Thresholds 6. Repairing Relationship Ruptures 7. Qualities of the Advanced Trauma Therapist Part III: Love 8. Superhuman Empathy and Trauma Work 9. Self-Care for the Trauma Therapist 10. Awakening to Wisdom, Love and Compassion

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Book SynopsisTrauma in the Creative and Embodied Therapies is a cross-professional book looking at current approaches to working therapeutically and socially with trauma in a creative and embodied way. The book pays attention to different kinds of trauma environmental, sociopolitical, early relational, abuse in its many forms, and the trauma of illness  with contributions from international experts, drawn from the fields of the arts therapies, the embodied psychotherapies, as well as nature-based therapy and Playback Theatre. The book is divided into three sections: the first section takes into consideration the wider sociopolitical perspective of trauma and the power of community engagement. In the second section, there are numerous clinical approaches to working with trauma, whether with individuals or groups, highlighting the importance of creative and embodied approaches. In the third section, the focus shifts from client work to the impact of trauma on the practitionerTrade ReviewThis is an important text which documents embodied, enactive, creative methods to support people suffering complex trauma and explores the impact on the therapists providing the service. It brings together global experts from several different modalities which integrate theory with practice to illuminate the often pre-verbal, ‘un-worded’ stories of their clients. The book integrates trauma-informed research from several disciplines. It will make a significant contribution to colleagues engaged in trauma-related practice from both embodied creative psychotherapies and verbal therapies.Professor Helen Payne, PhD, University of Hertfordshire, UKThis book offers bold, dynamic reflections of contemporary trauma work across a breadth of creative and embodied therapies. Socio-political and socio-cultural understandings are highlighted, and authors offer insights, skills development and nuances of approach. validation of those who have suffered trauma impact directly, and for those working therapeutically including wider social and health care settings are central, with compassion and integrity emerging from thought-provoking writing. I was drawn to engage phenomenologically, getting up to move my body to allow me to experience on multiple levels what I was reading.Carmen Joanne Ablack (MSc), President of European Association for Body Psychotherapy. Honorary Fellow and Registrant of UK Council for Psychotherapy. Author, trainer and supervisor in Gestalt, Integrative and Body PsychotherapyThis is a book instilled with hard-earned practice wisdom. Sixteen authors from diverse creative and embodied therapies describe their practice with survivors of trauma. These able practitioner-scholars will take your breath away. They write with boundless creativity, informed by research, theory and their direct experience on the front line of trauma work. As a supervisor, I will recommend these chapters to my supervisees, to inspire and inform them. Prepare to be moved by descriptions of therapy using music, art, movement, play, imagination and story to help people find hope, strength, meaning and movement forward. These startling chapters represent a fresh and integrative approach to the healing of mind, body, spirit and relationships after the devastating impact of trauma.Clark Baim, PhD (BPA, UKCP). Senior Trainer in Psychodrama Psychotherapy. Honorary President of the British Psychodrama AssociationThis international collection of writing on trauma and its treatment via creative and embodied therapies is a much-needed resource. With representation from many disciplines and well-known authors, it should serve as an authoritative source and inspiration for embodied psychotherapists and other practitioners for years to come. The coverage provided by the thirteen chapters includes not only a range of disciplines, approaches, and considerations such as resilience building, it even includes the impact of secondary traumatization and supervision of the therapist. This unprecedented volume offers a truly wide range of highly relevant material on understanding embodied treatment of trauma for students and seasoned clinicians alike.Robyn Flaum Cruz, PhD, BC-DMT, Professor, Lesley University PhD Program in Expressive Therapies; Editor-in-Chief Emerita, The Arts in Psychotherapy and American Journal of Dance TherapyThis is an alive, informative and moving book. Encompassing development trauma, PTSD, and intergenerational trauma, it also attends to socio-economic and political trauma, for example, in the form of war and austerity. The focus extends way beyond treating trauma as an individual and often pathologised phenomenon. This book brings to life the vibrancy of the theory and practice of a wide range of creative and embodied modalities, through an array of international voices. I will return to this book again and again with great gratitude, in reflecting on my work with clients, supervisees, and trainees and on the trauma of my own incarnation.Emma Palmer, Body psychotherapist, BACP-accredited counsellor, ecopsychologist, supervisor, trainer and authorTrauma in the Creative and Embodied Therapies is a landmark book that brings together a range of nonverbal therapeutic practices in the rapidly emerging field of working with trauma. At a time when we are increasingly recognising the extent of trauma in our society, the contributors offer sound body-based theory, research and clinical treatment for working with individuals and groups in a range of settings using dance and movement, art, play, and music therapies, psychodrama, body psychotherapy, and playback theatre. Essential reading for therapists, healthcare practitioners and anyone interested in understanding how to transform lives of those affected by trauma.Ewa Robertson, UKCP psychotherapist, co-founder ReVision Psychotherapy Training Centre; author of Roots and Seeds and The Third Body in Transformation in Troubled TimesThis collection offers a profound challenge to the efficacy of treating trauma with talking therapy alone. The writing is uniformly compassionate and engaging, embodying the affirming intention at the heart of trauma therapy. Whereas many texts on therapy and theory can feel stuffy and heady, I found myself frequently moved, stimulated and inspired by the contributions. In fact, I would invite readers to read this book with their bodies, allowing what’s shared to be experienced on the embodied level, so its full richness can be absorbed.Paul Christelis, psychotherapist, meditation teacher, authorThis is an important text which documents embodied, enactive, creative methods to support people suffering complex trauma and explores the impact on the therapists providing the service. It brings together global experts from several different modalities which integrate theory with practice to illuminate the often pre-verbal, ‘un-worded’ stories of their clients. The book integrates trauma-informed research from several disciplines. It will make a significant contribution to colleagues engaged in trauma-related practice from both embodied creative psychotherapies and verbal therapies.Professor Helen Payne, PhD, University of Hertfordshire, UKThis book offers bold, dynamic reflections of contemporary trauma work across a breadth of creative and embodied therapies. Socio-political and socio-cultural understandings are highlighted, and authors offer insights, skills development and nuances of approach. validation of those who have suffered trauma impact directly, and for those working therapeutically including wider social and health care settings are central, with compassion and integrity emerging from thought-provoking writing. I was drawn to engage phenomenologically, getting up to move my body to allow me to experience on multiple levels what I was reading.Carmen Joanne Ablack (MSc), President of European Association for Body Psychotherapy. Honorary Fellow and Registrant of UK Council for Psychotherapy. Author, trainer and supervisor in Gestalt, Integrative and Body PsychotherapyThis is a book instilled with hard-earned practice wisdom. Sixteen authors from diverse creative and embodied therapies describe their practice with survivors of trauma. These able practitioner-scholars will take your breath away. They write with boundless creativity, informed by research, theory and their direct experience on the front line of trauma work. As a supervisor, I will recommend these chapters to my supervisees, to inspire and inform them. Prepare to be moved by descriptions of therapy using music, art, movement, play, imagination and story to help people find hope, strength, meaning and movement forward. These startling chapters represent a fresh and integrative approach to the healing of mind, body, spirit and relationships after the devastating impact of trauma.Clark Baim, PhD (BPA, UKCP). Senior Trainer in Psychodrama Psychotherapy. Honorary President of the British Psychodrama AssociationThis international collection of writing on trauma and its treatment via creative and embodied therapies is a much-needed resource. With representation from many disciplines and well-known authors, it should serve as an authoritative source and inspiration for embodied psychotherapists and other practitioners for years to come. The coverage provided by the thirteen chapters includes not only a range of disciplines, approaches, and considerations such as resilience building, it even includes the impact of secondary traumatization and supervision of the therapist. This unprecedented volume offers a truly wide range of highly relevant material on understanding embodied treatment of trauma for students and seasoned clinicians alike.Robyn Flaum Cruz, PhD, BC-DMT, Professor, Lesley University PhD Program in Expressive Therapies; Editor-in-Chief Emerita, The Arts in Psychotherapy and American Journal of Dance TherapyThis is an alive, informative and moving book. Encompassing development trauma, PTSD, and intergenerational trauma, it also attends to socio-economic and political trauma, for example, in the form of war and austerity. The focus extends way beyond treating trauma as an individual and often pathologised phenomenon. This book brings to life the vibrancy of the theory and practice of a wide range of creative and embodied modalities, through an array of international voices. I will return to this book again and again with great gratitude, in reflecting on my work with clients, supervisees, and trainees and on the trauma of my own incarnation.Emma Palmer, Body psychotherapist, BACP-accredited counsellor, ecopsychologist, supervisor, trainer and authorTrauma in the Creative and Embodied Therapies is a landmark book that brings together a range of nonverbal therapeutic practices in the rapidly emerging field of working with trauma. At a time when we are increasingly recognising the extent of trauma in our society, the contributors offer sound body-based theory, research and clinical treatment for working with individuals and groups in a range of settings using dance and movement, art, play, and music therapies, psychodrama, body psychotherapy, and playback theatre. Essential reading for therapists, healthcare practitioners and anyone interested in understanding how to transform lives of those affected by trauma.Ewa Robertson, UKCP psychotherapist, co-founder ReVision Psychotherapy Training Centre; author of Roots and Seeds and The Third Body in Transformation in Troubled TimesThis collection offers a profound challenge to the efficacy of treating trauma with talking therapy alone. The writing is uniformly compassionate and engaging, embodying the affirming intention at the heart of trauma therapy. Whereas many texts on therapy and theory can feel stuffy and heady, I found myself frequently moved, stimulated and inspired by the contributions. In fact, I would invite readers to read this book with their bodies, allowing what’s shared to be experienced on the embodied level, so its full richness can be absorbed.Paul Christelis, psychotherapist, meditation teacher, authorTable of ContentsPart 1 - Wider Perspective; 1: Sociopolitical perspectives on trauma in a world in crisis: ‘the personal is political’; 2: Enacting testimony: trauma stories in playback theatre; Part 2 - Clinical Perspectives; 3: The unplayable piano: from discord to harmony: trauma, play therapy and the power of the non-verbal; 4: As time goes by… Music psychotherapy and trauma; 5: Healing trauma through embodied relating: Re-establishing rhythms of relating; 6: Psychodrama and healing the traumatic wound; 7: Building resilience: Developing embodied and relational resources in a Gestalt movement therapy group for women with borderline personality disorder and histories of profound trauma; 8: Dance movement psychotherapy: the body tells the unspeakable; 9: The warrior’s journey; 10: Letting go of the spider; 11: An elemental relationship: Nature-based trauma therapy; Part 3 - The impact of trauma on the therapist and embodied supervisory approaches; 12: Secondary traumatisation and therapist illness; 13: Movement observation in trauma-centred case supervision

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