Counselling for post-traumatic stress disorder
By: Michael J. Scott and Stephen G. Stradling
Contributors: Stradling, Stephen G.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Counselling in practice; Counselling in practice
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781847878458
Subjects: Psychopathology; Cas, Études de; Diagnosis; Patients; Posttraumatische stressstoornis; Case Reports; Névroses post-traumatiques; PSYCHOLOGY; Methods; Counseling of; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Case studies; Therapy; Counseling; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Description: Counselling for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Third Edition addresses the specifics of counselling clients who have suffered major trauma, whether recently or in the past, and includes 18 detailed case examples together with transcripts of sessions. The authors' cognitive contextual approach translates the psychobiology of trauma responses into clinically useful analogies and simple drawings that guide the therapist and client. The book is unique in covering the diagnosis and treatment of the full spectrum of post-traumatic states. In this fully updated Third Edition the needs of special pop.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [144]-150) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Contents; Part I: Theoretical background; Chapter 1; title: Post-traumatic Responses; Chapter 2; title: Diagnostic Criteria; Chapter 3; title: Assessment; Chapter 4; title: Development and Course of PTSD; Chapter 5; title: Conceptualising PTSD; title: the maladaptive interplay of two levels of memory; Chapter 6; title: The Cognitive Profile of Post-traumatic Responses; Chapter 7; title: The Cognitive-contextual Approach; Part II: Applications; Chapter 8; title: PTSD and Sub-syndromal PTSD; title: Case Examples; Chapter 9; title: Beyond PTSD: Case Examples; Part III: Postscript; Chapter 10; title: Strengths and Limitations; Appendix I: The Penn Inventory