Personality-guided therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder / George S. Everly, Jr., Jeffrey M. Lating ; series editor, Theodor Millon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Everly, George S., Jr., 1950-

Contributor:

Lating, Jeffrey M.

Series:

Personality-guided psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Psychotherapy.

Personality.

Physical Description:

xiii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2004]

Contents:

I. On the Nature of Personality and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Chapter 1. One's Fate Resides in One's Character 7

Chapter 2. An Introduction to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 17

Chapter 3. The Defining Moment of Psychological Trauma: What Makes a Traumatic Event Traumatic? 33

Chapter 4. Biological Foundations of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 53

II. Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress

Chapter 5. Psychological and Psychophysiological Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress 73

Chapter 6. Neuropsychological Assessment and Posttraumatic Stress 89

III. Therapeutic Intervention

Chapter 7. A Personality-Guided Approach to Forming the Therapeutic Alliance 107

Chapter 8. Personologic Alignment and Personality-Specific Beliefs 119

Chapter 9. Mitigating Posttraumatic Stress 143

Chapter 10. Neurologic Desensitization in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress 161

Chapter 11. From the Therapeutic Alliance to Trauma Resolution: Restoring Assumptive Worldviews and Integrating the Traumatic Event 177

Chapter 12. Psychological Trauma and the Borderline Personality 197

Appendix A. Personality-Guided Therapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Synthesis 209

Appendix B. A Fast-Acting Behavioral Technique for Physiological Self-Regulation 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-248) and indexes.

ISBN:

1591470447

OCLC:

52092072