Mental Illness category: 868 books
Neurobiology and Treatment of Traumatic Dissociation
Towards an Embodied Self
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Encompassing the contributions of expert clinicians and researchers in the area of traumatic stress and dissociation, this volume is the first to integrate current neuroscience research regarding traumatic dissociation with several cutting-edge approaches to treatment, providing a comprehensive, neurobiologically...
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
This is the first book to systematically examine the development and course of bipolar disorder across the lifespan, identifying important directions for evidence-based treatment and prevention. The editors and contributors are foremost authorities who synthesize cutting-edge research at multiple...
Focusing Emptiness
A Mytho-Poetic Journey to the Lost Child
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2016
Focusing Emptiness is a story about the impact a traumatic childhood can have on the way in which a life unfolds. Weaving together lived experience with the mytho-poetic language of the unconscious, it follows Michael, who in his early teens, boards a bus for one of the most dangerous places in the...
A Stranger In My Bed
8 Steps to Taking Your Life Back From the Contagious Effects of Your Veteran's Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
Combat-related PTSD and its effects on families that support wounded warriors is a growing concern throughout the world. This is a topic that few truly understand, and even fewer know how to help and support the veterans and families who are suffering. A Stranger in My Bed addresses these hidden topics...
Traumatic Incident Reduction
Research and Results
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
"When accessed with the specific cognitive imagery procedure of TIR, a primary traumatic incident can be stripped of its emotional charge permitting its embedded cognitive components to be revealed and restructured. With its emotional impact depleted and its irrational ideation revised, the memory...
An EMDR Therapy Primer, Second Edition
From Practicum to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
“With this Second Edition of An EMDR Therapy Primer, Dr. Hensley has created a very clear step-by-step guide to assist the newly trained EMDR clinician. Not only will it help transition training into practice but also help those trained earlier who are looking to update their skills. I highly recommend...
Summary of Missoula
by Jon Krakauer | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Summary of Missoula by Jon Krakauer | Includes Analysis Preview: Missoula by Jon Krakauer is a close examination of the cause and effect of a series of alleged sexual assaults in a Montana college town. Missoula is the second largest city in Montana, and the Missoula-based...
War Trauma and its Aftermath
An International Perspective on the Balkan and Gulf Wars
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
War trauma has long been associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a term coined in 1980 to explain the post-war impact of Vietnam veterans. The Gulf and Balkan wars added new dimensions to the traditional PTSD definition, due largely to the changing dynamics of these wars. With these...
Psychedelic Marine
A Transformational Journey from Afghanistan to the Amazon
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
A vivid portrait of both the traumas of war and the shamanic healing ceremonies of ayahuasca
• Explains how our culture lacks rites of passage and how shamanic ritual can fill this gap
• Reveals how ayahuasca frees your consciousness from inherited beliefs, fears, and traumatic experience,...
by Kathy Steele, Suzette Boon, Onno van der Hart
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Winner of the 2017 International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) Pierre Janet Writing Award.
Establishing safety and working with dissociative parts in complex trauma therapy.
Therapists around the world ask similar questions and struggle with similar challenges...
EMDR and the Art of Psychotherapy with Children Treatment Manual
Treatment Manual
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2008
This manual is based on EMDR theory created by Dr. Francine Shapiro and documented in Dr. Shapiro's books (1995, 2001), and serves as an adjunct to EMDR and the Art of Psychotherapy with Children
This treatment manual provides a simple and practical way to use the EMDR scripts, protocols,...
Treating Complex Trauma
A Relational Blueprint for Collaboration and Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014
In Treating Complex Trauma, renowned clinicians Mary Jo Barrett and Linda Stone Fish present the Collaborative Change Model (CCM), a clinically evaluated model that facilitates client and practitioner collaboration and provides invaluable tools for clients struggling with the impact and effects of...
Veterans on Trial
The Coming Court Battles over PTSD
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
War Trauma and Its Wake
Expanding the Circle of Healing
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Decades after Charles Figley’s landmark Trauma and Its Wake was published, our understanding of trauma has grown and deepened, but we still face considerable challenges when treating trauma survivors. This is especially the case for professionals who work with veterans and active-duty military personnel....