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Treating Addicted Survivors of Trauma

Author : Katie Evans
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9780898623246
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Treating Addicted Survivors of Trauma written by Katie Evans and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses composite clinical examples and the authors' own practical experience to demonstrate how to treat addicted survivors of trauma and abuse. By integrating mental health paradigms with disease models of addiction, and combining psychotherapeutic techniques with 12-step recovery practices, the authors present an easy-to-replicate model for assessment and treatment. They provide an overview of the various types and resulting effects of childhood abuse and other traumas, and then describe the disease of addiction and its treatment. Simultaneously addressing both addiction and survivor issues, the book describes ways to identify and assess substance-dependent survivors, and organize, direct, and plan their treatment. In addition, it provides specific strategies for working with significant others, adolescents, and individuals who also exhibit antisocial, borderline, and narcissistic personality disorders. This book is aimed at psychologists, chemical dependency counselors, social workers, and family therapists.

Examining the Relationship between Trauma and Addiction

Author : Shelly Wiechelt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317385284
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis Examining the Relationship between Trauma and Addiction by : Shelly Wiechelt

Download or read book Examining the Relationship between Trauma and Addiction written by Shelly Wiechelt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trauma, trauma-related disorders, substance use, and addictive disorders often co-occur, and frequently play a role in the problems and issues that social workers contend with in their practice with individuals, families, and communities. Research shows that there is a relationship between trauma-related symptoms and problematic use of substances and other addictive behaviors. Individuals who experience these co-occurring problems have better outcomes when their issues are addressed with integrated treatment approaches. Trauma-informed care and trauma-specific treatment are therefore important components of effective social work interventions. This book examines various types of trauma, such as intergenerational trauma, adverse childhood events, childhood sexual abuse, and minority stress, amongst various populations and settings, including Native Americans, homeless youth, drug court participants, and LGB adolescents. It also explores the challenges in delivering trauma services in outpatient addiction treatment settings. Furthermore, it provides practical information on how to implement trauma-informed approaches in addiction treatment, and offers insights into the experience of a trauma survivor who is also recovering from a substance use disorder. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions.

Trauma and the 12 Steps, Revised and Expanded

Author : Jamie Marich
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1623174686
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Trauma and the 12 Steps, Revised and Expanded written by Jamie Marich and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inclusive, research-based guide to working the 12 steps: a trauma-informed approach for clinicians, sponsors, and those in recovery. Step 1: You admit that you're powerless over your addiction. Now what? 12-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) have helped countless people on the path to recovery. But many still feel that 12-step programs aren't for them: that the spiritual emphasis is too narrow, the modality too old-school, the setting too triggering, or the space too exclusive. Some struggle with an addict label that can eclipse the histories, traumas, and experiences that feed into addiction, or dismisses the effects of adverse experiences like trauma in the first place. Advances in addiction medicine, trauma, neuropsychiatry, social theory, and overall strides in inclusivity need to be integrated into modern-day 12-step programs to reflect the latest research and what it means to live with an addiction today. Dr. Jamie Marich, an addiction and trauma clinician in recovery herself, builds necessary bridges between the 12-step's core foundations and up-to-date developments in trauma-informed care. Foregrounding the intersections of addiction, trauma, identity, and systems of oppression, Marich's approach treats the whole person--not just the addiction--to foster healing, transformation, and growth. Written for clinicians, therapists, sponsors, and those in recovery, Marich provides an extensive toolkit of trauma-informed skills that: Explains how trauma impacts addiction, recovery, and relapse Celebrates communities who may feel excluded from the program, like atheists, agnostics, and LGBTQ+ folks Welcomes outside help from the fields of trauma, dissociation, mindfulness, and addiction research Explains the differences between being trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive; and Discusses spiritual abuse as a legitimate form of trauma that can profoundly impede spirituality-based approaches to healing.

Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment

Author : Bruce Carruth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317786440
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment written by Bruce Carruth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important reading for current and future addictions treatment clinicians—this book synthesizes and integrates the expanding body of knowledge about combined trauma/addiction treatment to specifically address the needs of clinicians in addiction treatment environments Here, in a single source, is an essential overview of trauma treatment for people in addiction treatment settings. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment presents specific methodologies and techniques for clients in inpatient and outpatient addiction/mental health settings. The contributors—leading clinicians and researchers in the field—provide a comprehensive set of scientific treatment approaches addressing a broad spectrum of trauma disorders. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment brings you up-to-date, authoritative coverage of: the dynamics of co-occurring psychological trauma and addiction all of the primary treatment frameworks currently utilized in trauma treatment treatment frameworks that take gender into account cognitive therapies in treating these co-occurring disorders the role of psychodynamic psychotherapies in treatment attachment disorders and their relation to trauma and addiction treatment EMDR as a treatment for traumatized addicts the psychoneurology of trauma and the implications of psychoneurology in addictions and trauma treatment how self-help groups can contribute to and limit recovery for psychologically traumatized clients forgiveness therapy as an adjunct to trauma treatment counselor self-care for those who work with this client population Ultimately, this is a book of hope. Every author in this text has a firm belief that people with co-occurring trauma and addiction can recover, can maintain quality relationships, can confront life’s challenges as they arise, and can be happy and fulfilled. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment is designed as essential reading for entry-level and experienced addiction counselors, social workers, professional counselors, psychologists, and others working in the trauma treatment field.

Art Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction and Trauma

Author : Patricia Quinn
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 178450730X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (845 download)

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Book Synopsis Art Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction and Trauma by : Patricia Quinn

Download or read book Art Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction and Trauma written by Patricia Quinn and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2020-12-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the benefits and uses of art therapy in the treatment of addiction and trauma, highlighting its effectiveness at revealing underlying causes and relapse triggers, as well as treating co-occurring conditions that impair learning and recovery. This book also focuses on art therapy for trauma within specific populations, including incarcerated individuals, military personnel and survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. Quinn discusses how art therapy is often carried out alongside combined approaches, such as CBT and DBT, and how it can help those with cognitive issues to learn through treatment. Furthermore, this book explores the benefits art therapy has for people with co-morbid conditions, such as dementia, emotional disorders and traumatic and acquired brain injuries. With co-authored chapters from leading researchers in art therapy, the book demonstrates how art therapy can help to uncover triggers, process trauma and find a means of self-expression whilst working towards a sustained recovery.

The Trauma Heart

Author : Judy Crane
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0757319815
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (573 download)

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Download or read book The Trauma Heart written by Judy Crane and published by Health Communications, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of people addicted to substances or process addictions such as relationship disorders, eating disorders, self-harming behaviors, gambling or pornography are trauma survivors. Many people caught in the web of addiction don't identify as trauma survivors until their personal, familial, intergenerational, and in-uterine history is exposed. Unfortunately, relapse is inevitable without trauma resolution that can only take place once their history is exposed. It is only when that happens that the behavior disorders will finally make sense. For almost 30 years Judy Crane has worked with clients and families who are in great pain due to destructive and dangerous behaviors. Families often believe that their loved one must be bad or defective, and the one struggling with the addiction not only believes it, too, but feels it to their core. The truth is, the whole family is embroiled in their own individual survival coping mechanisms—the addicted member is often the red flag indicating that the whole family needs healing. In The Trauma Heart, Crane explores the many ways that life's events impact each member of the family. She reveals the essence of trauma and addictions treatment through the stories, art, and assignments of former clients and the staff who worked with them, offering a snapshot of their pain and healing.

Healing Addiction Emdr Therapy

Author : Jamie Marich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780826136060
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Healing Addiction Emdr Therapy written by Jamie Marich and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unhealed trauma causes distress in the body. When the nature of the distress overrides a person's existing system for coping, or the trauma is not processed, survivors may numb themselves or seek a more pleasurable experience to escape. Such behavior is a completely natural response to unprocessed trauma. This tendency we have as human beings to dissociate, or sever, from the present moment when the moment becomes unpleasant or painful is amplified for survivors when chemicals or other reinforcing behaviors are introduced. Such chemicals and behaviors can accelerate the potency of dissociation. The field of addiction studies has slowly attuned to this connection between unhealed trauma and addiction, yet more work needs to be done. In both our travels throughout the country teaching on trauma and in our local communities, we continue to hear addiction treatment program directors make comments like, "You have to shut down trauma if they bring it up." Sometimes the resistance takes on the tone of, "There's no time in treatment to get into trauma. It's like opening up a Pandora's Box. They just have to learn to stay sober.""--

Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment

Author : Bruce Carruth
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317786432
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Book Synopsis Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment by : Bruce Carruth

Download or read book Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment written by Bruce Carruth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important reading for current and future addictions treatment clinicians—this book synthesizes and integrates the expanding body of knowledge about combined trauma/addiction treatment to specifically address the needs of clinicians in addiction treatment environments Here, in a single source, is an essential overview of trauma treatment for people in addiction treatment settings. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment presents specific methodologies and techniques for clients in inpatient and outpatient addiction/mental health settings. The contributors—leading clinicians and researchers in the field—provide a comprehensive set of scientific treatment approaches addressing a broad spectrum of trauma disorders. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment brings you up-to-date, authoritative coverage of: the dynamics of co-occurring psychological trauma and addiction all of the primary treatment frameworks currently utilized in trauma treatment treatment frameworks that take gender into account cognitive therapies in treating these co-occurring disorders the role of psychodynamic psychotherapies in treatment attachment disorders and their relation to trauma and addiction treatment EMDR as a treatment for traumatized addicts the psychoneurology of trauma and the implications of psychoneurology in addictions and trauma treatment how self-help groups can contribute to and limit recovery for psychologically traumatized clients forgiveness therapy as an adjunct to trauma treatment counselor self-care for those who work with this client population Ultimately, this is a book of hope. Every author in this text has a firm belief that people with co-occurring trauma and addiction can recover, can maintain quality relationships, can confront life’s challenges as they arise, and can be happy and fulfilled. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment is designed as essential reading for entry-level and experienced addiction counselors, social workers, professional counselors, psychologists, and others working in the trauma treatment field.

How We Heal

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1616499176
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book How We Heal written by Anonymous and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2030-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How We Heal is a book of meditations for survivors of addiction and sexual trauma, written by survivors of addiction and sexual trauma. Through writing and reading, sharing our experiences, and building our community, we can learn to reclaim our voices and heal ourselves. Millions of people have been victims of sexual trauma. And millions of those people turn to drugs and alcohol to numb their pain. We all can be survivors. But how can we not only survive, but thrive? Through post-traumatic growth. In How We Heal, we can see how post-traumatic growth comes from learning how our trauma affects us every day, particularly if we have a substance use disorder, and that we can heal the trauma to grow past the addiction. We can reach out for help. We can find treatment programs. We can seek help as survivors. And we survivors can find each other and help each other. Through How We Heal, we can come to realize we are not alone. Through the multitude of these voices, we can understand better how trauma affects addiction and how addiction affects trauma. These meditations offer little glimpses into the world of survivors and, whether in this survivor and recovery community or near it, as a friend or loved one, we learn that greater empathy for each other is paramount. Hazelden Publishing’s Meditation Series is a long-standing source for people to find healing and hope. Each meditation shares a way to see things from the perspective of someone who’s been there, whether a challenge, a victory...or somewhere in between. Because someone has been there before, we see that what is being asked in recovery is possible. It’s comforting. It’s empowering. It’s recovery.

Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse, First Edition

Author : Marylene Cloitre
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1462504337
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse, First Edition written by Marylene Cloitre and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been replaced by Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Interpersonal Trauma, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-4328-1.

Treating the Trauma Survivor

Author : Carrie Clark
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135092060
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Treating the Trauma Survivor written by Carrie Clark and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treating the Trauma Survivor is a practical guide to assist mental health, health care, and social service providers in providing trauma-informed care. This resource provides essential information in order to understand the impacts of trauma by summarizing key literature in an easily accessible and user-friendly format. Providers will be able to identify common pitfalls and avoid re- traumatizing survivors during interactions. Based on the authors’ extensive experience and interactions with trauma survivors, the book provides a trauma-informed framework and offers practical tools to enhance collaboration with survivors and promote a safer helping environment. Mental health providers in health care, community, and addictions settings as well as health care providers and community workers will find the framework and the practical suggestions in this book informative and useful.

Trauma Made Simple

Author : Jamie Marich
Publisher : PESI Publishing & Media
ISBN 13 : 1936128926
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book Trauma Made Simple written by Jamie Marich and published by PESI Publishing & Media. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Trauma Made Simple, trauma expert Dr. Jamie Marich brings her practical style of training to print, using clinical common sense to wade through theory, research, and hype surrounding trauma. Learn about trauma in a way that is relevant to clinical work, including extensive coverage on PTSD and other diagnoses through a bio-psycho-social-spiritual lens. Make clinically informed decisions based on setting, client preparedness, and other contextual variables. Develop strategies for treatment planning based on the best possible treatments in the field today. Trauma Made Simple addresses a variety of issues that are imperative to trauma competency in clinical work, including how to handle grief and mourning, assessing for and addressing addiction (even if you are not an addiction counselor) and how to manage professional development issues, including self-care.

The Self Psychology of Addiction and its Treatment

Author : Richard B. Ulman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135451583
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Download or read book The Self Psychology of Addiction and its Treatment written by Richard B. Ulman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the time of Freud, the typical psychoanalytic patient was afflicted with neurotic disorders; however, the modern-day psychotherapy patient often suffers instead from a variety of addictive disorders. As the treatment of neurotic disorders based on unconscious conflicts cannot be applied to treatment of addictive disorders, psychoanalysis has been unable to keep pace with the changes in the type of patient seeking help. To address the shift and respond to contemporary patients’ needs, Ulman and Paul present a thorough discussion of addiction that studies and analyzes treatment options. Their honest and unique work provides new ideas that will help gain access to the fantasy worlds of addicted patients. The Self Psychology of Addiction and Its Treatment emphasizes clinical approaches in the treatment of challenging narcissistic patients struggling with the five major forms of addiction. Ulman and Paul focus on six specific case studies that are illustrative of the five forms of addiction. They use the representative subjects to develop a self psychological model that helps to answer the pertinent questions regarding the origins and pathway of addiction. This comprehensive book links addiction and trauma in an original manner that creates a greater understanding of addiction and its foundations than any clinical or theoretical model to date.

Trauma and the Twelve Steps

Author : Jamie Marich
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780615603056
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Trauma and the Twelve Steps written by Jamie Marich and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criticism of 12-step recovery is nothing new; however, 12-step programs are increasingly getting a bad rap for being too "one size fits all," or not applicable to individuals struggling with issues beyond the scope of simple alcoholism or addiction, especially issues surrounding traumatic stress. "Trauma and the Twelve Steps: A Complete Guide to Enhancing Recovery" takes the posture that there is nothing wrong with using 12-step recovery principles in treatment or in continuing care with individuals who are affected by trauma-related issues. However, this book also explains how rigid application of 12-step principles can do more harm than good for a traumatized person, and that learning some simple accommodations based on the latest knowledge of traumatic stress can enhance the 12-step recovery experiences for trauma survivors. Written for professionals, sponsors, and those in a position to reach out and help recovering addicts, the user-friendly language in this book will teach you how to unify the traditional knowledge of 12-step recovery with the latest findings on healing trauma. In doing so, you will be able to help others, and maybe even yourself, "work a recovery" program like never before! ___________________________________ "At last, someone has thoughtfully and intelligently reconciled the practical wisdom of the 12 steps with best practices for posttraumatic stress. In "Trauma and the Twelve Steps," Jamie Marich tosses aside the rigid orthodoxies that have hampered both fields and delivers - in beautiful, eminently readable English - a coherent treatment approach that is sure to maximize sobriety and healing." -Belleruth Naparstek, Author of Invisible Heroes: Survivors of Trauma and How They Heal; creator of the Health Journeys guided imagery audio series "It's critically important for people in 12 step based-treatment to keep trauma in mind and not re-traumatize people with coercive practices like forced 4th and 5th steps or misguided ideas that addiction has nothing to do with trauma. I support these efforts, promoted in Dr. Marich's work, to help those whose choice of recovery paths is within the 12-step framework." -Maia Szalavitz, Journalist and best-selling author of Born for Love and The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog

Trauma Services for Women in Substance Abuse Treatment

Author : Denise Hien
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
ISBN 13 : 9781433804106
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Trauma Services for Women in Substance Abuse Treatment written by Denise Hien and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a hands-on guide for clinicians seeking to treat women who suffer from both a history of trauma and the effects of substance abuse. The intertwined nature of trauma and addiction is explored through a review of recent research, with a focus on treatment options for PTSD and addiction that together form the basis for many of the recently developed treatments for trauma and addiction co-morbidity. Vital background material is included that describes the effects of trauma on emotion regulation, interpersonal functioning, parenting, and physical health. Finally, the book addresses the many real-world challenges clinicians will face in implementing trauma-focused therapeutic approaches in community-based substance abuse treatment." "The authors have written an essential resource for substance abuse program directors who want to broaden their services to better assist their clients. It will also be helpful for clinicians and social workers who want to better understand the complicated nature of their clients' problems, as well as for researchers seeking to expand on the current understanding of addiction and trauma co-morbidity, and for all who seek to further develop integrated treatments to help lead victims to recovery."--BOOK JACKET.

Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Author : Mic Hunter
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0803971931
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse written by Mic Hunter and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1995-04-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the practitioner working with adult survivors of sexual abuse, this book is a must. Offering useful treatment innovations, this volume opens with a clear review of dynamic theories that provides a solid introduction to understanding and treating adult survivors of sexual abuse. What follows are three chapters dealing with various sexual problems of adult survivors, including sexual dysfunction and sexual compulsivity. The final part of this practical book examines clients with special needs - the very difficult survivor with personality disorders, chemically dependent survivors, male survivors, and partners of survivors. Well balanced and written in an easy-to-follow style, this volume provides concrete directions for intervention. Practitioners in the fields of clinical psychology, counseling, social work, and mental health - as well as advanced clinical students - will find this an indispensable resource.

Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors

Author : Lisa Ferentz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317626680
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors written by Lisa Ferentz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors, 2nd ed, is a book for clinicians who specialize in helping trauma survivors and, during the course of treatment, find themselves unexpectedly confronted with client disclosures of self-destructive behaviors, including self-mutilation and other manifestations of deliberately "hurting the body" such as bingeing, purging, starving, substance abuse and other addictive behaviors. Arguing that standard safety contracts are not effective, renowned clinician Lisa Ferentz introduces viable treatment alternatives, assessment tools, and new ways of understanding self-destructive behavior using a strengths-based approach that distinguishes between the "experimental" non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) that some teenagers occasionally engage in and the self-destructive behaviors that are repetitive and chronic. In the new edition, many of the treatment strategies are cross referenced to a useful workbook, giving therapists and clients concrete ways to integrate theory into practice. In addition, Ferentz emphasizes the importance of assessing for and strengthening clients' self-compassion, and explains how nurturing this idea cognitively, emotionally, and somatically can become the catalyst for motivation and change. The book also explores a cycle of behavior that clinicians can personalize and use as a template for treatment. In its final sections, the book focuses on counter-transferential responses and the different ways in which therapists can work with self-destructive behaviors and avoid vicarious traumatization by adopting tools and strategies for self-care. Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors, 2nd ed, can be used on its own or in conjunction with the accompanying client-focused workbook, Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing.