This book is a clinician's guide to understanding, diagnosing, treating, and healing complex posttraumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). C-PTSD, a diagnostic entity to be included in ICD-11 in 2022, denotes a severe form of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is the result of prolonged and repeated interpersonal trauma. The author provides guidance on healing complex trauma through phase-oriented, multimodal, and skill-focused treatment approaches, with a core emphasis on symptom relief and functional improvement. Readers will gain familiarity with the integrative healing techniques and modalities that are currently being utilized as evidence-based treatments, including innovative multi-sensory treatments for trauma, in addition to learning more about posttraumatic growth and resilience. Each chapter of this guide navigates readers through the complicated field of treating and healing complex trauma, including how to work with clients also impacted by the shared collective trauma of COVID-19, and is illustrated by case examples. Topics explored include:

• Complex layered trauma
• Dissociation
• Trauma and the body
• The power of belief
• An overview of psychotherapy modalities for the treatment of complex trauma
• Ego state work and connecting with the inner child
• Turning wounds into wisdom: resilience and posttraumatic growth

• Vicarious trauma and professional self-care for the trauma clinicianIt is important for clinicians to be aware of contemporary trends in treating C-PTSD. Healing Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is an essential text for mental health practitioners, clinical social workers, and other clinicians; academics; and graduate students, in addition to other professionals and students interested in C-PTSD. It is an attractive resource for an international clinical audience as we worktogether to heal, affirm, and unburden clients following this time of shared collective trauma.

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  Gillian O'Shea Brown, LCSW, DSW, is an Irish-born private-practice psychotherapist and EMDRIA-certified therapist. She has been educated at University College Cork in Ireland, New York University (NYU), and the National Institute for the Psychotherapies. Dr. O'Shea Brown currently serves as adjunct faculty at NYU and maintains a private practice in Manhattan in New York City.

  Inhalt

  Book Front Matter

  Dedication

  Acknowledgments

  About the Author

  List of Abbreviations

  Book Body Matter Chapter 1 Introduction

  Chapter 2 Understanding Your Emotional Map

• · Attachment, Attunement and Mirroring: An Overview
• · Implications of an Insecure Attachment Status
• · Insecure Attachment and Romantic Partnerships
• · Attachment Theory Critique
• · Developmental Trauma and Racial Disparity in the Time of COVID-19

• · Measuring Attachment Status in a Clinical Setting

  Chapter 3 Complex Layered Trauma

• Understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Emergence of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)
• Deconstructing C-PTSD
• The Neuroscience of Complex Trauma

• Measuring Trauma in a Clinical Setting

  Chapter 4 Dysfunctional Family Systems

• · Dysfunctional Family Systems and Pathological Accommodation
• · Communication Deviance and Behavioral Abnormalities
• · Adverse Childhood Experiences

• · Measuring Adverse Childhood Experiences in a Clinical Setting

  Chapter 5 Dissociation

• · Understanding Dissociation
• · Measuring Dissociation in a Clinical Setting

• · Working with Dissociative Clients

  Chapter 6 Trauma and the Body

• · Mind-Body Connection
• · The Modulation Model
• · Polyvagal Theory
• · Somatization and Implicit Memory

• · Autoimmune Disorders

  Chapter 7 The Power of Belief

• · Core Negative Beliefs
• · Negativity Bias and Confirmation Bias
• · The Bite that Fits the Wound

• · Linking Blocking Beliefs to Memories

  Chapter 8 An Overview of Psychotherapy Modalities for the Treatment of Complex Trauma Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Somatic Experiencing Practice Innovations in the Wake of COVID-19

  Chapter 9 Ego State Work and Connecting with the Inner Child

• · Connecting with the Inner Child
• · Trauma and the Multiplicity of the Mind

• · Internal Family Systems Model

  Chapter 10 Turning Wounds into Wisdom: Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth

• · Vulnerability and Shame
• · The Anatomy of Resilience

• · The Posttraumatic Growth Model

  Chapter 11 Vicarious Trauma and Professional Self-Care for the Trauma Clinician

• · Conceptualization of Vicarious Trauma
• · Understanding Countertransference and Compassion

• · The Role of Clinical Supervision and Professional Self-Care

  Chapter 12 Conclusion

  Book Back Matter

  Appendix

  Index