Trauma: Contemporary Directions in Theory, Practice, and Research

by Shoshana Ringel (Editor), Jerrold R. Brandell (Editor)

Contemporary Directions in Theory, Practice, and Research is a comprehensive text on trauma, including such phenomena as sexual abuse, childhood trauma, PTSD, terrorism, natural disasters, cultural trauma, school shootings, and combat trauma. Addressing multiple theoretical systems and how each system conceptualizes trauma, the book offers valuable information about therapeutic process dimensions and the use of specialized methods and clinical techniques in trauma work, with an emphasis on how trauma treatment may affect the clinician. Intended for courses in clinical practice and psychopathology, the book may also be useful as a graduate-level text in the allied mental health professions.

272 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2011

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

As textbooks go, this was more readable than most. Direct and to the point with repetition of information within and between chapters, which was necessary because of the heavy subject matter. I think this was the best explanation of attachment styles of any textbook so far, and I appreciated the discussion of long term effects. The chapter on trauma related to growing up as a gay male was interesting, although I found myself wondering how this compared to trauma for lesbians -- although that discussion belongs more in a class on gender constructs.

Useful and informative, I will hang onto this text for use in the future.