The PTSD workbook
Subtitle: simple, effective techniques for overcoming traumatic stress symptoms
By: Mary Beth Williams, PhD, LCSW, CTS, Soili Poijula, PhD
Contributors: Poijula, Soili, 1958-
Edition: Third edition.
Series: A New Harbinger self-help workbook; New Harbinger self-help workbook
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781626253704
Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder; Popular works; Treatment; Diagnosis
Other titles: P.T.S.D. workbook; Post-traumatic stress disorder workbook
Description: In the third edition of the best-selling The PTSD Workbook, psychologists and trauma experts Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula offer readers the most effective tools available for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this fully revised and updated workbook, readers will learn how to move past the trauma they have experienced; manage symptoms such as insomnia, anxiety, and flashbacks; and find important updates reflecting the new DSM-V definition of PTSD.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-370).
Table of contents: title: A look at trauma; title: Before doing the work : safety, security, and intention; title: Identifying and writing about what has happened to you; title: Helping yourself when you experience a trauma; title: Coping with trauma with less avoidance; title: Dealing with category D symptoms : part I; title: Dealing with category D symptoms : part 2; title: Lessening arousal : what to do if you can't sleep, can't relax, or are angry and irritable; title: Stress, trauma, and the body; title: For veterans returning from war : tools for personal survival; title: Finding meaning; title: Final thoughts and exercises.