Trauma and the Avoidant Client: Attachment-Based Strategies for Healing

Trauma and the Avoidant Client: Attachment-Based Strategies for Healing
ISBN-10
0393706966
ISBN-13
9780393706963
Category
Psychology
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2010-07-19
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Author
Robert T. Muller

Description

Winner, 2011 Written Media Award, International Society for Study of Trauma & Dissociation. How to effectively engage traumatized clients, who avoid attachment, closeness, and painful feelings. A large segment of the therapy population consist of those who are in denial or retreat from their traumatic experiences. Here, drawing on attachment-based research, the author provides clinical techniques, specific intervention strategies, and practical advice for successfully addressing the often intractable issues of trauma. Trauma and the Avoidant Client will enhance the skills of all mental health practitioners and trauma workers, and will serve as a valuable, useful resource to facilitate change and progress in psychotherapy.

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