Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • The Nature and Effects of Childhood Abuse. Trauma and Dissociation: 30 Years of Study and Lessons Learned Along the Way
  • Complex PTSD: The Effects of Chronic Trauma and Victimization
  • Falling Apart: Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders
  • Derailed: Childhood Trauma, Attachment, and the Development of the Self
  • The Memory Wars: The Nature of Traumatic Memories of Childhood Abuse
  • Phase-Oriented Treatment for Complex PTSD. The Therapeutic Roller Coaster: Phase-Oriented Treatment for Complex PTSD
  • Staying Safe: The Paradox of Self-Care
  • Containment: Controlling Posttraumatic and Dissociative Symptoms
  • The Therapeutic Dance: Relational Dilemmas in Treating Complex PTSD
  • The ²́³Impossible²́⁴ Patient: Chronic Disempowerment
  • Good Fences Make Good Neighbors: Maintaining the Treatment Frame
  • Special Topics in Treatment of Complex Trauma-Related Disorders. The Rational Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • Managing Crisis: Acute Care and Hospitalization
  • Psychopharmacology for Trauma-Related Disorders
  • Controversies and Future Directions in the Field of Trauma and Dissociation
  • Afterword: Why We Do This Work
  • Appendix 1: The Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES and DES-T)
  • Appendix 2: The Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ-20 and SDQ-5)
  • Appendix 3: The Multidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (MID)
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index
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  • Trauma and dissociation : 30 years of study and lessons learned along the way
  • Complex PTSD : the effects of chronic trauma and victimization
  • Falling apart : dissociation and the dissociative disorders
  • Derailed : childhood trauma, attachment, and the development of the self
  • The memory wars : the nature of traumatic memories of childhood abuse.