Personalising Trauma Treatment: Reframing and Reimagining

Personalizing Trauma Treatment helps trauma victims rediscover their sense of self by reframing the trauma and focusing on mental time travel and reimagining the future. It discusses treatment delivery options for clients with comorbidity and highlights the pathway to recovery for a wide range of clients.

Format: Hardback
Length: 186 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Personalizing Trauma Treatment is a comprehensive approach aimed at helping trauma victims regain their sense of self and recover from the effects of trauma. It emphasizes the importance of altering the perception of the centrality of the trauma and focuses on teaching clients to rediscover their identity through reframing their experience. The book guides clients on a mental journey from the trauma to the present and helps them envision a brighter future. The therapeutic targets are the thoughts and images that interfere with daily functioning, challenging the notion that arrested information processing is the root cause of PTSD.

Recognizing that different clients may have unique perspectives and experiences, the book explores the concept of "windows" through which clients can engage with their personal world and reimagine their view of themselves. Treatment delivery options, including telephone consultation, group work, and videoconferencing, are discussed to accommodate the diverse needs of trauma survivors.

Through illustrative examples, the author highlights the recovery pathway for a wide range of clients with comorbid conditions often found in real-world settings. Personalizing Trauma Treatment is a valuable resource for therapists and other mental health professionals working with trauma survivors, providing them with practical strategies and insights to facilitate their healing journey.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032013138