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Rebuilding Shattered Lives James A. Chu

Rebuilding Shattered Lives By James A. Chu

Rebuilding Shattered Lives by James A. Chu

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This is an account of trauma theory and practice. Based on a decade of clinical research and treatment at the Harvard Medical School, this non-technical text offers a stage-oriented approach to understanding and treating complex and difficult traumatized patients.

Rebuilding Shattered Lives Summary

Rebuilding Shattered Lives: Responsible Treatment of Complex Post-traumatic and Dissociative Disorders by James A. Chu

The most up-to-date, integrative, and empirically sound account of trauma theory and practice available. Based on more than a decade of clinical research and treatment experience at the Harvard Medical School, this comprehensive and non-technical text offers a stage-oriented approach to understanding and treating complex and difficult traumatized patients, integrating modern trauma theory with traditional therapeutic interventions.

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...a very thoughtful and valuable addition to the literature and one that merits reading. (European Eating Disorders Review, Vol 8/4, 2000)

About James A. Chu

National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD JAMES A. CHU, MD, is Director of the McLean Hospital Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Program and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is recognized internationally for his work as a clinician, researcher, and educator specializing in the post--traumatic effects of childhood trauma, and for his pragmatic approach to understanding and treating victims of childhood abuse. His publications in the literature include both basic research on the effects of childhood abuse and discussions concerning the nature and techniques of treatment. Dr. Chu is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Fellow and Past President of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, and a recipient of the Cornelia B. Wilbur Award and distinguished achievement awards for outstanding contributions in the field of dissociative disorders.

Table of Contents

THE NATURE AND EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE. The Rediscovery of the Abuse of Children. Adult Symptomatology Related to Childhood Trauma. The Repetition Compulsion Revisited: Reliving Dissociated Trauma. Childhood Trauma and Borderline Personality Disorder. The Nature of Traumatic Memories of Childhood Abuse. TREATMENT PRINCIPLES FOR COMPLEX TRAUMA--RELATED DISORDERS. Riding the Therapeutic Roller Coaster: Stage--Oriented Treatment for Survivors of Chilhood Abuse. The Paradox of Self--Care. Controlling Post--Traumatic and Dissociative Symptoms. The Therapeutic Dance: Relational Issues in the Treatment of Survivors of Childhood Abuse. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Establishing Boundaries and Setting Limits. SPECIAL TOPICS IN THE TREATMENT OF TRAUMA--RELATED DISORDERS. The Rational Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Hospitalization, Acute Care, and Psychopharmacology. The Impossible Patient: Treating Chronically Disempowered Survivors of Childhood Abuse. Controversies in the Treatment of Dissociation. Epilogue. Appendix. References. Indexes.

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GOR005738198
9780471247326
0471247324
Rebuilding Shattered Lives: Responsible Treatment of Complex Post-traumatic and Dissociative Disorders by James A. Chu
James A. Chu
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
19980430
288
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