Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors: A Clinician’s Guide

Author:   Lisa Ferentz (The Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy Training and Education, Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   2nd edition
ISBN:  

9781138800748


Pages:   254
Publication Date:   16 September 2014
Format:   Hardback
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"Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors, 2nd ed, is a book for clinicians who specialize in helping trauma survivors and, during the course of treatment, find themselves unexpectedly confronted with client disclosures of self-destructive behaviors, including self-mutilation and other manifestations of deliberately ""hurting the body"" such as bingeing, purging, starving, substance abuse and other addictive behaviors. Arguing that standard safety contracts are not effective, renowned clinician Lisa Ferentz introduces viable treatment alternatives, assessment tools, and new ways of understanding self-destructive behavior using a strengths-based approach that distinguishes between the ""experimental"" non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) that some teenagers occasionally engage in and the self-destructive behaviors that are repetitive and chronic. In the new edition, many of the treatment strategies are cross referenced to a useful workbook, giving therapists and clients concrete ways to integrate theory into practice. In addition, Ferentz emphasizes the importance of assessing for and strengthening clients' self-compassion, and explains how nurturing this idea cognitively, emotionally, and somatically can become the catalyst for motivation and change. The book also explores a cycle of behavior that clinicians can personalize and use as a template for treatment. In its final sections, the book focuses on counter-transferential responses and the different ways in which therapists can work with self-destructive behaviors and avoid vicarious traumatization by adopting tools and strategies for self-care. Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors, 2nd ed, can be used on its own or in conjunction with the accompanying client-focused workbook, Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors: A Workbook of Hope and Healing."

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Author:   Lisa Ferentz (The Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy Training and Education, Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138800748


ISBN 10:   1138800740
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   16 September 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Preface Part I: It Makes Sense Given Where They’ve Come From. 1. Toward a New Understanding of Self-Destructive Behaviors. 2. Working With Trauma Survivors. 3. The Role of Attachment. 4. The Inherent Struggles of Adolescence. 5. The Metacommunication of Eating Disorders, Addictions, and Self-Mutilation. Part II: Understanding and Working With Self-Destructive Behaviors. 6. The Cycle of Self-Destructive Behaviors. 7. The Triggering Event and the Loop of Negativity. 8. Unbearable Anxiety and the Frozen Loop. 9. Self-Destructive Behaviors, Positive Outcomes, Negative Outcomes, and Emotional Vulnerability. 10. Treatment. 11. Working With the Cycle: The Loop of Negativity. 12. Working With the Cycle: Unbearable Anxiety and the Frozen Loop. 13. Working With the Cycle: Self-Destructive Behaviors and CARESS. 14. Working With the Cycle: Positive Outcomes, Negative Outcomes, and Emotional Vulnerability. Part III: Helping Others While Taking Care of Ourselves. 15. Focusing on Us. 16. Creating a Sense of Internal and External Safety. 17. Assessing Your Agenda. 18. Being Clear About Your Control Issues. 19. Holding Appropriate Boundaries. 20. Understanding Your Triggers. 21. Acknowledging Your Vulnerabilities. 22. Pacing the Sessions. 23. Debriefing After Difficult Sessions. 24. Understanding the Correlation Between Family-of-Origin and Workplace Dynamics. 25. Striving for Balance in Your Life. 26. Giving Yourself Permission to Get Supervision or Refer Out. 27. Practicing What You Preach. 28. Strengthening Your Work. Bibliography

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Self-destructive behaviors of all kinds can confuse even the therapists involved with such clients, bringing out the desire to force them to stop. Fortunately, Lisa Ferentz's original book helped reverse that trend, and this well-written and well-researched second edition goes even further in providing a non-pathologized and empowering understanding approach to these behaviors. -Richard Schwartz, PhD, faculty member at Harvard Medical School. In this new edition of Treating Self-Destructive Behaviors in Trauma Survivors, Lisa Ferentz offers solid support to clinicians, using a solution- and strengths-focused approach to treating challenging trauma-based behaviors. She offers useful and effective links between this book and Letting Go of Self-Destructive Behaviors, her workbook for clients, and together these two books give both clinicians and clients a dynamic and effective way to collaborate throughout the healing process. Lisa's emphasis on self-compassion is an essential element of healing into wholeness and I appreciate her deep understanding of its central place in the healing process-for both clinicians and clients. -Nancy J. Napier, LMFT, author of Getting Through the Day: Strategies for Adults Hurt As Children and Recreating Your Self: Building Self-Esteem Through Imaging and Self-Hypnosis In the second edition of Treating Self-Destructive Behavior, Lisa Ferentz again sets the gold standard for books on this topic. Replacing pathologizing models with a compassionate, neuroscientifically informed approach, she offers a treatment paradigm that integrates cutting-edge approaches to trauma with down-to-earth, practical interventions that are attentive to risk management yet also relational and validating. -Janina Fisher, PhD, coauthor of Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment and Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors


Author Information

Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, is the president and founder of the Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy Training and Education, which provides continuing education to mental health professionals. She is an internationally acclaimed speaker and highly sought after clinical consultant. She has been in solo private practice specializing in trauma for more than thirty years, and in 2009 was named social worker of the year by the Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work.

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