Complex Psychological Trauma

Author: Philip J. KinslerPublisher: RoutledgePaperback:ISBN 10: 113896316XISBN 13: 978-1138963160Complex Psychological Trauma takes clinicians beyond the standard approaches for treating simple, single-stressor incident PTSD. Here the focus is on the major choice points that establish the relational conditions for growth and change. In these pages, new and experienced clinicians alike will find specific guidance for acting in a relationally healing manner and refreshingly practical, real-life advice on what to say in challenging therapy situations. Review   "Complex Psychological Trauma is a gift to the reader, whether therapist or client. Dr. Kinsler maps the territory in what is usually a difficult and protracted therapy and highlights the relationship as the most healing dimension, used strategically to counter the shame and mistreatment previously experienced." Christine A. Courtois, PhD, ABPP, author of Spi