Loving Someone with PTSD: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Connecting with Your Partner after Trauma (The New Harbinger Loving Someone Series) - Softcover

Matsakis PhD, Aphrodite T.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608827860 ISBN 13: 9781608827862

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications, 2014

Synopsis

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can present with a number of symptoms, including anxiety, depression, flashbacks, and trouble sleeping. If your partner has PTSD, you may want to help, but find yourself at a loss.

The simple truth is that PTSD can be extremely debilitating—not just for the person who has experienced trauma first-hand, but for their partners as well. And while there are many books written for those suffering from PTSD, there are few written for the people who love them. In Loving Someone with PTSD, renowned trauma expert and author of I Can’t Get Over It!, Aphrodite Matsakis, presents concrete skills and strategies for the partners of those with PTSD.

With this informative and practical book, you will increase your understanding of the signs and symptoms of PTSD, improve your communication skills with your loved one, set realistic expectations, and work to create a healthy environment for the both of you. In addition, you will learn to manage your own grief, helplessness, and fear regarding your partner’s condition.

PTSD is a manageable disability. While it isn’t your responsibility to rescue your partner or act as his or her therapist, this book will help you be supportive and implement strategies for lessening the negative impact of PTSD—not just for your partner, but for your relationship, and, importantly, for yourself.

About this title

About the Author

Aphrodite T. Matsakis, PhD, is an internationally recognized expert in trauma and the author of several books dealing with traumatic reactions, including I Can't Get Over It!, Trust After Trauma, The Rape Recovery Handbook, and Vietnam Wives: Women and Children Facing the Challenge of Living with Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Matsakis has over thirty-five years of experience working with veterans, abused persons, and other trauma survivors; has taught at several major universities; and has conducted dozens of seminars for trauma survivors and trauma therapists.

From the Back Cover

If your loved one has a psychological disorder, you want to do everything you can to help them feel loved, supported, and safe. However, it’s also important for you to establish personal boundaries so that you can avoid becoming overwhelmed.

New Harbinger’s Loving Someone Series was developed to help readers like you truly understand a loved one’s disorder, the medication or treatments that are available, and how to take care of your own needs so that you don’t lose yourself in the process. As the family member or partner of someone with mental illness, you face your own set of unique challenges. Our books can provide powerful, evidence-based tools to help both you and your loved one live happier, healthier lives.

For a complete list of books in this series, visit newharbinger.com

Edition details

• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608827860
• ISBN 13: 9781608827862
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256