Treating Complex Trauma: Combined Theories and Methods

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
 The Need for Utilizing Multiple Approaches for Complex PTSD: No Theory Has It All  (Tamara McClintock Greenberg)....Pages 1-28
 How Trauma Stokes Fear: Clinical and Neurobiological Considerations in Beginning of Therapy  (Tamara McClintock Greenberg)....Pages 29-50
 Nurturing the Therapeutic Alliance: Mentalizing and Maintaining Emotional Safety  (Tamara McClintock Greenberg)....Pages 51-65
 The Therapeutic Alliance and Maintaining Physical Safety  (Tamara McClintock Greenberg)....Pages 67-81
 Dissociation: Controversies and Clinical Strategies  (Tamara McClintock Greenberg)....Pages 83-109
 The Need to Numb: Substance Use and Therapeutic Management  (Tamara McClintock Greenberg)....Pages 111-133
 When Trauma Is in the Body: Managing Physical Concerns  (Tamara McClintock Greenberg)....Pages 135-152
 When Fight Impulses Dominate: Managing Aggression and Anger  (Tamara McClintock Greenberg)....Pages 153-172
 Sociocultural Considerations in Trauma Treatment  (Tamara McClintock Greenberg)....Pages 173-189
 Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care for the Trauma Therapist  (Tamara McClintock Greenberg)....Pages 191-211
Back Matter ....Pages 213-215