The Complex Ptsd Treatment Manual by Arielle Schwartz

The Complex Ptsd Treatment Manual by Arielle Schwartz

Clinicians working with complex trauma are honored with the most sacred of tasks: to bear witness to clients' suffering and to attend compassionately to their wounds.

In The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual, clinicians will find the road map they need to conduct successful therapy with clients who have experienced prolonged exposure to traumatic events. Combining the science and art of therapy, Dr. Arielle Schwartz seamlessly integrates research-based interventions with the essentials of healing to create a whole-person approach to trauma treatment.

Drawing from her years of experience in working with trauma survivors, Dr. Schwartz provides clinicians with the tools they need to become a trustworthy companion to trauma survivors and become capable of guiding a healing journey for clients with a history of abuse or neglect. Within these pages, you will find:

• Essential interventions that strengthen mindful body awareness, enhance distress tolerance, cultivate self-compassion, and facilitate trauma recovery
• Over 50 practices, worksheets, and self-reflection points to utilize in each stage of the client's therapeutic process
• Integration of several therapeutic approaches for trauma treatment, including relational therapy, mindful body awareness, parts work therapy, CBT, EMDR, somatic psychology, and practices drawn from complementary and alternative medicine

Arielle Schwartz, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, an internationally sought-after teacher, a therapeutic yoga instructor, and a pioneer in the treatment of PTSD and complex trauma. The Complex PTSD Workbook, The Post Traumatic Development Guidebook, A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD, EMDR Therapy and Somatic Psychology, and The Complex PTSD Treatment Manual are five books based on her integrated, mind-body approach to trauma healing. Her books, guided trauma healing workshops, and applied polyvagal theory in yoga for trauma recovery all reflect her unique blend of spirituality and science. Dr. Schwartz is a skilled educator who instructs therapists on how to use EMDR, somatic psychology, parts work therapy, and mindfulness-based therapies to treat trauma and complex trauma. She possesses a depth of knowledge, passion, love, compassion, and delight, as well as a succinct method of communicating complex ideas to lay audiences.

She is a long-time meditation and yoga practitioner with a love of the outdoors, which she brings to her work as the founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy in Boulder, Colorado, where she provides psychotherapy, supervision, and consultancy. The road of trauma rehabilitation, according to Dr. Schwartz, is an awakening of the spiritual heart. You can learn to believe in your own ability to expand. Visit drarielleschwartz.com to learn more.