The PTSD workbook : simple, effective techniques for overcoming traumatic stress symptoms / Mary Beth Williams, PhD, LCSW, CTS, Soili Poijula, PhD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Mary Beth, author.

Poijula, Soili, author.

Series:

New Harbinger self-help workbook.

A New Harbinger self-help workbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-traumatic stress disorder--Diagnosis--Popular works.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Post-traumatic stress disorder--Treatment--Popular works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, Incorporated, [2016]

Summary:

In the third edition of the best-selling The PTSD Workbook, psychologists and trauma experts Mary Beth Williams and Soili Poijula offer readers the most effective tools available for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this fully revised and updated workbook, readers will learn how to move past the trauma they have experienced; manage symptoms such as insomnia, anxiety, and flashbacks; and find important updates reflecting the new DSM-V definition of PTSD.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

1

A Look at Trauma

2

Before Doing the Work: Safety, Security, and Intention

3

Identifying and Writing About What Has Happened to You

4

Helping Yourself When You Reexperience a Trauma

5

Coping with Trauma with Less Avoidance

6

Dealing with Category D Symptoms: Part I

7

Dealing with Category D Symptoms: Part 2

8

Lessening Arousal: What to Do If You Can't Sleep, Can't Relax, or Are Angry and Irritable

9

Stress, Trauma, and the Body

10

For Veterans Returning from War: Tools for Personal Survival

11

Finding Meaning

12

Final Thoughts and Exercises

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 5, 2016).

ISBN:

9781626253711

1626253714