Preparing for Trauma Work in Clinical Mental Health: A Workbook to Enhance Self-Awareness and Promote Safe, Competent Practice

This workbook is a valuable resource for clinicians preparing to work with clients affected by trauma, integrating a holistic understanding of the client, promoting personal values and experiences, and reducing occupational hazards. It is presented in the tri-phasic framework and offers experiential activities for evaluation and gatekeeping. Ideal for graduate-level faculty and supervisors, it applies to mental-health related fields and emphasizes self-awareness and professional development.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 236 pages
\n Publication date: 09 September 2020
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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This workbook is a vital and one-of-a-kind tool for clinicians getting ready to work with trauma-affected clients. The chapters seamlessly blend a holistic perspective on the individual within the context of trauma-specific case conceptualization, fostering trainees' ability to recognize personal values and past experiences that may influence their capacity to deliver safe and ethical services. Additionally, they offer strategies to mitigate occupational hazards, such as vicarious traumatization. The trauma treatment process is presented within the tri-phasic framework, which is adaptable across settings, disciplines, and theoretical orientations. Each chapter includes experiential activities that connect the chapter content with clinician reflection and the practical application of knowledge and skills, making them readily accessible for evaluation and gatekeeping purposes by instructors and supervisors.

This book is an ideal resource for graduate-level faculty and supervisors, as it offers a versatile application in mental-health-related fields such as counseling, psychology, social work, school counseling, substance abuse, and marriage and family therapy.

Designed with students and professional clinicians in mind, this groundbreaking text addresses an essential education and training gap by presenting a comprehensive and enlightening exploration of trauma work while simultaneously promoting the clinicians' self-awareness and professional growth.

\n Weight: 614g\n
Dimension: 216 x 277 x 22 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367331849\n \n