The PTSD workbook : simple, effective techniques for overcoming traumatic stress symptoms / Mary Beth Williams, Soili Poijula.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oakland, Calif. : New Harbinger ; Enfield : Airlift [distributor], 2002.Description: viii, 237 p. ; 28 cmISBN:- 9781572242821 (pbk.) :
- 1572242825 (pbk) :
- 616.8521 WIL
- RC552.P67
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Positive Living | 616.8521 WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 208940 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-237).
Preface--Introduction--A look at trauma: Simple and complex--Before doing the work: Safety, Security and intention--Identifying and writing about what has happened to you--Helping yourself when you reexperience a trauma--Coping with trauma with less avoidance and denial--The physical side of PTSD--Dealing with associated symptoms of PSTD: Guilt, Survivor guilt, Shame, Loss--Difficulty regulating emotion (Complex PTSD, Category 1)--Alterations in attention or consciousness: Dealing with dissociation and traumatic amnesia (Complex PTSD, Category 2)--Somatization: How trauma impacts your body (Complex PTSD, Category 3)--How trauma impacts the way you view yourself (Complex PTSD, Category 4)--Dealing with your perpetrators (Complex PTSD, Category 5)--Alterations in your relationships with others (Complex PTSD, Category 6)--Finding meaning (Complex PTSD, Category 7)--Final thoughts and exercises--Complex PTSD questionnaire for trauma survivors.
Post traumatic stress disorder can be one of the most disabling of all the anxiety disorders and is frequently misdiagnosed and ineffectively treated. The authors teach how to identify, diagnose and treat the condition in this self-help guide.