Main description:

Group Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorders is a collection written by renowned PTSD experts who provide group treatment to trauma survivors. The book reviews the state-of-the-art applications of group therapy for survivors of trauma such as: rape victims, combat veterans, adult survivors of childhood abuse, motor vehicle accident survivors, trauma survivors with co-morbid substance abuse, survivors of disaster, families of trauma survivors, homicide witnesses and survivors, and disaster relief workers.

This book a unique contribution to the field. Each chapter provides a detailed and comprehensive description of state-of-the-art group treatment and artfully combines scholarly review with a step-by-step summary of treatment rationale and methods. Furthermore, the book covers a wide scope, typically found only in large, multi-volume compendia.

Group Treatment for Post TraumaticStress Disorders is ideal for clinicians, aspiring clinicians, researchers and educators. It provides a unique and eminently readable summary of group therapy applied to increasingly recognized clinical populations.

Contents:

Preface. Group Psychotherapy: An Overview. Family as a Group Treatment for PTSD. Group Treatment of Sexual Assault Victims. Integrative Group Therapy with Disaster Workers. Group Psychotherapy for War-Related PTSD with Military Veterans. Psychological Treatment of Motor Vehicle Accident Survivors with PTSD: Current Knowledge and Application to Group Treatment. Group Treatment of PTSD and co-morbid Alcohol Abuse. Supportive Group Therapy for Bereavement after Homicide. Cognitive-Behavioral Group Treatment for Disaster-Related PTSD. Group Treatment for Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse. Afterword.