Common Questions about the Effects
of Trauma
We all respond to injury in different ways. Trauma is the emotional response when
an injury overwhelms us. This brochure presents some of the causes and effects of
trauma.
Published 2000
Package of 50: $10.00
Product Code: P570
First Stage Trauma Treatment: A Guide
for Therapists Working with Women
Forthcoming Dr. Lori Haskell
Many women seeking treatment for depression, suicidal feelings, substance use
problems, difficult or abusive relationships and self-inflicted harm are actually
experiencing complex post-traumatic stress. While post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD) has been recognized for some time, complex post-traumatic stress disorder
(complex PTSD) is a recently recognized diagnostic category that better captures
the range of adaptations and effects of trauma resulting from early and/or chronic
childhood abuse -- abuse usually perpetrated in a larger context of neglect and deprivation.
Most mental health professionals recognize the challenges in offering help when
a client's problems seem to be both complex and overwhelming, but they are often
unsure of how first to intervene. First Stage Trauma Treatment: A Guide for Therapists
Working with Women provides a conceptual framework for understanding women's
experience of trauma, the basic components of treatment, and specific tools and strategies
to use in beginning this work.
First Stage Trauma Treatment is written for a diverse audience: mental
health and addiction professionals who actively treat women who are abuse survivors,
and related caregivers who wish to understand more about the clients they serve.
All readers will learn ways of increasing safety and reducing and stabilizing symptoms
in the lives of the women abuse survivors with whom they work.
To be published March 2003
200 pages
$34.95
ISBN 0-88868-414-2
Product Code: PG113
Bridging Responses: A Front-Line
Worker's Guide to Supporting Women Who Have Post-Traumatic Stress
Dr. Lori Haskell
Many women who seek help from front-line services have experienced past violence
and trauma. Often they do not recognize that many of their difficulties might be
associated with responses to complex post-traumatic stress. Bridging Responses
is a resource for front-line staff who work with women -- in health care, literacy,
corrections, housing and community services. This book offers information and tools
to help recognize responses to post-traumatic stress in women's lives, and to establish
a level of confidence that encourages women who have survived abuse and violence
to consider referrals to appropriate services or resources.
Published 2001
30 pages
$4.95 Ontario
$5.95 outside Ontario
ISBN 0-88868-412-6
Product Code: PG112
Women: What Do These Signs Have
in Common? Recognizing the Effects of Abuse-Related Trauma
Recurring nightmares, intentional self-harm, substance use problems, ongoing depression,
panic attacks, difficult relationships and gaps in childhood memories are just a
few of the common effects of psychological trauma. By connecting these effects to
incidents of early childhood abuse, women can better explore ways to heal emotionally
and break negative patterns in their lives. This booklet helps women understand the
experience of trauma and learn where they can go for assistance.
Published 2000
20 pages
Package of 25: $21.25
ISBN 0-88868-392-8
Product Code: P571
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