Crises in the Psychotherapy Session

Julian D. Ford, PhD, ABPP, is a board-certified clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry and Law at the University of Connecticut, where he directs two Treatment and Services Adaptation Centers in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network: the Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice and the Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders. Dr. Ford is the immediate past president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. He has published more than 250 articles and book chapters and is the author or editor of 10 books.  

Introduction: Transforming Crises into Turning Points in Psychotherapy
I. Essential Principles and Practices for Resolving Crises in the Psychotherapy Session
1. A Phase-Based Crisis Model
2. Emotional Dysregulation and Adaptive Self-Regulation
3. Essential Elements of Crisis Intervention
4. Essential Psychotherapy Principles and Practices 
5. An Integrative Approach to Resolving Crises in the Psychotherapy Session
6. Crises as a Challenge to Therapist Self-Regulation
II. Case Session Transcripts of In-Session Critical Moments
7. Supporting a Recently Traumatized Youth in a Crisis of Dissociation and Self-Harm
8. Engaging a Sexually Traumatized Youth in Therapy
9. Understanding and Working with Dissociative States
10. A Crisis of Trauma and Distress Across Generations
11. Helping a Family Cope with the Threat of Revictimization
12. Defusing Violence and Facilitating Recovery from Profound Dissociation 
Epilogue
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