Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy - Beyond Evidence-Based Practice

Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy focuses on the creation of the therapist as healing presence rather than technique administrator-in other words, how to be rather than what to do.

List of contents

Foreword Preface Part I: Wisdom 1. What Makes a Great Therapist? 2. Neuroscience and Trauma-Informed Practice 3. Ego Development and Traumatic Defenses Part II: Attachment 4. Fostering Attachment in Psychotherapy 5. Preventing Relationship Rupture: Countertransference and Thresholds 6. Repairing Relationship Ruptures 7. Qualities of the Advanced Trauma Therapist Part III: Love 8. Superhuman Empathy and Trauma Work 9. Self-Care for the Trauma Therapist 10. Awakening to Wisdom, Love and Compassion

About the author

Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW, is a social worker and psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of severe trauma and PTSD. She has worked in the field of mental health for more than four decades in diverse settings and teaches classes on healing from trauma in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out.

Summary

Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy focuses on the creation of the therapist as healing presence rather than technique administrator—in other words, how to be rather than what to do.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Pease Banitt, Susan (Private Practice Pease Banitt, Pease Banitt Susan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.06.2018
• EAN: 9781138289741
• ISBN: 978-1-138-28974-1
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Trauma & shock, Psychotherapy, Health & personal development, Trauma and shock, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services