Using Neuroscience in Trauma Therapy

Julie A. Uhernik, RN, LPC, NCC, is a clinician in private practice in Colorado. In addition to counseling work with couples, individuals, and families, she specializes in disaster mental health and trauma. She has worked in emergency planning and public health and serves on several national disaster mental health response teams.

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements 1.A New Look at the Amazing Brain 2. Basic Brain Functioning 3.Connections 4.The Communicators 5.Trauma and the Brain 6.The Therapist Imperative 7. What Does It Mean to Heal? 8. Pacing Counseling with the Intent to Heal 9. The Whole of Experience: Integrative and Creative Approaches for Trauma Treatment 10. Trauma, the Brain, and the Future