Product Description

This is the first book of its kind to advocate utilizing and combining an assortment of trauma treatment models. Based on ideas put forward in the bestselling THE BODY REMEMBERS, Babette Rothschild emphasizes the importance of tailoring every trauma therapy to the particular needs of each individual client. A breath of fresh air in the competitive "mine is best" atmosphere currently so divisive in the field of trauma therapy, each varied and complex case (presented in a variety of writing styles: case reports, session-by-session narratives, single session transcripts) is approached with a combination of methods ranging from traditional psychodynamic approaches and applications of attachment theory to innovative trauma methods including EMDR and Levine's SIBAM model. Read on its own on or in conjunction with THE BODY REMEMBERS, clinicians from all disciplines will discover new strategies and gain insight into how to combine various treatment models for increased success with traumatized clients.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43741 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Peter A. Levine Ph.D., Author: Waking the Tiger, Healing Trauma
...illuminates the important principle of facilitating clients in finding their own way towards wholeness.

Nancy J. Napier, LMFT, Author: Getting Through the Day; Recreating Your Self; and Sacred Practices for Conscious Living
...constructive ideas for [tailoring therapy] to the individual sensibilities of each therapist and the unique needs of each client.

Kathy Steele, M.N., C.S., Clinical Director of Metropolitan Counseling services in Atlanta, Georgia.
...makes a lucid case for appropriate timing and choice ...of interventions, showing the utility of an integrated approach...

Customer Reviews

brilliant, clearly understood interventions
I liked her annotations of rationale for interventions, helped me understand the brain stuff better, very helpful for a practitioner. I am so glad to see non-retraumatization-safety as a primary focus. I would have like more reference to Bodynamics interventions, but she did a good job of pasting them on older theories and practices, making them much more kind and healing.

Highly recommended
This book is packed with quality information, easy and quick to read, I highly recommend to novice and professional alike.

If It's Not Working
Babette Rothschild presents a refreshingly common-sensical concept- that you should not be wedded to any one theory of how to treat PTSD. She has developed many somatic-based techniques, but she also demonstrates effective use of Transactional Analysis, Attachment Theory, Peter Levine's use of felt-sense and many others. She shares partial transcripts of sessions. Rothschild suggests that you hypothesize what will be most healing to a patient and, if that does not work, try something else. I like her idea of transparency, to tell the patient that together you will keep working until you find the key approach to unlocking his frozen energy. Catherine Mendoza LPC