Rebuilding shattered lives
Subtitle: treating complex PTSD and dissociative disorders
By: James A. Chu
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780470768747
Description: "In this new edition of Rebuilding Shattered Lives, Dr. Chu distills the wisdom he has gained from many years spent building and directing an extraordinary therapeutic community in a major teaching hospital. Both beginners and experienced clinicians will benefit from this book's unfailing clarity, balance, and pragmatism. An invaluable resource."―Judith L. Herman, MD, Director of Training for the Victims of Violence Program, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA

"The need for this work is immense, as is the reward. Thank you, Dr. Chu, for continuing to share your sustaining insight and wisdom in this updated edition."― Christine A. Courtois, founder and principal, Christine A. Courtois PhD & Associates, PLC, Washington, DC; author of Healing the Incest Wound: Adult Survivors in Therapy and Recollections of Sexual Abuse
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Trauma and dissociation : 30 years of study and lessons learned along the way; title: Complex PTSD : the effects of chronic trauma and victimization; title: Falling apart : dissociation and the dissociative disorders; title: Derailed : childhood trauma, attachment, and the development of the self; title: The memory wars : the nature of traumatic memories of childhood abuse.