Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD
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Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD

About this book

Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD examines how professionals are psychologically impacted by their work with trauma clients. A national research study provides empirical evidence, documenting the struggle for professionals to maintain therapeutic equilibrium and empathic attunement with their trauma clients. Among the many important findings of this study, all participants reported being emotionally and psychologically affected by the work, often quite profoundly leading to changes in worldview, beliefs about the nature of humankind and the meaning of life.

John P. Wilson and Rhiannon Thomas set out to understand how to heal those who experience empathic strain in the course of their professional specialization. The data included in the book allows for the development of conceptual dynamic models of effective management of empathic strain, which may cause vicarious traumatization, burnout and serious countertransference processes.

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Yes, you can access Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD by John P. Wilson, Ph.D.,Rhiannon Brywnn Thomas, Ph.D. in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Mental Health in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2004
Print ISBN
9780415947589
eBook ISBN
9781135937454
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Mental Health in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1 The Transmitting Unconscious of Traumatization
  8. 2 The Matrix of Empathy
  9. 3 Structure and Dynamics of Interpersonal Processes in Treatment of PTSD
  10. 4 A Model of Empathy in Trauma Work
  11. 5 The Balance Beam: Modes of Empathic Attunement and Empathic Strain in Post-Traumatic Therapy
  12. 6 Empathic Rupture and Affect Dysregulation: Countertransference in the Treatment of PTSD
  13. 7 Anxiety and Defensiveness in the Trauma Therapist
  14. 8 Empathy and Traumatoid States
  15. 9 Therapist Reactions in Post-Traumatic Therapy: A Study of Empathic Strain in Trauma Work
  16. 10 Understanding the Nature of Traumatoid States
  17. 11 The Positive Therapeutic Effects of Empathic Attunement and the Transformation of Trauma
  18. Appendix