Trauma Practice: Tools for Stabilization and Recovery

The essential tool-kit for treating trauma victims now even more comprehensive.

The new edition of this structured tool-kit of techniques and protocols to assist therapists in their challenging work with trauma survivors has been substantially expanded and revised making it even more effective tool at guiding clinicians through the maze of trauma treatment. With an emphasis upon cognitive-behavioral interventions, it provides resources and guidance for any psychotherapist working with any client. Using Herman s (1992) Triphasic Model Safety & Stabilization, Remembrance & Mourning, and Reconnection it presents an array of techniques, protocols, and interventions for each phase, described clearly, thoroughly, and in a structured, easy-to-follow manner.

Anna B. Baranowsky, PhD, CPsych is a registered clinical psychologist and the founder and director of Traumatology Institute
(Canada). She was instrumental in developing training materials for the Traumatology Institute Training Curriculum
(TITC). Dr. Baranowsky served on the Board of Directors of the Academy of Traumatology s Commission on Certification and
Accreditation. She has been recognized by the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress with diplomate status and
is a board-certified expert in traumatic stress. She has been trained in many cutting-edge trauma treatments now being
recognized as highly effective in resolving the emotional aftermath of exposure to trauma and works with a wide range of
trauma survivors from airplane crash survivors to victims of violence as well as first responders at trauma scenes.
J. Eric Gentry, PhD, LMHC is an internationally recognized leader in the study and treatment of traumatic stress and compassion
fatigue. He is the vice president and founding board member of the International Association of Trauma Professionals
and a diplomate and board-certified through the Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. He is in his 32nd year as a professional
caregiver/clinician and maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Sarasota, FL. He has trained tens of thousands of
international caregiving professionals through Compassion Unlimited, his private training/consulting practice, and through
his tenure as associate director of the original Traumatology Institute at FSU, and as co-director of the International Traumatology
Institute at the University of South Florida.