Brief Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Traumatic Incident Reduction and Related Techniques

ISBN-13: 9780471975670 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 192 str.

Stephen Bisbey;Bisbey; Lori Beth Bisbey

Opis

Research has demonstrated that brief therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be very successful and tends to be more effective than long term work. Traumatic Incident Reduction is a relatively new technique that has proven in one research study to be more effective than direct therapeutic exposure (imaginal flooding and progressive muscle relaxation). The technique is very straightforward and can be taught to mental health professionals in four-to-five day training workshops.

Recenzje

."immensely useful book for therapists..well written and manages to make some difficult concepts accessible to readers"(Profbook.com 21/08/2001)

Spis treści

An Overview of Traumatic Incident Reduction as a Brief Therapy Approach for Post–Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The Nature of Post–Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Who Is Suitable?

Engaging the Client.

Choosing Which Incident to Work on First.

Using Unblocking.

Working with Traumatic Incidents.

Use of Additional Questions.

When Things Don′t Go as Planned.

Ending the Counselling.

References.

Appendices.

Index.

Blurb

Therapists and counsellors, in training and practice, will welcome this concise and practical introduction to the TIR approach for helping clients with PTSD and other human traumas. The book is application–based, providing a step–by–step guide from initial assessment to the last counselling session, illustrated with many examples from actual sessions. TIR is a person–centred, structured approach which can
∗ achieve symptom resolution in a brief course of counselling (often about 20 hours)
∗ respect and value the client′s experience and needs
∗ work alongside a variety of therapy methods in a holistic way
∗ minimise the risk of re–traumatisation
The authors provide a review of the major theories of stress and trauma, and of other methods of working with clients that are most useful alongside the TIR approach, an approach that is useful for a wide range of ′normal life′ traumas, not just PTSD.