Bruce M. Dow Md

Dream Therapy for PTSD (eBook, PDF)

The Proven System for Ending Your Nightmares and Recovering from Trauma

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this series of clinical vignettes, a board-certified psychiatrist and life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association illustrates the effectiveness of dream therapy in treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be disabling and difficult to treat, often leading to depression, suicide, and homicide in extreme cases. In this clinical-based reference, acclaimed psychiatrist and neuroscience researcher, Bruce Dow, provides a step-by-step approach for implementing dream revision therapy-a treatment proven to eliminate nightmares, flashbacks, anxiety, and other debilitating effects of PTSD. Drawing from work with patients in both military and civilian settings, Dow shows how to utilize imagery rehearsal exercises to help mitigate the effects of the illness. The vast majority of the book's 11 chapters focus on clinical case studies of patients who have suffered under the effects of the disease-for example, a hotel employee who witnesses a gory suicide; a female police officer whose career-ending crash in her patrol car brings back traumatic memories from childhood; and Vietnam combat veterans with recurrent posttraumatic nightmares. Each vignette offers details of the dream revision method along with clinical tips for ensuring its success. The final chapter features descriptions of brain mechanisms of PTSD and dream revision.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781440837418
• Artikelnr.: 68184188

Autorenporträt

Bruce Dow, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist who practices clinical psychiatry.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ONE: Rescript Your Dreams and Recover from PTSD TWO: The
Dream Team: Group Therapy for Combat Nightmares THREE: Postal: Dream
Revision for Homicidal Impulses FOUR: Bubbles: Revising Combat Dreams about
Drowning FIVE: High Dive: Revising an Interrogation Dream SIX:
Retraumatization and Recovery: Vietnam and 9/11 SEVEN: Explosion: Dream
Revision for Triggered Memories EIGHT: Car Crash: Dream Revision for Adult
and Child Trauma NINE: Junkyard Dog: Revising Dreams That Involve Guilt
TEN: Harassment: Dream Solutions for Waking Problems ELEVEN: Brain
Mechanisms of PTSD and Recovery Notes References Index