"...pragmatic...fascinating read."
~Robert C. Scaer, M.D.
"It should be in every clinician's office - and in easy reach."
~Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.
ABOUT THE BOOK - TRAUMA COMPETENCY: A CLINICIAN'S GUIDE
This is a book for clinicians. More specifically, it is a book for clinicians to use with their clients affected by trauma's squalae. Unique in its approach, author Linda Curran not only defines and explains the current trauma paradigm-relevant, theories and current neuroscience, but step-by-step demonstrates its in-session clinical utility and applicability.
This is the book that clinicians will refer to daily - the beat-up book whose pages are falling out due to excessive handling, referencing specific pages over and over, and copying handouts for clients. From assessment through stabilization, from internal and external resourcing to the working through of traumatic material, each chapter guides the clinician further into trauma's theory and practice. Recommended for all clinicians working with trauma, this book is a clear and concise, reader-friendly illumination of the HOW and the WHY of trauma treatment.
ABOUT THE DVD - TRAUMA COMPETENCY: STABILIZATION
Although reprocessing traumatic material is essential to recovery, it is only feasible with a stable client. The first in a series of one-hour DVD’s, this is a hands-on, user-friendly, How to Work with Trauma Clients. Through lecture; special guest interview clips (including trauma icons, van der Kolk, Levine and Porges); and in-session video demonstrations, the DVD explains, elucidates and further concretizes the requisite stabilization phase-covering all aspects of early trauma therapy. This is the What is and How to of trauma and trauma treatment.
Further synthesizing the current clinically relevant theories with their applicability to the “therapy hour”, the DVD is a compilation of works from numerous skilled researchers and clinicians. We are reminded once again, that we need not start from scratch.
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Introduction
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Diagnosis Criteria:
- Simple PTSD
- Complex PTSD
- Borderline Personality Disorder
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Stabilization: an Overview
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Crisis Planning
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Symptom Recognition and Management
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DBT/CBT
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Meridian Work: EFT: Emotional Freedom Technique
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Psychoeducation: Polvagal Theory (Porges)
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Closing Remarks
An irreplaceable asset for anyone working, directing, supervising and/or educating clinicians in the field of trauma-which for all intents and purposes includes almost every clinician in working in mental health. Here’s the reality:
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If you’re working with addictions of any sort, then you’re working with trauma.
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If you’re working with Axis 2, then you’re working with trauma.
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If you’re working with self-injury, then you’re working with trauma.
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If you’re working with attachment disorders, then you’re working with trauma.
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Anorexia; trauma; bulimia, trauma; morbid obesity, trauma; ACoA, trauma; Codependence, trauma; adoption, trauma; chronic pain and autoimmune diseases, trauma; prison population, trauma; community mental heath, trauma…
Praise for the book "Trauma Competency":
"Trauma Competency...draws from a rich variety of sources and tools to help clients navigate the challenging waters of trauma. This comprehensive guide utilizes not only traditional cognitive approaches but extends to such areas as nutritional supplementation and cutting edge somatic exercises that help to restore the body/mind to equilibrium and wholeness."
~Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.
author of Waking The Tiger, Healing Trauma, and Healing Trauma, A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of your Body
"It is a user-friendly, accessible but comprehensive manual that should be in the library of any therapist who works with trauma, and in the library of the clients themselves. Those who use it will soon find it full of yellow stickies, folded page tips and highlighted sections of print, so it should also be within easy reach."
~Robert C. Scaer, M.D.
author of The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation and Disease
"A handbook that any trauma clinician can make instant use of. Curran has collected a treasure trove of wisdom and practical advice from leaders in the field of traumatic stress, editing the format into a highly accessible and easily useable treatment adjunct."
~Babette Rothschild
author of The Body Remembers and 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery