Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD (eBook)

Harnessing the Healing Power of Relationships

Candice M. Monson, Steffany J. Fredman (Autoren)

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2012
239 Seiten
Guilford Publications (Verlag)
978-1-4625-0568-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Presenting an evidence-based treatment for couples in which one or both partners suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this step-by-step manual is packed with practical clinical guidance and tools. The therapy is carefully structured to address both PTSD symptoms and associated relationship difficulties in a time-limited framework. It is grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about interpersonal aspects of trauma and its treatment. Detailed session outlines and therapist scripts facilitate the entire process of assessment, case conceptualization, and intervention. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 50 reproducible handouts and forms.

Autor

Candice M. Monson, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training at Ryerson University in Toronto. She is also an Affiliate of the Women's Health Sciences Division of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD, where she previously served as Deputy Director. Dr. Monson's research focuses on intimate relationships and traumatic stress and the use of conjoint therapy to treat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She has published extensively on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of PTSD treatments more generally, as well as gender differences in violence perpetration and victimization.Steffany J. Fredman, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the Pennsylvania State University.  Dr. Fredman is a recipient of the Martin S. Wallach Award for Outstanding Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her clinical and research interests focus on the interpersonal context of individual psychopathology, with an emphasis on PTSD. Together, Drs. Monson and Fredman are the codevelopers of cognitive-behavioral conjoint therapy for PTSD.

Inhalt

I. Background and Overview of CBCT for PTSD1. An Introduction to Cognitive-Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD2. Initial Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Working with Complex CasesII. CBCT for PTSD Treatment ManualPhase 1. Rationale for Treatment and Education about PTSD and RelationshipsSession 1. Introduction to TreatmentSession 2. Safety BuildingPhase 2. Satisfaction Enhancement and Undermining AvoidanceSession 3. Listening and Approaching Session 4. Sharing Thoughts and Feelings: Emphasis on FeelingsSession 5. Sharing Thoughts and Feelings: Emphasis on ThoughtsSession 6. Getting U.N.S.T.U.C.K.Session 7. Problem Solving to Shrink PTSDPhase 3. Making Meaning of the Trauma(s) and End of TherapySession 8. AcceptanceSession 9. BlameSession10. TrustSession 11. ControlSession 12. Emotional ClosenessSession 13. Physical ClosenessSession 14. Posttraumatic GrowthSession 15. Review and Reinforcement of Treatment Gains 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.7.2012
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 200 x 200 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Schlagworte: CBCT • CBT • Cognitive-behavioral therapy • cognitive therapy • conjoint therapy • couples • Couple therapy • Families • Family • intimate relationships • marital therapy • Military • Partners • posttraumatic stress syndrome • PTSD • Spouses • "substance abuse, behavior change, psychotherapy, interventions, addictions, ambivalence, resistance, therapy, counseling field, counseling students, interviewing skills, meth addiction, life coaching, helping professionals, therapeutic relationship, helping professions, professional counselor, core concepts, social workers, transpersonal, rationales, person-centered, exam, cognitive-behavioral, court-ordered, modality, clinicians, evidence-based, revisions, trainers, therapists, counselors, seminar, exerci • Trauma • treatment manuals
• ISBN-10: 1-4625-0568-6 / 1462505686
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4625-0568-5 / 9781462505685