Full Description
Present-Centered Group Therapy for PTSD integrates theory, research, and practical perspectives on the manifestations of trauma, to provide an accessible, evidence-informed group treatment that validates survivors' experiences while restoring present-day focus.
An alternative to exposure-based therapies, present-centered group therapy provides practitioners with a highly implementable modality through which survivors of trauma can begin to reclaim and invest in their ongoing lives. Chapters describe the treatment's background, utility, relevant research, implementation, applications, and implications. Special attention is given to the intersection of group treatment and PTSD symptoms, including the advantages and challenges of group treatment for traumatized populations, and the importance of member-driven processes and solutions in trauma recovery.
Compatible with a broad range of theoretical orientations, this book offers clinicians, supervisors, mentors, and students a way to expand their clinical repertoire for effectively and flexibly addressing the impact of psychological trauma.
Contents
Introduction: Present-Centered Group Therapy and Embracing Today; Section I: Origins, Evidence, and the Guide & Manual; Chapter 1: PCGT: Origins, Theoretical Influences, and Overview of Components; Chapter 2: Review of the PCGT Literature: What is the Evidence?; Chapter 3: Guide for Present-Centered Group Therapy: The Manual Part I; Chapter 4: Present-Centered Group Therapy Guide & Manual Part II: Invitation to the Present; Chapter 5: PCGT Guide & Manual Part III: Trauma-Related Patterns and Group Strategies; Section II: Present-Centered Group Therapy Practice: Theory, History, and Applications; Chapter 6: The Present in Embracing Today: Time Frame, Mechanisms, and Trauma Recovery; Chapter 7: Group Psychotherapy and Treatment of Trauma: A History; Chapter 8: PCGT Applications, Implementation and Treatment
