Libri

Utilizzare la terapia EMDR solo per la rielaborazione dei traumi rappresenta l’approccio tradizionale ed è un intervento potente, ma l’EMDR ha molto di più da offrire. Questo libro si propone di espandere l’applicazione delle procedure EMDR evitando di ridurne l’applicazione solo a situazioni cliniche con pazienti in grado di installare il posto sicuro, di mettere in campo le proprie risorse e che hanno una buona regolazione emozionale e un sufficiente sostegno sociale. L’approccio progressivo descritto da Anabel González e Dolores Mosquera offre strumenti operativi per utilizzare l’EMDR anche con pazienti dissociativi, con aspetti traumatici complessi e che non sono in possesso dei requisiti precedentemente elencati: una novità che molti terapeuti attendevano da tempo.

Questo è un libro destinato a terapeuti addestrati a utilizzare l’EMDR che, pur avendo maturato una ragionevole esperienza nel suo uso, si siano talvolta trovati in difficoltà e in sostanza bloccati nel lavoro di strutturazione di sedute terapeutiche con pazienti affetti da problemi emotivi particolarmente complessi, da una larga gamma di situazioni cliniche problematiche che hanno origine da ricordi traumatici disturbanti oppure li includono. La professione di un terapeuta fresco di training EMDR tende a cambiare, perché col tempo nella popolazione dei suoi pazienti tende a crescere la proporzione di pazienti con una complessità clinica maggiore. La grande maggioranza dei pazienti arriva in terapia con questioni problematiche, che non sono semplici ricordi preoccupanti, ma problemi interpersonali più complessi abbinati a una significativa problematicità della struttura di personalità. Il più delle volte, in questi casi, sono veramente necessari strumenti terapeutici additivi – modelli concettuali additivi e procedure additive. Questo libro si propone due obiettivi: fornire le descrizioni degli strumenti terapeutici EMDR specifici necessari per sviluppare un modello specifico dell’elaborazione adattiva dell’informazione (AIP) e nello stesso tempo rendere possibile quella visione comprensiva della condizione clinica necessaria per il trattamento di una patologia problematica come quella del disturbo da stress post traumatico complesso, proprio in virtù della disponibilità, facile e immediata, di ulteriori strumenti terapeutici. Gli strumenti descritti nei capitoli che seguono intendono integrare, ma non rimpiazzare, le abilità e la capacità di comprensione conquistata da psicoterapeuti esperti.

Jim Knipe’s EMDR Toolbox is the first to bring together in one volume an overview of the principal issues in treatment of dissociative disorders in complex PTSD, and a description of the integration of specific EMDR-related interventions or “”tools”” with other psychotherapeutic treatments. These tools can significantly extend the therapeutic power of EMDR-related methods. Each intervention is examined in detail with accompanying transcripts illustrating the nuances and variations in how the intervention is applied. It is written by a highly esteemed EMDR scholar, trainer, international speaker, and author who is an EMDRIA-designated “”Master Clinician.”” This EMDR therapy book discusses how the concepts and vocabulary of other models of dissociation (particularly the Theory of Structural Dissociation of the Personality, and the Internal Family Systems model) translate directly into EMDR’s Adaptive Information Processing language. It presents detailed descriptions of specific EMDR-related tools that are useful in facilitating and safely accelerating therapeutic progress with clients suffering from Complex PTSD. These include such standard EMDR procedures as Trauma Processing and Resource Installation, several conceptual/cognitive/phenomenological models of dissociative personality structures and symptoms, and specific EMDR interventions for resolving dysfunctionally stored post-traumatic elements. The book will be of great value to therapists who wish to extend their use of basic EMDR to clients with emotional concerns varying in complexity.

Addressing emotional workplace abuse, this Palgrave Pivot takes a multidisciplinary approach which combines feminist research on violence with organisation and management studies, in order to offer a new approach on workplace violations. The book analyses why it is difficult for targets and organisations alike to name and identify emotional abuse and addresses the severe negative effects of abuse on the targets’ lives. It brings ethical leadership to the fore as a means to foster sustainable organisations. Using empirical data and research, this book highlights subtle forms of violations that take place in the workplace, and provides analysis from the perspective of the target. A valuable read for scholars and practitioners involved in organisational management and HRM, Emotional Workplace Abuse will help readers to understand the importance of sustainable leadership in preventing emotional workplace abuse.

Basandosi sulla teoria della dissociazione strutturale della personalità integrata con la psicologia dell’azione di Janet, gli autori, dopo una lunga esperienza clinica con pazienti traumatizzati, hanno sviluppato un modello di intervento a più fasi centrato sull’identificazione e il trattamento della dissociazione strutturale. La terapia ha l’obiettivo di aumentare la capacità del paziente di adattarsi all’ambiente, per affrontare i compiti della vita quotidiana e tenere a bada i fantasmi legati a ricordi traumatici non elaborati.

First published in 1998. A research-based resource for helping professionals dealing with women who were sexually abused by female perpetrators, mainly mothers and grandmothers, this text focuses on the female perpetrator, defining what treatments have been found workable and providing an overview of the available literature. Secondly, the authors share the results from interviews with 85 women adult women survivors. Their journals, poems and artwork have been collated with what the women themselves have found to be both helpful and counterproductive methods of healing. The authors outline intentions and procedures for nonverbal methods of treatment that have proved effective in practice.

Treating a confirmed or suspected case of childhood sexual abuse is undoubtedly one of the most challenging situations a clinician can face. This unique book, written by recognized experts on the evaluation and treatment of childhood sexual abuse, is the first to disseminate a comprehensive and integrative approach to treating child sexual abuse that combines the power of structured play therapy with cognitive- behavioral treatment. Created by the authors, game-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (GB-CBT) is a complete therapeutic package containing engaging techniques and effective strategies to treat the problems experienced by children and families impacted by sexual abuse.

An accessible user’s guide to overcoming trauma from the creator of a scientifically proven form of psychotherapy that has successfully treated millions of people worldwide.
Whether we’ve experienced small setbacks or major traumas, we are all influenced by our memories and by experiences we may not remember or fully understand. Getting Past Your Past offers practical techniques that demystify the human condition and empower readers looking to take charge of their lives.
Shapiro, the creator of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), explains how our personalities develop and why we become trapped into feeling, believing and acting in ways that don’t serve us. Through detailed examples and exercises readers will learn to understand themselves, and why the people in their lives act the way they do. Most importantly, readers will also learn techniques to improve their relationships, break through emotional barriers, overcome limitations, and excel in ways taught to Olympic athletes, successful executives, and performers.

Guarire la frammentazione del sé integra nozioni teoriche basate sulle conoscenze neurobiologiche a proposito di trauma, dissociazione e attaccamento con un approccio pratico al trattamento, attraverso un linguaggio diretto, accessibile sia al paziente sia al terapeuta. Viene presentato un modello che pone l’accento sulla “risoluzione”, una trasformazione della relazione con se stessi che sostituisce la vergogna, il disprezzo di sé e il senso di colpa con un’accettazione compassionevole. Gli interventi proposti sono stati adattati da numerosi modelli terapeutici all’avanguardia, che comprendono la psicoterapia sensomotoria, il modello degli Internai Family Systems, gli approcci terapeutici basati sulla mindfulness e l’ipnosi clinica. Il lettore arriverà alle pagine finali del volume con una salda comprensione dei modelli terapeutici rivolti all’attaccamento traumatico, del lavoro con i sintomi e i disturbi dissociativi non diagnosticati, dei metodi di trattamento basati sulla comunicazione “da emisfero destro a emisfero destro” e di molto altro ancora. Soprattutto, riceverà degli strumenti per aiutare i pazienti a creare un senso interiore di sicurezza e un legame compassionevole anche con le parti più disconosciute di sé.

“Guarire dal trauma” è frutto di ricerca e lavoro clinico con vittime della violenza sessuale e domestica, con veterani di guerra e vittime del terrorismo politico. È un libro sulla possibilità di ristabilire i legami e, quindi, un libro sulla guarigione: tra il mondo pubblico e quello privato, tra l’individuo e la comunità, tra gli uomini e le donne. È un libro su ciò che hanno in comune le sopravvissute a stupri e i veterani di guerra, le donne maltrattate e violentate e i prigionieri politici, i sopravvissuti ai campi di concentramento…

Grounding is a fundamental relationship between you and the magnificent, healing energies of the Earth. This natural alliance is necessary to experience being a more fully complete human who continually benefits from the supportive forces of the Earth and nature. Explore the depths of your personal Grounding and take a basic stand for your life to be profoundly alive, successful, healthy, balanced, and to have positive relations with others while living your life on your own terms. What would the Earth be like if we were a race of whole, responsible, Grounded people? Grounding brings increased awareness of your environment, to the forces of nature, to the Earth and its creatures. By being more present, you enhance your personal life and change the world to a place where you choose to participate in a more engaged and committed way. The more Grounded, responsible people establishing a profound intuitive relationship with the healing forces of the Earth shifts the consciousness of the whole. Make an effort to find new references for being in your body on the Earth in a way that is comfortable, stabilizing, healthy, meaningful, loving, healing, empowering and pleasurable. It’ll change your life; it’ll change the planet!

Widely regarded as the definitive reference, this handbook brings together foremost authorities on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The second edition reflects major research advances and the new diagnostic criteria in DSM-5. The dissociative subtype of PTSD, child assessment, couple and family therapies, and group treatments are examined. Other new chapters look at Internet-based interventions and tele-mental health technology. Also explored are the latest advances in research design and analysis, and the implementation of best practices. Diagnostic, conceptual, and treatment issues are reviewed in depth. The volume examines the causes and mechanisms of PTSD on multiple levels, from psychological processes to genes and neurobiology. After providing a historical overview of the development of traumatic stress studies, the book presents major scientific foundations and theoretical perspectives regarding psychological trauma and PTSD. Risk and resilience processes are addressed across development and in specific populations. Degenerative and traumatic brain injury, neuroplasticity, and neurochemistry are also considered. The section on clinical practice offers the latest information on evidence-based assessment and treatment approaches, from psychosocial treatments to pharmacotherapy. Trauma exposure and physical health, cultural expression of posttraumatic syndromes, and forensic issues are also discussed. Throughout, methodological considerations, the current state of the art, and challenges for the future are emphasized. The final section covers promising emerging interventions, including public health approaches. The integrative concluding chapter identifies key unanswered questions with important implications for science and practice. Authoritative and comprehensive, this timely handbook belongs on the desk of all those who study PTSD or treat trauma survivors in any setting. It is essential reading for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and clinicians and researchers in related fields, and will serve as a core text in graduate-level courses.