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Principles of Trauma Therapy
A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment
Third Edition
- John N. Briere - University of Southern California, USA
- Catherine Scott - University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles
March 2025 | SAGE Publications, Inc
John Briere and Catherine Scott's Principles of Trauma Therapy, Third Edition is both comprehensive in scope and highly practical in application. This best selling text provides a creative synthesis of cognitive-behavioral, relational, affect regulation, mindfulness, and psychopharmacologic approaches to the "real world" treatment of acute and chronic posttraumatic states. Grounded in empirically-supported trauma treatment techniques and adapted to the complexities of actual clinical practice, this book is a hands-on resource for front-line clinicians, those in private practice, and graduate students of public mental health.
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Third Edition
Part I: Trauma, Effects, and Assessment
1. What Is Trauma?
2. The Psychological Effects of Trauma (John Briere, Catherine Scott, & Janelle Jones)
3. Assessing Trauma and Posttraumatic Outcomes (John Briere, Erin Eadie, & Catherine Scott)
Part II: Clinical Interventions
4. Central Issues in Trauma Treatment
5. Psychoeducation
6. Distress Reduction and Emotional Regulation Training
7. Cognitive Interventions
8. Trigger Management
9. Emotional Processing
10. Increasing Identity and Relational Functioning
11. Mindfulness in Trauma Treatment
12. Treating the Effects of Acute Trauma (Sarah Stoycos, Heidi Ardern, John Briere, & Catherine Scott)
13. Remote Treatment of Trauma: Teletherapy Principles
Part III: Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology of Trauma
14. Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress (Catherine Scott, John Briere, & Janelle Jones)
15. Psychopharmacology of Trauma (Catherine Scott, Janelle Jones, & John Briere)
16. Conclusions
Appendix 1: Trauma Exposure Review (TER)
Appendix 2: Social Discrimination and Maltreatment Scale, Short Form (SDMS-SF)
Appendix 3: Mindfulness-based Breath Training (MBBT) Handout
Appendix 4: A Brief Urge/Emotion Surfing Exercise
Appendix 5: ReGAIN handout
References
Index
About the Authors
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Online resources included with this text
The online resources for your text are available via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site, which offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.
For additional information, custom options, or to request a personalized walkthrough of these resources, please contact your sales representative.
An eloquent, inspiring and classic text—now updated. Principles of Trauma Therapy is that rare book that has changed the field, helping bring trauma awareness into the mainstream and educating a generation of trauma therapists, researchers, and policy makers. It is eminently practical, with realistic guidance for day-to-day clinical work while embracing a wide range of theoretical orientations. Kudos to Briere and Scott for this gem of a book to help trauma survivors!
Director, Treatment Innovations and Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
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Essential reading for clinicians assessing and treating traumatic stress. These master clinicians have made the complexity of traumatic stress accessible, and their approach is applicable to treating diverse clients. Their revised edition includes important and extensive updates, such as guidance for navigating clients’ experiences of social injustice within the context of relational treatment, a new chapter on the neurobiology of posttraumatic stress, and an introduction to the new mindfulness based ReGAIN procedure for deescalating activated states.
Professor, University of Connecticut School of Social Work
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