Therapy with traumatised clients can be fraught with problems and therapists working with these clients seek greater understanding of the specific problems they encounter. Trauma Therapy and Clinical Practice weaves together neuroscience research and the experience of trauma, taking a fresh look at how original Gestalt theory informs our current understanding of trauma therapy.
The book:
• Places trauma and trauma therapy in a relational field model Includes material on change processes, triggers, dissociation, shame, enactment and resources
• Describes clearly the neurobiology of trauma and the role of the body in maintaining trauma reactions and in the recovery process
• Offers experiments for deepening the therapist's embodied presence
• Provides numerous clinical examples and an extended case studies
Miriam Taylor offers readers a theoretical basis for interventions and shows how simple Gestalt concepts can be applied in trauma therapy. By creating the conditions in which awareness, choice and vitality can grow, contemporary relational Gestalt is shown to be exceptionally well suited for trauma clients.
The book is presented in three parts covering theory, the phenomenology of trauma and the therapeutic relationship. Including a glossary for readers unfamiliar with Gestalt therapy, case studies and reflection points, this book is a thoughtful and coherent guide for trainees and practitioners in counselling and therapy.
The new edition of this book will reflect the changes which have impacted therapy research over the past 10 years. Taking a more intersectional approach Miriam will revise the contents and representation to make this a contemporary offering for our market. With renewed emphasis on neuroscience this revision will represent a significant modernisation of this much loved text while retaining the popular structure and approachable style of the first edition.
- ISBN13 9780335252473
- Publish Date 4 October 2024
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Open University Press
- Format Paperback
- Language English