Crises in the Psychotherapy Session: Transforming Critical Moments Into Turning Points

Author:   Julian D. Ford
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
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9781433832871


Pages:   397
Publication Date:   05 January 2021
Format:   Paperback
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What do you do when your client flies into a rage or has a severe panic attack during a therapy session?  Author Julian D. Ford explains how to harness such crises for breakthroughs.  Crises that erupt in the midst of a psychotherapy session can be overwhelming not just for the client but also for the therapist. Yet every crisis also can be a therapeutic breakthrough. With this book, therapists learn how to transform such critical moments in psychotherapy into powerful and positive turning points.      Drawing from trauma and attachment theory and the essential principles of psychotherapy and crisis management, Ford explains how crises can be understood as episodes of extreme emotional dysregulation. With a series of in-depth case examples, Ford shows how therapists can utilize emotion regulation as a practical framework to deescalate crises.      Each case study is a transcript of a psychotherapy session, complete with dialogue and commentary, featuring real-life expert clinicians who use a crisis as an opportunity to help clients face and resolve a sense of being damaged, betrayed, or abandoned. With wisdom, compassion, and a deep understanding of human emotions, this book teaches essential skills that all therapists will need. 

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Author:   Julian D. Ford
Publisher:   American Psychological Association
Imprint:   American Psychological Association
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781433832871


ISBN 10:   1433832879
Pages:   397
Publication Date:   05 January 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Transforming Crises into Turning Points in Psychotherapy I. Essential Principles and Practices for Resolving Crises in the Psychotherapy Session 1. A Phase-Based Crisis Model 2. Emotional Dysregulation and Adaptive Self-Regulation 3. Essential Elements of Crisis Intervention 4. Essential Psychotherapy Principles and Practices  5. An Integrative Approach to Resolving Crises in the Psychotherapy Session 6. Crises as a Challenge to Therapist Self-Regulation II. Case Session Transcripts of In-Session Critical Moments 7. Supporting a Recently Traumatized Youth in a Crisis of Dissociation and Self-Harm 8. Engaging a Sexually Traumatized Youth in Therapy 9. Understanding and Working with Dissociative States 10. A Crisis of Trauma and Distress Across Generations 11. Helping a Family Cope with the Threat of Revictimization 12. Defusing Violence and Facilitating Recovery from Profound Dissociation  Epilogue References 

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"Ford (Univ. of Connecticut) is truly a pioneer in the treatment of trauma...This volume is particularly valuable, as part 2 includes six transcripts of therapy sessions based on recorded sessions, as reenacted by graduate students...Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. General readers.-- ""CHOICE"""


Ford (Univ. of Connecticut) is truly a pioneer in the treatment of trauma...This volume is particularly valuable, as part 2 includes six transcripts of therapy sessions based on recorded sessions, as reenacted by graduate students...Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals. General readers.-- CHOICE


Author Information

Julian D. Ford, PhD, ABPP, is a board-certified clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry and Law at the University of Connecticut, where he directs two Treatment and Services Adaptation Centers in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network: the Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice and the Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders. Dr. Ford is the immediate past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. He has published more than 250 articles and book chapters and is the author or editor of 10 books.  

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