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Treating PTSD in battered women : a step-by-step manual for therapists and counselors / Edward S. Kubany, Tyler C. Ralston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kubany, Edward S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Abused women--Mental health--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Abused women.
- Abused women--Rehabilitation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Abused women--Counseling of--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (356 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, Calif. : New Harbinger Publications, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Using a therapeutic model called cognitive trauma therapy (CTT), Treating PTSD in Battered Women offers therapists, counselors, and social workers an effective new tool for treating the lingering effects of domestic violence and abuse in women.
- Contents:
- Beginning treatment
- Monitoring negative self-talk
- Stress management I: education about stress
- Stress management II: progressive muscle relaxation
- Trauma history other than partner abuse
- Education about PTSD
- Exposure homework
- Learned helplessness and how to overcome it; treating PTSD in battered women
- Education about negative self-talk
- Addressing trauma-related guilt
- Challenging guiding fictions and "supposed to" beliefs
- Assertiveness training
- Managing mistrust
- Identifying potential abusers
- Managing unwanted or stressful contacts with former abusers
- Managing anger
- Personality characteristics of abusive partners
- Countering ideas of denial and codependence
- Making important decisions
- Implications and consequences of staying with an abusive partner
- Self-advocacy strategies revisited.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781572249882
- 1572249889
- 9781608826476
- 1608826473
- OCLC:
- 771875936
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