Eight mental health academics and practitioners from the US and UK contribute six chapters to the first in a series of edited volumes aimed at increasing the accessibility of new evidence-based interventions to busy mental health clinicians. Focusing on treatments for traumatized adults and children, the text emphasizes detailed, practitioner-oriented how-to guides for implementing particular interventions. Coverage includes an overview of evidence-based practice and empirically supported interventions for trauma, the prolonged exposure therapy component of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TFCBT) with adults, the cognitive restructuring component of TFCBT with adults, the provision of TFCBT with traumatized children and their caregivers, and the use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) with adults and with children. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Allen Rubin & David W. Springer, Editors
Treatment of Traumatized Adults and Children
Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice
Praise for Treatment of Traumatized Adults and Children
"A major stumbling block to adoption of evidence-based practice in the real world of clinical practice has been the absence of clinician-friendly guides. Such guides need to be understandable, free of technical research jargon, infused with clinical expertise, and rich with real-life examples. ?Rubin and Springer have hit a home run with this series, which has all of these characteristics and more."
Edward J. Mullen Willma & Albert Musher Chair and Professor, Columbia University
"Rubin and Springer have assembled the wisdom of leading practitioners of evidence-based practice interventions, enhancing the likelihood that these practices will be adopted by helping professionals. ?Written in the language of practitioners, this book represents an exemplar for dissemination of evidence-based practice information."
Joanne Yaffe Associate Professor, University of Utah College of Social Work
Evidence-based interventions for treating traumatized adults and children
Part of the Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice Series, Treatment of Traumatized Adults and Children provides busy mental health practitioners with detailed, step-by-step guidance for implementing clinical interventions that are supported by the latest scientific evidence.
Edited by renowned educators Allen Rubin and David W. Springer, this thoroughly useful reference draws on a roster of experts and researchers in the field who have assembled state-of-the-art knowledge into this well-rounded guide, and covers the following interventions that have the best empirical support for treating posttraumatic stress disorder:
Prolonged exposure therapy
Trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Easy-to-use and accessible in tone, this indispensable resource is for practitioners who would like to implement evidence-based, compassionate, and effective interventions in their care of traumatized clients.
Also in the Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice Series
Substance Abuse Treatment for Youth and Adults