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Zusatztext ."immensely useful book for therapists..well written and manages to make some difficult concepts accessible to readers"(Profbook.com 21/08/2001) Informationen zum Autor Stephen Bisbey is the author of Brief Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Traumatic Incident Reduction and Related Techniques , published by Wiley. Lori Beth Bisbey is the author of Brief Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Traumatic Incident Reduction and Related Techniques , published by Wiley. Klappentext Therapists and counsellors, in training and practice, will welcome this concise and practical introduction to the TIR approach for helping clients with PTSD and other human traumas. The book is application-based, providing a step-by-step guide from initial assessment to the last counselling session, illustrated with many examples from actual sessions. TIR is a person-centred, structured approach which can* achieve symptom resolution in a brief course of counselling (often about 20 hours)* respect and value the client's experience and needs* work alongside a variety of therapy methods in a holistic way* minimise the risk of re-traumatisationThe authors provide a review of the major theories of stress and trauma, and of other methods of working with clients that are most useful alongside the TIR approach, an approach that is useful for a wide range of 'normal life' traumas, not just PTSD. Zusammenfassung Neueste Forschungsergebnisse zeigen, daß die Kurztherapie des posttraumatischen Streßsyndroms sehr erfolgreich sein kann, erfolgreicher als die traditionellen Langzeitbehandlungen. Eine neue, einfache und leicht zu erlernende Technik, Traumatic Incident Reduction, wird in diesem Buch vorgestellt. Ein hervorragender Begleiter einschlägiger Kurse, ergänzt durch viele Fallbeispiele und reales Sitzungsmaterial! Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Authors viii Series Preface x Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii How to Use This Book xiv 1 An Overview of Traumatincident Reduction as a Brief Therapy Approach for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 1 2 The Nature of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 19 3 Who Is Suitable 45 4 Engaging the Client 55 5 Choosing Which Incident to Work on First 80 6 Using Unblocking 85 7 Working with Traumatic Incidents 99 8 Use of Additional Questions 127 9 When Things Don't Go as Planned 134 10 Ending the Counselling 154 References 160 Appendix 1 Counselling Assessment Form 163 Appendix 2 Expanded List of Unblocking Concepts 168 Appendix 3 Revised Shock, Impact Resolution Model 169 Index 170 ...