Full Description
Grounded in 40 years of clinical practice and research, this book provides a systematic yet flexible evidence-informed framework for treating adult survivors of complex trauma, particularly those exposed to chronic emotional abuse or neglect. Component-based psychotherapy (CBP) addresses four primary treatment components that can be tailored to each client's unique needs--relationship, regulation, dissociative parts, and narrative. Vivid extended case examples illustrate CBP intervention strategies and bring to life both the client's and therapist's internal experiences. The appendix features a reproducible multipage clinician self-assessment tool that can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
See also Treating Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, Second Edition, by Margaret E. Blaustein and Kristine M. Kinniburgh, which presents a complementary approach also developed at The Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute.
Contents
Foreword, Bessel A. van der Kolk
Introduction, Christine A. Courtois
I. Overview and Background
1. Component-Based Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors of Emotional Abuse and Neglect, with Hilary B. Hodgdon
2. Into the Abyss: A Series of Moments in the Clinical Process for Client and Therapist
II. The Component-Based Psychotherapy Model
3. Client and Therapist Relational Patterns and Contextual Factors, with Margaret E. Blaustein
4. Reaching across the Abyss: A Relational Approach
5. Regulation of Complex Trauma
6. Regulating on the Brink of the Abyss
7. Fragmentation of Self and Dissociative Parts
8. Working with Dissociative Parts in the Depths of the Abyss
9. Constructing a Narrative, Constructing a Self, with Jodie Wigren
10. Transcending the Abyss: Life Narrative and Identity Development
III. The Component-Based Psychotherapy Model Integration: Out of the Abyss
11. Tailoring Treatment with CBP: Individualized Adaptations and Effective Pacing
12. Applications of CBP: Revisiting David and Nicole
Appendix. Component-Based Psychotherapy: Clinician Self-Assessment, Jana Pressley
