Because dropout rates and noncompliance with exposure-based procedures are notoriously high in trauma therapies, effective treatment options are essential. Emotion-Focused Therapy for Complex Trauma (EFTT) is an evidence-based, short-term individual therapy that has proven highly effective in treating clients with trauma through its emphasis on both narrative and emotion processes. A fundamental assumption underlying most trauma therapies, including EFTT, is that recovery requires the client to engage emotionally with trauma memories to achieve better affect regulation and self-understanding. EFTT draws upon storytelling as a fundamental aspect of the human experience that permits this kind of engagement with trauma memories, promoting a sense of continuity and self-coherence, and bringing meaning to the client's emotional responses. Richly illustrated with clinical examples and excerpts from therapy sessions, this book fully integrates theory, research, practice, and training. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction I. Theory and Research 1. The Nature of Complex Trauma 2. The Unique Contributions of EFTT 3. Why Client Storytelling Matters 4. A Narrative-Informed Approach to EFTT II. Practice 5. Assessing Narrative-Emotion Processes in EFTT 6. Principles of Intervention With Narrative-Emotion Processes 7. Cultivating the Alliance: Early-Phase EFTT 8. Two Intensive Case Analyses: Early-Phase EFTT 9. Promoting Self-Development: Middle-Phase EFTT 10. Two Intensive Case Analyses: Middle-Phase EFTT 11. Resolving Issues With Perpetrators and New Story Outcomes: Late-Phase EFTT 12. Two Intensive Case Analyses: Late-Phase EFTT Afterword: Process-Diagnosis and Marker-Guided Intervention Appendix: Abbreviated Degree of Resolution Scale Glossary References Index About the Authors
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