| Trauma and Recovery |
Judith Lewis Herman, M.D. |
ISBN: 0465087302 , Paperback - BUY
This book remains a classic in my mind and experience for its sensitivity to victim-survivors, to the challenge faced by clinicians helping them, and to the broad social context of the sixties and seventies which brought their suffering to light. Lucid and authoritative, Dr. Herman's treatise is a gift to the field of traumatic stress.
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| Seeking Safety |
Lisa M. Najavits, Ph.D. |
ISBN: 1572306394, Hardcover - BUY
Dr. Lisa J. Najavits of Harvard Medical School has become a pioneer in the field of empirically researched approaches to treating trauma and addiction. Seeking Safety is a comprehensive how-to manual for a gentle but effective approach to treating individuals with co-occurring disorders related to trauma and substance abuse. Everything is reproducible and every session has handouts which clients, in my direct experience, find useful and motivating in their pursuit of healing.
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| Achilles in Vietnam |
Johanthan Shay, M.D., Ph.D. |
ISBN: 0684813211, Paperback - BUY
If you have an appreciation for great books of the Western canon, you may remember well the once required reading of The Iliad and The Odyssey. Imagine combining the depth of that epic with the unspeakable suffering and moral quandaries of many of our Vietnam War veterans. Psychiatrist, Dr. Jonathan Shay uses Homer's psychological landscape to elucidate upon the darker aspects of PTSD, war trauma and returning home. If you care about our troops in Iraq and the underreporting of their psychiatric difficulties, read this book.
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| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook |
Glenn Schiraldi, Ph.D. |
ISBN: 0737302658, Paperback - BUY
If you are seeking help for trauma-related problems or are already working with a therapist, you will find this to be an invaluable companion in the journey of recovery. Dr. Schiraldi was sytematic in not only collecting strategies of well-documented therapies for trauma patients, but has provided step-by-step guides which put the control directly in the hands of the survivor.
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