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The two volume APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology is the most comprehensive guide, text, and reference work on the subject to date. It provides a survey of all the major areas and subtopics of empirical knowledge and practical applications in the field of trauma psychology, written by top experts in the field. Volume 1 is divided into sections on the nature of trauma, its psychological impact, major conceptual frameworks for understanding traumatization, and trauma as viewed from the diverse perspective of various disciplines. Volume 2 covers various applications of trauma psychology, including various modalities of trauma assessment, major treatment approaches across the lifespan, and multi-client and organizational practice. The APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology will be an essential resource to specialists in trauma who need comprehensive information, to practitioners who seek to familiarize themselves with the range of approaches for trauma assessment and treatment, or for students as a graduate level or advanced undergraduate level textbook.

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The two APA Handbooks of Trauma Psychology are well written, for a wide audience, from those with sophistication in research or clinical care to those who are beginning to learn about it or wish to reference a therapy that they are considering for treatment. They serve as a modern encyclopedia that will likely stand the test of a decade without a need for revision because they are focused on evidence based trends and techniques. --PsycCRITIQUES

"The editors and contributors to the APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology thoroughly examine virtually every aspect of trauma...This detailed resource will be invaluable to practitioners and researchers; it will also be of value to graduate students in psychology and counseling. -- ""Choice"" The two APA Handbooks of Trauma Psychology are well written, for a wide audience, from those with sophistication in research or clinical care to those who are beginning to learn about it or wish to reference a therapy that they are considering for treatment. They serve as a modern encyclopedia that will likely stand the test of a decade without a need for revision because they are focused on evidence based trends and techniques. -- ""PsycCRITIQUES"" ""The editors and contributors to the APA Handbook of Trauma Psychology thoroughly examine virtually every aspect of trauma... This detailed resource will be invaluable to practitioners and researchers; it will also be of value to graduate students in psychology and counseling."" --Choice ""The two APA Handbooks of Trauma Psychology are well written, for a wide audience, from those with sophistication in research or clinical care to those who are beginning to learn about it or wish to reference a therapy that they are considering for treatment. They serve as a modern encyclopedia that will likely stand the test of a decade without a need for revision because they are focused on evidence based trends and techniques."" --PsycCRITIQUES"

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Steven N. Gold, PhD, is a professor at the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Center for Psychological Studies and director of NSU's Trauma Resolution & Integration Program (TRIP), which he established in 1990. He served as president of APA Division 56 (Division of Trauma Psychology) in 2009, as inaugural editor of the Division's scientific journal, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, from 2008 through 2014, and was the 2014 recipient of the Division's Award for Outstanding Service to the Field of Trauma Psychology. In 2004, Dr. Gold served as president of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD). He is a Fellow of ISSTD and of APA. Dr. Gold's research has focused on psychological trauma, PTSD, dissociation, child abuse, and hypnosis. He has written many articles for professional journals and chapters in edited volumes on abuse, trauma, dissociation, and sexual addiction, and made numerous presentations on these topics at national and international professional conferences. He has been an invited speaker throughout the United States and in Canada, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, and Austria. He authored the book Not Trauma Alone: Therapy for Child Abuse Survivors in Family and Social Context, and co-edited the books Trauma Practice in the Wake of September 11, 2001 and Trauma and Serious Mental Illness. Dr. Gold was founding co-editor of the Journal of Trauma Practice, and guest edited a special issue of the APA journal Psychotherapy on the treatment of trauma related disorders. He is a certified traumatologist with the Traumatology Institute, and is certified as a consultant in clinical hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. He is a member of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (formerly the National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity) and the organization MaleSurvivor. He sits on the board of directors of the Sidran Institute for Traumatic Stress Education and Advocacy, on the advisory board of the Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence and on APA Division 29 (Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy) publications board. Dr. Gold maintains an independent psychology practice in Plantation, Florida and in recent years he has regularly been retained as an expert witness in legal cases in which trauma and dissociation were relevant issues.

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