When the past is always present : emotional traumatization, causes, and cures / Ronald A. Ruden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruden, Ronald A., author.

Series:

Routledge psychosocial stress series ; 37.

Psychosocial stress series ; 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychic trauma.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the Past Is Always Present: Emotional Traumatization, Causes, and Cures introduces several new ideas about trauma and trauma treatment. The first of these is that another way to treat disorders arising from the mind/brain may be to use the senses. This idea, which is at the core of psychosensory therapy, forms what the author considers the ""third pillar"" of trauma treatment (the first and second pillars being psychotherapy and psychopharmacology). Psychosensory therapy postulates that sensory input-for example, touch-creates extrasensory activity that alters brain function

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; AUTHOR'S NOTE; 1 A THIRD PILLAR; 2 THE ROLE EMOTIONS PLAY; 3 ANCIENT EMOTIONS AND SURVIVAL; 4 MEMORY AND EMOTION; 5 ENCODING A TRAUMATIC MEMORY; 6 CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF TRAUMATIZATION; 7 DISRUPTING A TRAUMATIZATION; 8 HAVENING; 9 A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOSENSORY THERAPIES; 10 TRAUMA STORIES AND TRAUMA CURES; Appendix A: Nontouch Havening; Appendix B: Cultivating Resilience; Appendix C: An Analysis of Fear of Flying

Appendix D: Nightmares, Night Terrors, Just Bad Dreams, and HaveningAppendix E: Suggestions for Treatment; Appendix F: Transduction, Depotentiation, and the Electrochemical Brain; Appendix G: Havening Touch: Clinical Guidelines; Appendix H: The Downside of Removing a Traumatic Memory; Appendix I: Notes and Additional References; Appendix J: Glossary; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-27175-5

1-135-27176-3

1-283-04512-5

9786613045126

0-203-85997-9

9780203859971

OCLC:

707067589