The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual: An Integrative, Mind-Body Approach to Trauma Recovery

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Clinicians working with complex trauma are honored with the most sacred of tasks: to bear witness to clients’ suffering and to attend compassionately to their wounds. In The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual, clinicians will find the road map they need to conduct successful therapy with clients who have experienced prolonged exposure to traumatic events. Combining the science and art of therapy, Dr. Arielle Schwartz seamlessly integrates research-based interventions with the essentials of healing to create a whole-person approach to trauma treatment. Drawing from her years of experience in working with trauma survivors, Dr. Schwartz provides clinicians with the tools they need to become a trustworthy companion to trauma survivors and become capable of guiding a healing journey for clients with a history of abuse or neglect. Within these pages, you will find: - Essential interventions that strengthen mindful body awareness, enhance distress tolerance, cultivate self-compassion, and facilitate trauma recovery - Over 50 practices, worksheets, and self-reflection points to utilize in each stage of the client’s therapeutic process - Integration of several therapeutic approaches for trauma treatment, including relational therapy, mindful body awareness, parts work therapy, CBT, EMDR, somatic psychology, and practices drawn from complementary and alternative medicine Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Understanding Trauma and Complex PTSD 2 Theoretical Foundations of an Integrative Approach to Trauma Treatment 3 The Neurophysiology of Complex Trauma 4 The Therapeutic Relationship in Complex Trauma Treatment 5 Cultivating Presence with Mindfulness-Based Therapies 6 Attending to Dissociative Symptoms with Parts Work Therapy 7 Repatterning the Body with Somatic Psychology 8 Reprocessing the Past with Cognitive Behavioral and EMDR Therapies 9 Restoring Wellness with Complementary and Alternative Medicine 10 Nurturing Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth References