Victoria M. Follette

Melanie P. Duckworth

Exposure to potentially traumatic events puts individuals at risk for developing a variety of psychological disorders. The contributors of Retraumatization: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention explore this concept and provide the most current information on the epidemiology, theory, and treatment issues related to multiple trauma experiences.

Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention

Retraumatization

Adria N. Pearson

Michelle Heffner

ACT for Body Image Dissatisfaction is an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) manual practitioners can use to help clients overcome body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors such as food restriction and binge eating.

A Practitioner's Guide to Using Mindfulness, Acceptance & Values-based Behavior Change Strategies

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Body Image Dissatisfaction

Jacqueline Pistorello

If you've experienced trauma-whether as a result of common life events like accidents or abusive personal relationships or extraordinary experiences like war or natural disasters-you may find that the pain and emotional unease you feel don't go away over time. In fact, they may get worse. But the trauma you experienced lies in the unchangeable past. Because of your strength and perseverance, you survived, and now the rest of your life stretches before you. How do you want to live it? Finding Life Beyond Trauma is about living life well after a traumatic event. It uses the powerful techniques of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you take a different approach to painful feelings and chart a new course for a rich and meaningful life. First, you'll learn to accept the pain, sadness, and anxiety that can arise in connection to your trauma. By exploring mindfulness techniques, you'll be able to remain present with painful feeings and stop avoiding the thoughts and situations that bring them up. Instead of focusing on the past, you'll clarify what you want your life to be about right now and in the future. With your values clearly in mind, commit to actions that will express them in your life-guided by the powerful tools you'll find in this book.

Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Heal from Post-Traumatic Stress and Trauma-Related Problems

Finding Life Beyond Trauma

David I. Rome

John Briere

Deborah Rozelle

James W. Hopper

Grounded in research and accumulated clinical wisdom, this book describes a range of ways to integrate mindfulness and other contemplative practices into clinical work with trauma survivors. The volume showcases treatment approaches that can be tailored to this population's needs, such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), and mindful self-compassion (MSC), among others. Featuring vivid case material, the book explores which elements of contemplative traditions support recovery and how to apply them safely. Neurobiological foundations of mindfulness-oriented work are examined. Treatment applications are illustrated for specific trauma populations, such as clients with chronic pain, military veterans, and children and adolescents.

Integrating Contemplative Practices

Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma

The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. - Zen saying While the pain and suffering of trauma can seem unbearable, every day we see examples of people who have found a way not only to survive their experiences but also to really live their life to the fullest. This book is about finding your way back to your valued life. In Finding Life Beyond Trauma we hope to help you to move toward living a vital, rich, and awake life.

Steven C. Hayes

Marsha M. Linehan

This volume examines the role of mindfulness principles and practices in a range of well-established cognitive and behavioral treatment approaches. Leading scientist-practitioners describe how their respective modalities incorporate such nontraditional themes as mindfulness, acceptance, values, spirituality, being in relationship, focusing on the present moment, and emotional deepening. Coverage includes acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, integrative behavioral couple therapy, behavioral activation, and functional analytic psychotherapy. Contributors describe their clinical methods and goals, articulate their theoretical models, and examine similarities to and differences from other approaches.

Expanding the Cognitive-Behavioral Tradition

Mindfulness and Acceptance

Robyn M. Dawes

Kathleen E. Grady

A collection of essay in support of wider and more streamlined use of research results and higher levels of scientific practice standards in clinical psychology.

Issues and Recommendations

Scientific Standards of Psychological Practice

Entgegen der Annahme, dass die Qualen einer Traumatisierung schier unerträglich sein müssen, finden sich täglich Beispiele von Menschen, die die schlimmsten Erfahrungen überstanden haben, denen es sogar gelingt, in ihrem Leben wieder einen Sinn zu entdecken und aus dem Vollen zu leben. Wie man dies schaffen kann, davon handelt dieses Buch. Trauma wird als schwere physische oder psychische Verletzung definiert: eine extrem belastende Erschütterung, die im Leben eine deutliche Zäsur hinterlässt. Viele traumatisierte Menschen fühlen sich leer, hilflos, manchmal fast wie tot. Und gleichzeitig empfinden sie einen gewissen Stolz, weil sie überlebt haben. Beim Weg zurück ins Leben kann eine Methode helfen, die Acceptance und Commitment Therapie (ACT) heißt. Bei diesem therapeutischen Ansatz werden Verhaltens- und kognitive Therapieformen sowie Prinzipien wie Werteorientierung und Achtsamkeit miteinander kombiniert. Die zahlreichen praktischen Übungen in diesem Buch laden den Leser ein, in sich zu gehen und das, was er dort findet, zu ergründen und zu beschreiben. Das ermöglicht einen neuen Blick auf Reaktionsweisen nach einem Trauma und behindernde Strategien können endlich losgelassen werden.

Mit ACT Posttraumatische Belastungsstörungen und traumabedingte Probleme bewältigen

Zurück ins Leben finden

Exposure to potentially traumatic events puts individuals at risk for developing a variety of psychological disorders; the complexities involved in treating them are numerous and have serious repercussions. How should diagnostic criteria be defined? How can we help a client who does not present with traditional PTSD symptoms? The mechanisms of human behavior need to be understood and treatment needs to be tested before we can move beyond traditional diagnostic criteria in designing and implementing treatment. No better guide than Retraumatization exists to fulfill these goals. The editors and contributors, all highly regarded experts, accomplish six objectives, to: define retraumatization outline the controversies related to it provide an overview of theoretical models present data related to the frequency of occurrence of different forms of trauma detail the most reliable strategies for assessment to provide an overview of treatments. Contained within is the most current information on prevention and treatment approaches for specific populations. All chapters are uniformly structured and address epidemiological data, clinical descriptions, assessment, diagnosis and prognosis, and prevention. It is an indispensible resource that expands readers’ knowledge and skills, and will encourage dialogue in a field that has many unanswered questions.

Marsha Linehan

This volume examines a number of increasingly popular therapies that have emerged over the last decade and that share an emphasis on such nontraditional themes as mindfulness, acceptance, relationship, values, and spirituality. Leading scientist-practitioners provide detailed descriptions of their respective approaches, discussing theoretical and empirical bases as well as clinical methods and goals. Promising applications are presented for treating a variety of challenging clinical issues and problems, including depression, anxiety, couple conflict, PTSD, eating disorders, and substance abuse. Illuminated are the ways in which indirect and experiential change strategies are being integrated with established cognitive and behavioral techniques and what this means for the future of psychotherapy research and practice.

Victoria M. Follette

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