Important reading for current and future addictions treatment clinicians—this book synthesizes and integrates the expanding body of knowledge about combined trauma/addiction treatment to specifically address the needs of clinicians in addiction treatment environments
Here, in a single source, is an essential overview of trauma treatment for people in addiction treatment settings. Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment presents specific methodologies and techniques for clients in inpatient and outpatient addiction/mental health settings. The contributors—leading clinicians and researchers in the field—provide a comprehensive set of scientific treatment approaches addressing a broad spectrum of trauma disorders.
Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment brings you up-to-date, authoritative coverage of:
- the dynamics of co-occurring psychological trauma and addiction
- all of the primary treatment frameworks currently utilized in trauma treatment
- treatment frameworks that take gender into account
- cognitive therapies in treating these co-occurring disorders
- the role of psychodynamic psychotherapies in treatment
- attachment disorders and their relation to trauma and addiction treatment
- EMDR as a treatment for traumatized addicts
- the psychoneurology of trauma and the implications of psychoneurology in addictions and trauma treatment
- how self-help groups can contribute to and limit recovery for psychologically traumatized clients
- forgiveness therapy as an adjunct to trauma treatment
- counselor self-care for those who work with this client population
- About the Contributors
- Preface
- Psychological Trauma and Addiction Treatment (Bruce Carruth and Patricia A. Burke)
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Psychological Trauma and Comorbid Substance Use Disorders (Casey O’Donnell and Joan M. Cook)
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapies and the Treatment of Co-Occurring Psychological Trauma and Addiction (Barbara Davis)
- Attachment, Trauma and Addiction (Ronald Potter-Efron)
- Affect Centered Therapy for Substance Abuse of Traumatic Origin (John Omaha)
- EMDR in the Treatment of Addiction (Joan E. Zweben and Jody Yeary)
- Psychoneurobiology of Co-Occurring Trauma and Addictions (Joyce Fowler)
- Managing Trauma Reactions in Intensive Addiction Treatment Environments (Lisa M. Najavits)
- Trauma and 12-Step Recovery (Steven V. Schneider)
- Enhancing Hope and Resilience Through a Spiritually Sensitive Focus in the Treatment of Trauma and Addiction (Patricia A. Burke)
- Integrating Creative Arts into Trauma and Addiction Treatment: Eight Essential Processes (E. Hitchcock Scott and Carol J. Ross)
- Forgiveness Therapy in Psychological Trauma and Chemical Abuse Treatment (John M. Schibik)
- Traumatized Addicted Women: Treatment Issues (Chelly Sterman)
- Counselor Self-Care in Work with Traumatized, Addicted People (Patricia A. Burke, Bruce Carruth, and David Prichard)
- Index
- Reference Notes Included
Biography
Bruce Carruth
"Carruth is to be commended for compiling a diverse selection of therapeutic perspectives that emphasize the importance of addressing psychological trauma in addiction settings…I believe this book belongs on the bookshelf of every social worker who is interested in trauma and addiction…The book skillfully illustrates the interrelated nature of trauma and addiction in a manner that most practitioners can easily understand." – Donna Leigh Bliss, Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
