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Feel it, stay with it, share it, and let it go. Take your life back
from stress and trauma using self-help versions of proven
treatments. Up to 90% of adults in the US will experience one or
more traumatic events in their lifetimes, including interpersonal
violence, traffic collisions, and sexual assault. Traumatic events
and other difficult experiences (such as miscarriage, job loss, and
divorce) can have a long-lasting impact on mental health and
well-being. While most who suffer a trauma naturally recover over
time, for others difficulties continue, and may lead to full-blown
depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use,
anxiety disorders, and other problems that interfere with healthy
daily functioning. Making Meaning of Difficult Experiences is a
self-guided mental health resource for people who have had
potentially traumatic experiences and who wish to work through them
independently, outside of a formal therapeutic setting. Based on
psychological treatments with strong scientific support, this book
introduces readers to several useful tools that will help them to
emotionally process difficult experiences, with the goal of moving
on from the event and building future resilience. Many years of
research (much of which has been conducted by the authors of this
volume) have shown that people who try to avoid memories and
reminders of difficult experiences are more likely to develop PTSD,
depression, and other problems. Conversely, those who work to
process the memory gradually regain a general sense of wellbeing,
experiencing fewer mental health issues over time. This program is
unique in that it is intended to be wholly self-directed. Readers
can learn about and then immediately practice the strategies
described, moving through and then past difficult
experiences—whether they happened last week or years ago. The
program takes the reader step-by-step through four skill sets to
facilitate emotional processing of difficult experiences: Memory
Exposure and Processing, Behavioral Activation, Social Connection,
and Self-Care. Each set begins with a short description, followed
by a self-assessment. Readers use this self-evaluation to determine
what is working or not working for them, enabling them to focus
more on certain skills, or to complete the full program based on
their needs.
Prolonged Exposure for PTSD in Intensive Outpatient Programs
(PE-IOP) presents an innovative PTSD treatment model for the use of
prolonged exposure (PE) in residential and intensive outpatient
programs, which increases access to care and retention in care
while providing transformational symptom outcomes. Drs. Rauch,
Rothbaum, Smith, and Foa present the elements of the PE protocol
along with all the logistics for how to provide PE in an intensive
outpatient program. PE is the most widely studied treatment for
PTSD, with over 100 studies showing its efficacy for PTSD and
comorbid patient populations-from single incident and multiple
incident traumas of all types (e.g., combat, sexual assault, etc.)
Variations and considerations for implementation are presented to
allow providers designing programs to consider what best fits their
patient population and setting. Patient and provider forms are
included for use. As leaders in clinical practice, training, and
research in the field of PTSD treatment, Drs. Rauch, Rothbaum,
Smith, and Foa provide concise but thorough description of the key
components of the program, how to implement them, and when and how
to consider adaptations.
What is posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and who experiences
it? Why do some people develop PTSD after a traumatic event, while
others do not? What are the unique impacts of trauma on children?
Are there effective treatments for traumatic stress disorders?
PTSD: What Everyone Needs to Know is a scientifically-supported yet
accessible resource on a disorder that affects up to 7% of adults
during their lifetime. Utilizing a reader-friendly Q&A format,
the book demystifies and defines PTSD, explaining that, despite
popular opinion and countless media portrayals, this is not simply
a disorder for combat veterans. Instead, survivors of any
life-threatening event can experience PTSD. Beginning with an
overview of common types of trauma, internationally-renowned
experts on traumatic stress Barbara Rothbaum and Sheila Rauch then
go on to describe the effects of PTSD, what can trigger the
disorder, and who is likely to experience it. They explain how the
most effective treatments work, and guide readers on how to be a
source of support and understanding for those who have experienced
trauma. Drawing attention to the pervasiveness of traumatic
experiences in our lives and in culture and society, PTSD: What
Everyone Needs to Know is a must-read for anyone seeking
authoritative and current information about this often
misunderstood disorder.
Those who have experienced a traumatic event and are having trouble
moving past feelings of fear, shame and guilt, or helplessness may
be diagnosed with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Reclaiming
Your Life from a Traumatic Experience: A Prolonged Exposure
Treatment Program can help readers to overcome and reclaim their
lives from PTSD. Best used in combination with treatment by a
mental health professional, the second edition of this Workbook,
along with the accompanying Therapist Guide, will help readers work
through PTSD regardless of the type of trauma experienced-be it a
motor vehicle accident, physical or sexual assault, or
combat-related event. The program outlined in this book will reduce
anxiety and distress, teaching readers to face memories of trauma
while processing their emotions about the event using a
scientifically tested and proven technique called Prolonged
Exposure Therapy. Instead of avoiding or escaping situations that
provoke anxiety and other negative emotions, readers will learn how
to reevaluate feelings and beliefs to think differently about their
traumatic experiences. Complete with information on PTSD, as well
as case examples, self-assessment tools, and homework assignments,
Reclaiming Your Life from a Traumatic Experience is an invaluable
tool on the road to recovery from PTSD.
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