Description:
This leading practitioner's guide, now thoroughly updated, examines the nature of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and provides a complete framework for planning and implementing cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Steven Taylor addresses the complexities of treating people who have experienced different types of trauma and shows how to adapt empirically supported protocols to each client's needs. Rich case examples illustrate the nuts and bolts of cognitive interventions, exposure exercises, and adjunctive methods. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the book's 14 reproducible handouts and forms in a convenient 8 1/2- x 11- size.
New to This Edition:
*Chapter on pharmacotherapy--what CBT practitioners need to know when treating clients who are also taking medication.
*Incorporates over a decade of advances in assessment and treatment techniques, outcome research, and neurobiological knowledge.
*Updated for DSM-5.
Review Quotes: "A comprehensive, accessible text that will likely appeal to a wide range of clinicians with varying levels of experience....This book is truly a 'Clinician's Guide'....A thorough, hands-on text." (on the first edition)-- "Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy" (1/1/2007 12:00:00 AM)