- 280 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Extreme trauma can have devastating emotional, relational, physical and legal effects. This book offers hope, providing survivors, family and friends with a roadmap for managing obstacles to recovery.
This second edition shifts the focus from reliving the trauma to 12 rules for 'moving on after trauma' by making the centrality accorded to the trauma the pre-eminent target rather than the traumatic experience itself. In this approach, the trauma victim's intense desire not to talk or think about the trauma is no longer seen as pathological. The book also addresses the wider concerns of the traumatised about justice, group treatments and medication; with suggested strategies tailored to a wide range of possible traumatic responses including PTSD, specific phobias, panic disorder, depression and body dysmorphic disorder. An important focus in this new edition is the restoration of the sense of self. For those traumatised earlier on in life guidance is given on the creation of a stable sense of self.
This one-of-a-kind trauma survivor guide will be beneficial for any survivor of trauma along with their fellow travellers to recovery, including family, friends, therapists, managers, clergy and lawyers. It can also serve as a companion volume to Personalising Trauma Treatment: Reframing and Reimagining (2022) for mental health professionals.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Note to the reader
- Preface
- Introduction: How to use this book
- 1 What's happening to me?
- 2 What is the best description of my distress?
- 3 Your distress might be complicated because …
- 4 Am I making mountains out of molehills?
- 5 In preparation
- 6 Picturing your distress
- 7 Stopping fuelling your distress
- 8 Will I get better?
- 9 What works?
- 10 A window into ‘bona fide’ treatments and the realities
- 11 Viewing life through the window of the trauma and the bottom of a glass
- 12 Excessive vigilance
- 13 Tongue-tied
- 14 Depression and anxiety disorders
- 15 Resetting the alarm, refurbishment and rebuild
- 16 Venturing forth
- 17 Saboteurs
- 18 Better ways of handling the traumatic memory
- 19 The gravitational pull of exaggeratedly negative post-traumatic cognitions
- 20 Sharing
- 21 Mental time travel and me
- 22 When the picture freezes
- 23 Restoring relationships
- 24 Managing mood
- 25 A trauma-induced prejudice against yourself
- 26 Preparing for sleep, pain and irritability
- 27 Encountering disturbances of sleep, pain and irritability
- 28 When pain and impairment are made central
- 29 Old baggage, new trauma
- 30 Seeking help for children and adolescents
- 31 Age-adjusted help for the young
- 32 Justice
- 33 What about trauma groups?
- 34 What about medication?
- 35 Getting further help
- 36 Guidance for professionals
- Appendix A: Screening for PTSD
- Appendix B: Unreliable diagnosis
- Appendix C: DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for PTSD, depression and panic disorder
- Index