| Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- pt. I. About PTSD -- 1. PTSD basics -- 2. Making sense of the bewildering symptoms : understanding anxiety and dissociation -- 3. Associated features -- 4. Frequently asked questions -- pt. II. About healing, recovery, and growth -- 5. Principles of healing, recovery, and growth -- 6. Treatment approaches : professional, medication, group, and self-managed -- pt. III. Preparing for the recovery process -- 7. Stabilization and balance -- 8. Taking care of your health -- pt. IV. Managing symptoms -- 9. Affect management -- 10. Reducing general arousal -- 11. Breathing retraining -- 12. Relaxation -- 13. Managing anger -- 14. Eye movement -- 15. Intrusion management -- 16. Before starting memory work : helpful strategies -- pt. V. Treatment -- 17. Principles of memory work -- 18. Cognitive restructuring -- 19. Confiding concealed wounds -- 20. Resolving guilt -- 21. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) -- 22. Thought field therapy -- 23. Other brief processing techniques -- 24. Prolonged exposure -- 25. Dream management and processing -- 26. Healing imagery -- 27. Healing rituals -- 28. Grieving losses -- 29. Making sense of trauma : coming to terms with suffering -- 30. Hypnosis -- 31. Expressive art therapies -- 32. Life review -- 33. Building self-esteem -- 34. Unfinished business : resolving anger -- 35. Innovative treatments -- 36. Complementary approaches -- pt. VI. Moving on -- 37. Transitioning -- 38. Intimacy and sexuality -- 39. Meaning and purpose -- 40. Spiritual and religious growth -- 41. Happiness, pleasure, and humor -- 42. Relapse prevention -- 43. Summing up -- Appendix A. The history of PTSD -- Appendix B. Assessing abuse -- Appendix C. The brain and memory -- Appendix D. Psychiatric disorders -- Appendix E. 72-hour emergency preparedness -- Appendix F. Meditation -- Appendix G. Rape and sexual assault facts and myths -- Appendix H. Medication facts and guidelines -- Appendix I. Victim, survivor, thriver -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Additional resources -- Index. |
