Trauma and Violence Books
Treating PTSD in Military Personnel: A Clinical Handbook
This state-of-the-science guide to assessing and treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in active-duty service members and veterans has now been extensively revised with 65% new material.... (more)
Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Advances in Research and Practice
Nonsuicidal Self-Injury moves beyond the basics to tackle the clinical and conceptual complexity of NSSI, with an emphasis on recent advances in both science and practice. Directed towards... (more)
Rethinking Trauma Treatment: Attachment, Memory Reconsolidation, and Resilience
Merely talking about a traumatic event is not enough: the parts of the brain where traumatic, implicit memories are stored don't understand words. Secure attachment is needed to buffer the impact.... (more)
Parenting Traumatized Children with Developmental Differences: Strategies to Help Your Childs Sensory Processing Language Development Executive Function and Challenging Behaviours
hildren who have encountered trauma early in life can experience real differences in their social and cognitive development. This comprehensive guide introduces what such developmental difference... (more)
Trauma Stigma and Autism: Developing Resilience and Loosening the Grip of Shame
This book presents ground-breaking ideas based on current research on how stigma can cause bodily felt trauma in stigmatised or marginalised people, particularly those on the autism spectrum. Gordon... (more)
Suicide Prevention Techniques: How a Suicide Crisis Service Saves Lives
Focusing on the methods used at a ground-breaking Suicide Crisis Centre which has a zero suicide achievement, this guide offers strategies to help people in suicidal crisis. Founded after the... (more)
Humanising Mental Health Care in Australia: A Guide to Trauma-informed Approaches
Humanising Mental Health Care in Australia is a unique and innovative contribution to the healthcare literature that outlines the trauma-informed approaches necessary to provide a more compassionate... (more)
Childhood Abuse Body Shame and Addictive Plastic Surgery: The Face of Trauma.
Childhood Abuse, Body Shame, and Addictive Plastic Surgery explores the psychopathology that plastic surgeons can encounter when seemingly excellent surgical candidates develop body dysmorphic... (more)
Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition: How to Foster Resilience through Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency
Tens of thousands of clinicians have used this book--now revised and expanded with 50% new material--to plan and organize effective interventions for children and adolescents who have experienced... (more)
Group Trauma Treatment in Early Recovery: Promoting Safety and Self-Care
Infused with clinical wisdom, this book describes a supportive group treatment approach for survivors just beginning to come to terms with the impact of interpersonal trauma. Focusing on establishing... (more)
Treating Adult Survivors of Childhood Emotional Abuse and Neglect: Component-Based Psychotherapy
Grounded in 40 years of clinical practice and research, this book provides a systematic yet flexible evidence-based framework for treating adult survivors of complex trauma, particularly those... (more)
Cinematic Reflections on The Legacy of the Holocaust: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
An international group of psychoanalysts and film scholars address the enduring emotional legacy of the Holocaust in Cinematic Reflections on the Legacy of the Holocaust: Psychoanalytic Perspectives.... (more)
Protecting children: A social model
This book brings together leading scholars of child protection to present an in-depth analysis of the current state of policy and practice as well as assessments of the effects of inequality on... (more)
Using Stories, Art, and Play in Trauma-Informed Treatment: Case Examples and Applications Across the Lifespan
This book shows new and experienced therapists how to use meaningful therapeutic material in art, stories, and play to facilitate shifts in outlook and behavior. Using a wide variety of case studies,... (more)
When a Child has been Abused: Towards Psychoanalytic Understanding and Therapy
This important and wide-ranging book explores the world of a child or young person who has been abused or neglected. It seeks to understand their world, to ease the pain from which they suffer, and... (more)
Working with Trans Survivors of Sexual Violence: A Guide for Professionals
This book provides practical advice for professionals working with transgender (including non-binary) people who have survived any form of sexual violence and abuse. It gives professionals an... (more)
Healing Relational Trauma with Attachment-Focused Interventions: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy with Children and Families
DDP is an attachment-focused treatment for children and adolescents who experience abuse and neglect and who are now living in stable foster and adoptive families. Its central interventions are... (more)
The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships
The ability to offer the safe sanctuary of presence is central to treating trauma and therapeutic practice. This book offers brain- and body-based insights and skills for the reader to heal, not only... (more)
Art-Making with Refugees and Survivors: Creative and Transformative Responses to Trauma After Natural Disasters War and Other Crises
This timely book reveals the therapeutic effect group art projects can have when working with survivors and refugees of war, natural disaster, poverty, pandemic and genocide. (more)
Fun Games and Physical Activities to Help Heal Children Who Hurt: Get On Your Feet!
Develop children's brains and bonds with this collection of no-tech, physical games, strategies and activities. Ideal for children who have experienced neglect, abuse and trauma, these "real-world"... (more)
Trauma & the Struggle to Open Up: From Avoidance to Recovery and Growth
In therapy, we see how relationships are central to many traumatic experiences, but relationships are also critical to trauma recovery. Grounded firmly in attachment and trauma theory, this book... (more)
Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing
From elementary schools to psychotherapy offices, mindfulness meditation is an increasingly mainstream practice. At the same time, trauma remains a fact of life: the majority of us will experience a... (more)
The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation
Written for all therapists who want to understand this groundbreaking theory as it might actually show up in their day-to-day practice, this book offers a comprehensive approach to polyvagal-informed... (more)
Treating Trauma in Adolescents: Development Attachment and the Therapeutic Relationship
This book presents an innovative and empathic approach to working with traumatized teens. It offers strategies for getting through to high-risk adolescents and for building a strong attachment... (more)
Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers: A Roadmap of Trauma and Critical Incident Care
Humanitarian aid workers are trying to make a difference in an increasingly dangerous world. Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers: A Roadmap of Trauma and Critical Incident Care... (more)
Treating PTSD: A Compassion-Focused CBT Approach
Treating PTSD presents a comprehensive, compassion-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) approach that provides therapists with the evidence-based information they need to understand trauma's... (more)
Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy: Beyond Evidence-Based Practice
Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy focuses on the creation of the therapist as healing presence rather than technique administrator-in other words, how to be rather than what to do.... (more)
Hope for Children of Trauma: An International perspective
Hope for Children of Trauma: An International Perspective synthesizes all the existing evidence, policy and practice from around the world for children and youth who have experienced different forms... (more)
Re-Circuiting Trauma Pathways in Adults, Parents, and Children: A Brain-Based, Intergenerational Trauma Treatment Method
Re-Circuiting Trauma Pathways in Adults, Parents, and Children presents the evidence-informed and substantiated Intergenerational Trauma Treatment Model (ITTM), with an emphasis on up-to-date trauma... (more)
Mindfulness-Oriented Interventions for Trauma: Integrating Contemplative Practices
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... (more)