Trauma counseling : theories and interventions for managing trauma, stress, crisis, and disaster
Levers, Lisa Lopez (Éditeur intellectuel)
2nd Edition
2023
1 ressource en ligne (xxii, 550 pages : ill.)
Format HTML
9780826150851
Anglais
This textbook offers a relatively comprehensive review of various types of traumatic experiences; of the human vulnerability for experiencing and witnessing trauma, stress, crisis, and disaster situations across the life span; and, of the intersections among trauma, crisis, and disaster events. It discusses pertinent diagnostic and case conceptualization issues as well as presents individual and systems interventions and collaborations. This textbook was conceptualized and organized from a perspective that is anchored in an ecological and systemic view of people's psychosocial needs and interactions. The second edition includes relevant updates concerning new findings in neuroscience and the importance of Polyvagal Theory to our understanding of how trauma affects the brain"-- Provided by publisher.The only comprehensive text to focus on trauma, stress, crisis, and disaster counseling from a clinical practice perspective. This overarching text, intended both for mental health practitioners-in-training and for practicing clinicians, focuses on the impact of stress, crisis, trauma, and disaster on diverse populations across the lifespan as well as on effective treatment strategies. The second edition is newly grounded in a "trauma scaffold," providing foundational information that therapists can build upon, step-by-step, to treat individuals affected by more complex trauma events. This resource newly addresses the mental health implications of COVID-19, which has had an enormous impact on multitudes of people since the beginning of the pandemic, its repercussions likely to continue for some time into the future. The text also is updated to provide the most recent diagnostic information regarding trauma in the DSM-5. Two new chapters address the confluence of crises related to anthropogenic climate change and the effects of mass violence. This unrivalled resource emphasizes stress management and crisis intervention skills as important building blocks for working with more complex issues of trauma and disaster. It underscores the idea that trauma must be approached from multiple perspectives and in multiple dimensions encompassing individual, community, societal, and systemic implications along with multicultural and diversity frames of reference. The text integrates the latest findings from neuropsychology and psychopharmacology with an emphasis on Polyvagal Theory. Additionally, the text highlights the importance of clinical supervision in trauma care and examines ethical dimensions and the need for self-care among trauma counselors.
Traumatisme psychique - Traitement / Lésions et blessures - Aspect psychologique / Stress