Crises in the psychotherapy session : transforming critical moments into turning points /
"What do you do when your client flies into a rage or has a severe panic attack during a therapy session? Author Julian D. Ford explains how to harness such crises for breakthroughs. Crises that erupt in the midst of a psychotherapy session can be overwhelming not just for the client but also f...
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Washington, DC :
American Psychological Association,
[2021]
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction : transforming crises into turning points in psychotherapy
- I. Essential principles and practices for resolving crises in the psychotherapy session: A stage-based crisis model ; Emotional dysregulation and adaptive self-regulation ; Essential elements of crisis intervention ; Essential psychotherapy principles and practices ; An integrative approach to resolving crises in the psychotherapy session ; Crises as a challenge to therapist self-regulation
- II. Case session transcripts of in-session critical moments: Supporting a recently traumatized youth in a crisis of dissociation and self-harm ; Engaging a sexually traumatized youth in therapy ; Understanding and working with dissociative states ; Confronting a crisis of trauma and distress across generations ; Helping a family cope with the threat of revictimization ; Defusing violence and facilitating recovery from profound dissociation
- Epilogue
- References
- Index
- About the author