Mary Bratton

From Surviving to Thriving (eBook, PDF)

A Therapist's Guide to Stage II Recovery for Survivors of Childhood Abuse

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

From Surviving to Thriving is a comprehensive manual for treating survivors of childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Inspired by the author's own private practice, it combines both theory and practice and supports the therapeutic partnership with a step-by-step outline of the healing process. This outline includes concrete and incremental strategies and exercises that help you move the survivor beyond Stage I trauma debriefing to life-changing Stage II recovery.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317790914
• Artikelnr.: 40824036

Autorenporträt

Mary Bratton

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Preface
Part I: The Framework for Healing
Chapter 1. The Therapeutic Agenda
The Dynamics of Trauma
Stage II Recovery
Eight Stages of Healing
The Survivor's Internal Experience
Diagnostic Issues
Techniques and Strategies
Boundaries
The Therapist's Role
The Trauma Therapist
Chapter 2. Defining Assault
Chapter 3. Challenging the Distorted Reality
The Role of Family Dysfunction
The Price of Altered Reality
Dysfunction Redefines Reality
Dysfunction Redefines Abuse
Dysfunction Redefines Feelings
Role Reversal
Abuse Plus Dysfunction Equals Destruction
Chapter 4. Using the PTSD Diagnosis as a Therapeutic Intervention
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Physical Responses to Trauma
Emotional Responses to Trauma
Chronic Shock
Legacies of Assault and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Physical Hypervigilance
Emotional Hypervigilance
Blurred Boundaries and Global Guilt
Vulnerability to Repeated Violation
Two Personalities in One Body
Origins of Adult Child Issues
Learning to Ignore External Reality
Blaming Self
Detachment
Reframing Pathology
Chapter 5. The Survivor's Internal Experience
Splitting the Self
Pieces of the Puzzle
Three Core Personas
Chapter 6. The Adult
The Origins of the Adult
The Adult As Parent
Owning Self-Parenting Skills
Chapter 7. The Child
The Origins of the Child
Reconnecting with the Child
Chapter 8. The Destroyer
The Origins of the Destroyer
Family Rules
Family Labels
The Destroyer's Sabotage
The Many Disguises of the Destroyer
Challenging the Destroyer
Chapter 9. Understanding the Brilliance of Childhood Defenses
Dissociation
Forgetting and Fantasy
Choosing Abuse Versus Abandonment
Self-Punishment
Ritual
Phobias
Family Roles
Family Rules and Myths
Considering Change
Part II: The Process of Healing
Chapter 10. Recounting
Blaming Is Not Healing
Understanding Is Not Healing
Forgiveness Is Not Necessary
The Importance of Recounting
Roadblocks to Telling
Roadblocks to Believing
The Nature of Traumatic Memories
Chapter 11. Rediscovering the Child
Alternate Hand Journaling
The Process of Remembering
Moving Deeper
The Language of the Child
Combination of Fact and Feeling Memory
Chapter 12. Rediscovering the Feelings
Learning to Feel
Scaling Feelings
Drawing Feelings
Disguised and Hidden Feelings
Expressing Feelings
The Importance of Anger
Chapter 13. Continuing to Heal
Chapter 14. Reparenting to Resolve Trauma
Discharging the Feelings
Adding Healthy Parenting
Using the Split Personas
Resolution Fantasy
The Dawning of Integration
Declaring Independence
The Power of Resolution Fantasy
Chapter 15. Repairing Developmental Damage
Considering Direct Confrontation
Setting Limits
Anger at the Colluders
Layers of Abuse
Punished for Being Normal
Projection
Faulty Belief System
Challenging the Belief System
Identifying and Grieving What Was Missed
Letting Go of the Fantasy
Reparenting Through Grief
Filling in the Gaps
Building Bridges and Fences
The Survivor As Parent
Recognizing Ongoing Abuse
Blocks to Recovery
The Child Resists Healing
The Destroyer Fights Healing
Cycles of Healing
Chapter 16. The End of Healing
Identifying Skills and Strengths
Integrating and Transforming Childhood Defenses
Releasing the Anger
Integrating and Transforming History Integrating and Transforming Feelings
Integrating and Transforming the Destroyer
Integrating and Transforming the Child
Spirituality
Becoming Whole
Letting Go of the Surv